Tropical agroindustrial biowaste revalorization through integrative biorefineries—review part II

pineapple, sugarcane and banana by-products in Costa Rica

authored by: Daniela Eixenberger, Ana Francis Carballo-Arce, José Roberto Vega-Baudrit, Humberto Trimino-Vazquez, Luis Roberto Villegas-Peñaranda, Anne Stöbener, Francisco Aguilar, Jose Aníbal Mora-Villalobos, Manuel Sandoval-Barrantes, Paul Bubenheim, Andreas Liese
Abstract: Biorefineries are a model for greener production processes, based on the concept of bioeconomy. Instead of targeting first-generation biofuels—that compete with food supply—the focus relies on lignocellulosic material, considering many aspects, such as sustainable fuel production, as well as valorization of waste, as an alternative to the traditional petrochemical approach of goods production. Especially, in tropical countries agricultural activities lead to tremendous amounts of biomass, resulting in waste that has to be dealt with. In the case of Costa Rica, the five major crops cultivated for export are coffee, oil palm, pineapple, sugarcane, and banana. Traditional ways of waste treatment cannot cope with the increasing amount of biomass produced and therefore, bear various challenges often related to increased pollution. This review aims to bring up the recent state of waste treatment but even more, stress potential opportunities of adding value to not used residues; thus, improve sustainability in the agro industrial sector. Part I of the review already highlighted the potential of producing promising bioactive chemical compounds by novel biorefinery concepts from agricultural waste originating from coffee and oil palm cultivation. This second part focuses on the lignocellulose-rich biowaste from pineapple, sugarcane, and banana, showing biorefinery concepts, where fuel and energy production, as well as establishment of novel products and new applications, play an important role.
Organisation(s): Institute of Technical Chemistry
External Organisation(s): Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
National Center for High Technology (CeNAT)
Type: Review article
Journal: BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY
Volume: 14
Pages: 4391-4418
No. of pages: 28
ISSN: 2190-6815
Publication date: 02.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02721-9 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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title = "Tropical agroindustrial biowaste revalorization through integrative biorefineries—review part II: pineapple, sugarcane and banana by-products in Costa Rica",
abstract = "Biorefineries are a model for greener production processes, based on the concept of bioeconomy. Instead of targeting first-generation biofuels—that compete with food supply—the focus relies on lignocellulosic material, considering many aspects, such as sustainable fuel production, as well as valorization of waste, as an alternative to the traditional petrochemical approach of goods production. Especially, in tropical countries agricultural activities lead to tremendous amounts of biomass, resulting in waste that has to be dealt with. In the case of Costa Rica, the five major crops cultivated for export are coffee, oil palm, pineapple, sugarcane, and banana. Traditional ways of waste treatment cannot cope with the increasing amount of biomass produced and therefore, bear various challenges often related to increased pollution. This review aims to bring up the recent state of waste treatment but even more, stress potential opportunities of adding value to not used residues; thus, improve sustainability in the agro industrial sector. Part I of the review already highlighted the potential of producing promising bioactive chemical compounds by novel biorefinery concepts from agricultural waste originating from coffee and oil palm cultivation. This second part focuses on the lignocellulose-rich biowaste from pineapple, sugarcane, and banana, showing biorefinery concepts, where fuel and energy production, as well as establishment of novel products and new applications, play an important role.",
keywords = "Banana, Bioeconomy, Pineapple, Sugarcane, Value-added products, Waste biorefinery",
author = "Daniela Eixenberger and Carballo-Arce, {Ana Francis} and Vega-Baudrit, {Jos{\'e} Roberto} and Humberto Trimino-Vazquez and Villegas-Pe{\~n}aranda, {Luis Roberto} and Anne St{\"o}bener and Francisco Aguilar and Mora-Villalobos, {Jose An{\'i}bal} and Manuel Sandoval-Barrantes and Paul Bubenheim and Andreas Liese",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the financial support of the German-Costa Rican binational funds from the Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Bildung und Forschung, Germany (CRIWTZ-060—AgroBioCat), the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnolog{\'i}a y Telecomunicaciones and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient{\'i}ficas y Tecnol{\'o}gicas, Costa Rica (FI-260B-17 SIA-UNA 250-18). Funding Information: Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. BMBF (Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Bildung und Forschung, Germany): CRIWTZ-060 (AgroBioCat), Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnolog{\'i}a y Telecomunicaciones and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient{\'i}ficas y Tecnol{\'o}gicas (CONICIT), Costa Rica (FI-260B-17; Project UNA-SIA-250–18). ",
year = "2024",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1007/s13399-022-02721-9",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "4391--4418",
journal = "BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY",
issn = "2190-6815",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "4",
}