Production of bioethanol from lignocellulose: Status and perspectives in Korea.
The current status and challenges associated with the production and utilization of cellulosic ethanol in Korea are reviewed in this paper. Cellulosic ethanol has emerged as a promising option for mitigating Korea's CO(2) emissions and enhancing its energy security. Korea's limited biomass resources is the most critical barrier to achieving its implementation targets for cellulosic ethanol. Efforts to identify new suitable biomass resources for cellulosic ethanol production are ongoing and intensive. Aquatic biomasses including macroalgae and plantation wastes collected in the Southeast Asia region have been found to have great potential as feedstocks for the production of cellulosic ethanol. R&D explorations into the development of technologies that can convert biomass materials to ethanol more efficiently also are underway. It is expected that cellulosic ethanol will be in supply from 2020 and that, by 2030, its use will have effectively reduced Korea's total gasoline consumption by 10%.
Kim
Jun-Seok
JS
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 443-760, Republic of Korea.
Park
Soon-Chul
SC
Kim
Jin-Woo
JW
Park
Jae Chan
JC
Park
Sung-Min
SM
Lee
Jin-Suk
JS
D001208:Asia; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry; D057231:Climate Change; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D004777:Environment; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D005844:Geology; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007723:Korea; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends
C036909:lignocellulose; D000431:Ethanol; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin