Chapter 10Volatile Fatty Acid Platform: Concept and Application

Nag-Jong Kim, Seong-Jin Lim and Ho Nam Chang

10.1 Concept of Volatile Fatty Acid Platform

10.1.1 Platforms for Biofuel Production

Various technologies to convert biomass to usable fuels have been developed and many processes have been commercialized up to recently. The typical platforms mostly researched are (i) sugar, (ii) thermochemical (syngas), (iii) carbon-rich chains, and (iv) biogas platform (Figure 10.1). Syngas and sugar are two major platform actively researched for liquid fuel production [1].

Illustration of Platforms for biofuel production.

Figure 10.1 Platforms for biofuel production. Two major platforms using ...

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