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ReviewBiotechnology for biofuels2016

Energy-efficient biomass processing with pulsed electric fields for bioeconomy and sustainable development.

Alexander Golberg, Martin Sack, Justin Teissie, Gianpiero Pataro, Uwe Pliquett, Gintautas Saulis, Töpfl Stefan, Damijan Miklavcic, Eugene Vorobiev, Wolfgang Frey

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Review in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
26.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 258 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Alexander GolbergPorter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Martin SackInstitute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Justin TeissieCNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Gianpiero PataroDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA Italy.
Uwe PliquettInstitut für Bioprozeβ- und Analysenmeβtechnik e.V., Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany.
Gintautas SaulisDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Töpfl StefanGerman Institute of Food Technologies, Quakenbrück, Germany.
Damijan MiklavcicFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Eugene VorobievDepartement de Genie Chimique, Centre de Recherche de Royallieu, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, Compiegne, France.
Wolfgang FreyInstitute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · DECentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRGerman Institute of Food Technologies · DEInstitute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques · DETel Aviv University · ILUniversité de Technologie de Compiègne · FRUniversity of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Salerno · ITVytautas Magnus University · LT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fossil resources-free sustainable development can be achieved through a transition to bioeconomy, an economy based on sustainable biomass-derived food, feed, chemicals, materials, and fuels. However, the transition to bioeconomy requires development of new energy-efficient technologies and processes to manipulate biomass feed stocks and their conversion into useful products, a collective term for which is biorefinery. One of the technological platforms that will enable various pathways of biomass conversion is based on pulsed electric fields applications (PEF). Energy efficiency of PEF treatment is achieved by specific increase of cell membrane permeability, a phenomenon known as membrane electroporation. Here, we review the opportunities that PEF and electroporation provide for the development of sustainable biorefineries. We describe the use of PEF treatment in biomass engineering, drying, deconstruction, extraction of phytochemicals, improvement of fermentations, and biogas production. These applications show the potential of PEF and consequent membrane electroporation to enable the bioeconomy and sustainable development.

Indexed as

BioeconomyBiorefineryElectrobiorefineryElectroporationPulsed electric fieldsSustainable development

Identifiers

PMID27127539
PMCPMC4848877
OpenAlexW2344880335

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