Evaristo, R.B.W.; Costa, A.A.; Nascimento, P.G.B.D.; Ghesti, G.F. Biorefinery Development Based on Brewers’ Spent Grain (BSG) Conversion: A Forecasting Technology Study in the Brazilian Scenario. Biomass2023, 3, 217-237.
Evaristo, R.B.W.; Costa, A.A.; Nascimento, P.G.B.D.; Ghesti, G.F. Biorefinery Development Based on Brewers’ Spent Grain (BSG) Conversion: A Forecasting Technology Study in the Brazilian Scenario. Biomass 2023, 3, 217-237.
Evaristo, R.B.W.; Costa, A.A.; Nascimento, P.G.B.D.; Ghesti, G.F. Biorefinery Development Based on Brewers’ Spent Grain (BSG) Conversion: A Forecasting Technology Study in the Brazilian Scenario. Biomass2023, 3, 217-237.
Evaristo, R.B.W.; Costa, A.A.; Nascimento, P.G.B.D.; Ghesti, G.F. Biorefinery Development Based on Brewers’ Spent Grain (BSG) Conversion: A Forecasting Technology Study in the Brazilian Scenario. Biomass 2023, 3, 217-237.
Abstract
Brewers’ spent grain (BSG) is an important waste produced in beer companies with a high po-tential to be transformed into commercial by-products. The present paper reports a forecasting technology study with the aid of bibliographic review and patent analysis tools aiming to in-vestigate the maturity of certain technologies, considering the use of BSG on a closed-loop bio-refinery and circular bioeconomy concept integrated into a brewery. To evaluate the possibili-ties of production of high-added value products in Brazil, it was presented an overview of BSG’s scientific, technological, and marketing products and applications. The comparison between numbers of articles versus patents shows that the solutions proposed by research articles are not being transformed into maturated viable technologies. The results suggest that there is a gap between the scientific research in the institutions and their applications in industry, which lead to the destination of the BSG for more economically attractive investments when compared to research in Brazil. Ultimately, from the carried-out analysis, it was possible to propose a brew-ing process connected to the biorefinery system, showing the possibility to the newly arising brewery industries.
Keywords
Brewers’ spent grain; biomass conversion technologies; prospective study; technology implementation.; waste to energy
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Materials Science and Technology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
,
,
,
*
