TY  - CHAP
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Möhring, Sophie
A1  - Roth, Jasmine
A1  - Wulfhorst, Helene
T1  - Logistics of lignocellulosic feedstocks: preprocessing as a preferable option
T2  - Biorefineries
N2  - In comparison to crude oil, biorefinery raw materials are challenging in concerns of transport and storage. The plant raw materials are more voluminous, so that shredding and compacting usually are necessary before transport. These mechanical processes can have a negative influence on the subsequent biotechnological processing and shelf life of the raw materials. Various approaches and their effects on renewable raw materials are shown. In addition, aspects of decentralized pretreatment steps are discussed. Another important aspect of pretreatment is the varying composition of the raw materials depending on the growth conditions. This problem can be solved with advanced on-site spectrometric analysis of the material.
KW  - Analytics
KW  - Decentral
KW  - Mechanical
KW  - On-site
KW  - Pre-treatment
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 978-3-319-97117-9
SN  - 978-3-319-97119-3
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10_2017_58
N1  - Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology ; Vol. 166
SP  - 43
EP  - 68
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Capitain, Charlotte
A1  - Ross-Jones, Jesse
A1  - Möhring, Sophie
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
T1  - Differential scanning calorimetry for quantification of polymer biodegradability in compost
JF  - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
N2  - The objective of this study is the establishment of a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) based method for online analysis of the biodegradation of polymers in complex environments. Structural changes during biodegradation, such as an increase in brittleness or crystallinity, can be detected by carefully observing characteristic changes in DSC profiles. Until now, DSC profiles have not been used to draw quantitative conclusions about biodegradation. A new method is presented for quantifying the biodegradation using DSC data, whereby the results were validated using two reference methods.

The proposed method is applied to evaluate the biodegradation of three polymeric biomaterials: polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), cellulose acetate (CA) and Organosolv lignin. The method is suitable for the precise quantification of the biodegradability of PHB. For CA and lignin, conclusions regarding their biodegradation can be drawn with lower resolutions. The proposed method is also able to quantify the biodegradation of blends or composite materials, which differentiates it from commonly used degradation detection methods.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2020.104914
SN  - 0964-8305
VL  - 149
SP  - In Press, Article number 104914
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -