Sustainable design of lignocellulosic 3-hydroxypropionic acid biorefineries producing acrylic acid, with agile techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment under uncertainty.

Bhagwat, S. S.; Li, Y.; Cortés-Peña, Y. R.; Brace, E. C.; Martin, T. A.; Zhao, H.; Guest, J. S. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9 (49), 16659–16669.

The two-step production of linear alpha olefins through the coupling of fermentation and catalytic dehydration was demonstrated experimentally and evaluated with a techno-economic analysis.

McClelland, D. J.; Wang, B.-X.; Cordell, W. T.; Cortes-Peña, Y. R.; Gilcher, E. B.; Zhang, L.; Guest, J. S.; Pfleger, B. F.; Huber, G. W.; Dumesic, J. A. Green Chem. 2021, 23 (12), 4338–4354.

Sustainable design of lignocellulosic biorefineries for lactic acid production with agile technoeconomicanalysis and life cycle assesment under uncertainity

Li, Y.; Bhagwat, S. S.; Cortés-Peña, Y. R.; Ki, D.; Rao, C. V.; Jin, Y.-S.; Guest, J. S. Sustainable Lactic Acid Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9 (3), 1341–1351.

BioSTEAM-LCA is an open-source simulation platform for agile LCA-TEA of biorefineries to quantify and navigate trade-offs across dimensions (functional performance, economic, environmental) of sustainability.

Shi, R.; Guest, J. S. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (51), 18903–18914.

Thermosteam is a thermodynamic engine capable of solving mass and energy balances, estimating mixture properties, solving thermodynamic phase equilibria, and modeling stoichiometric reactions.

Cortés-Peña, Y. Journal of Open Source Software. 2020, 5 (56), 2814.

BioSTEAM integrates uncertainty into process simulation and economic analysis, enabling researchers to evaluate emerging technologies and prioritize pathways to a sustainable bioeconomy.

Cortés-Peña, Y.; Kumar, D.; Singh, V.; Guest, J. S. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (8), 3302–3310.