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Review
. 2022 Dec 18;11(24):3577.
doi: 10.3390/plants11243577.

Integrated Biorefinery and Life Cycle Assessment of Cassava Processing Residue-From Production to Sustainable Evaluation

Larissa Renata Santos Andrade  1   2 , Raul José Alves Felisardo  1 , Ianny Andrade Cruz  1   2 , Muhammad Bilal  3 , Hafiz M N Iqbal  4 , Sikandar I Mulla  5 , Ram Naresh Bharagava  6 , Ranyere Lucena de Souza  1   7 , Lucas Carvalho Basilio Azevedo  8 , Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira  1   7
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Review

Integrated Biorefinery and Life Cycle Assessment of Cassava Processing Residue-From Production to Sustainable Evaluation

Larissa Renata Santos Andrade et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

Commonly known as a subsistence culture, cassava came to be considered a commodity and key to adding value. However, this tuber's processing for starch and flour production is responsible for generating a large amount of waste that causes serious environmental problems. This biomass of varied biochemical composition has excellent potential for producing fuels (biogas, bioethanol, butanol, biohydrogen) and non-energetic products (succinic acid, glucose syrup, lactic acid) via biorefinery. However, there are environmental challenges, leading to uncertainties related to the sustainability of biorefineries. Thus, the provision of information generated in life cycle assessment (LCA) can help reduce bottlenecks found in the productive stages, making production more competitive. Within that, this review concentrates information on the production of value-added products, the environmental impact generated, and the sustainability of biorefineries.

Keywords: bioconversion; biofuels; bioproducts; circular economy; environmental impacts.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Types of waste conversion processes.
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Steps for implementing life cycle assessment.
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Annual evolution of articles published in the available ScienceDirect and Scopus databases, using the keywords: “cassava waste” and “biorefinery”.
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