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Table 4 Performance of different types of resin used as adsorbents during butanol fermentation

From: Biobutanol production in a Clostridium acetobutylicum biofilm reactor integrated with simultaneous product recovery by adsorption

Fermentation

Resin

Performance

Reference

Type

Selectivity

Capacitya(mg/g)

Equivalent concentration(g/L)

Solvent productivity(g · L-1 · h-1)

Solvent yield(g/g)

 

Batch fermentation, in situ adsorption

XAD-8

Mainly butanol, isopropanol, glucose

30

12.6

Approx. 0.13

-

[27]

Two-stage continuous fermentation, in-line adsorption

XAD-16

Butanol, acetone, acetate, and butyrate; no lactose

64

11.01

Approx. 1.5

0.30 to 0.36

[28]

Repeated batch fermentation, batch adsorption

Bonopore, copolymers of divinylbenzene, and styrene

Solvent and acids

43

-

-

-

[29]

Batch fermentation, in situ adsorption

Dowex Optipore SD-2ploy(styrene-co-DVB) derived

Mainly butanol and butyrate

264

Approx. 37

Approx. 0.51

0.27 to 0.40

[12]

Repeated fed-batch fermentation, fixed-bed adsorption

Reillex 425, polyvinylpyridine

ABE and acids; no glucose

Approx. 61

47.2

1.69

0.32

[26]

Fed-batch fermentation, fixed-bed adsorption

KA-I, cross-linked polystyrene framework

Butanol, butyrate, and acetone; no glucose

84

96.5

1.51

0.33

This work

Fed-batch fermentation, fixed-bed adsorption, MV addition

KA-I, cross-linked polystyrene framework

Butanol, butyrate, and acetone; no glucose or MV

93

130.7

0.97

0.36

This work

  1. aCalculated as butanol adsorbed (mg) divided by the amount of resin (g) used in the fermentation process. MV, methyl viologen; ABE, acetone-butanol-ethanol; approx., approximately.