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Biorefinery concepts
Introduction of biorefining
Biorefining refers to fractionating biomass into various separated products that possibly undergo a further biological, (bio)chemical, physical and/or thermal chemical processing and separation. By means of co-producing relatively (high) value chemicals (e.g. fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers) the production costs of secondary energy carriers (e.g. transport fuels, heat, power) potentially could become market competitive, especially when biorefining is integrated into the existing chemical, material and power industries.