title: Principles of biorefineries.
abstract: Sustainable economic growth requires safe, sustainable resources for industrial production. For the future re-arrangement of a substantial economy to biological raw materials, completely new approaches in research and development, production and economy are necessary. Biorefineries combine the necessary technologies between biological raw materials and industrial intermediates and final products. The principal goal in the development of biorefineries is defined by the following: (biomass) feedstock-mix + process-mix --> product-mix. Here, particularly the combination between biotechnological and chemical conversion of substances will play an important role. Currently the "whole-crop biorefinery", "green biorefinery" and "lignocellulose-feedstock biorefinery" systems are favored in research and development.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Bioactive Polymer Systems e.V., Research Center Teltow-Seehof, Kantstrasse 55, 14513, Teltow, Germany. kamm@biopos.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kamm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamm
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002482:Cellulose; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000379:methods; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D005285:Fermentation; D008031:Lignin
chemical_list: C036909:lignocellulose; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin