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Process design, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessment of bio-based chemicals across metabolic space
Bruno C. Klein
P. Benavides
Taemin Kim
Joonhoon Kim
Ajinkya Pal
Rahul Prasad Bangalore Ashok
Ryan E. Davis
Christopher W. Johnson
G. Beckham
Abstract
This study delivers techno-economic and life cycle analyses for eight sugar-derived chemicals. The work demonstrates that nearly all can achieve competitive prices and lower emissions than incumbent benchmarks, while highlighting key drivers therein.