Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Markussen, Sidsel"
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Butanol production from lignocellulosic sugars by Clostridium beijerinckii in microbioreactors
Birgen, Cansu; Degnes, Kristin Fløgstad; Markussen, Sidsel; Wentzel, Alexander; Sletta, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Butanol (n-butanol) has been gaining attention as a renewable energy carrier and an alternative biofuel with superior properties to the most widely used ethanol. We performed 48 anaerobic fermentations simultaneously with ... -
Continuous fermentation and kinetic experiments for the Conversion of crude glycerol derived from second-generation biodiesel into 1,3 propanediol and butyric acid
Varrone, Cristiano; Floriotis, Georgis; Heggeset, Tonje Marita Bjerkan; Le, Simone Balzer; Markussen, Sidsel; Skiadas, Ioannis; Gavala, Hariklia N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study investigated the performance of different mixed microbial cultures (MMC) able to ferment crude glycerol generated from animal fat-based biodiesel to produce 1,3 propanediol (1,3 PDO) and butyric acid, under ... -
The Effect of Feeding Strategy on Butanol Production by Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 Using Glucose and Xylose
Birgen, Cansu; Markussen, Sidsel; Wentzel, Alexander; Preisig, Heinz A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)We performed fed-batch fermentations of glucose and xylose mixtures producing butanol. Our aim was to develop a feeding strategy for coping with carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and sequential utilization problems as ... -
Efficacy of a novel sequential enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and inhibition characteristics of monosugars
Baksi, Sibashish; Ball, Akash K.; Sarkar, Ujjaini; Banerjee, Debopam; Wentzel, Alexander; Preisig, Heinz A.; Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra; Birgen, Cansu; Saha, Sudeshna; Wittgens, Bernd; Markussen, Sidsel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Efficient production of sugar monomers from lignocellulose is often hampered by serious bottle-necks in biomass hydrolysis. The present study reveals that ultra-sonication assisted pretreatment following autoclaving, termed ... -
Modeling the Growth of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 on Lignocellulosic Sugars
Birgen, Cansu; Markussen, Sidsel; Wentzel, Alexander; Preisig, Heinz A.; Wittgens, Bernd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)To our knowledge, this is the first growth model of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 on glucose and xylose as representative lignocellulosic sugars, which considers the synergistic effects of sugars on the growth rate. ... -
Response Surface Methodology for Understanding Glucose and Xylose Utilization by Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052
Birgen, Cansu; Markussen, Sidsel; Wentzel, Alexander; Preisig, Heinz A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)We applied response surface methodology to understand the effect and extend of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) on growth of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 using xylose and glucose as representative lignocellulosic ... -
Studies on delignification and inhibitory enzyme kinetics of alkaline peroxide pre-treated pine and deodar saw dust
Baksi, Sibashish; Sarkar, Ujjaini; Saha, Sudeshna; Ball, Akash K.; Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra; Wentzel, Alexander; Birgen, Cansu; Preisig, Heinz A.; Wittgens, Bernd; Markussen, Sidsel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by alkaline peroxide pre-treatment is a preliminary important step for an overall biomass fractionation process. In the present work, saw dusts are pre-treated by aqueous alkaline ...