The Biorenewables Opportunity -- Toward Next Generation Process and Product Systems.

The article discusses the opportunities and challenges of using biorenewables as an alternative for fossil fuels. It examines the interacting systems that are used in biorenewable processing, such as in plant production, biomass pretreatment and sustainable methods. It cites the multiscale modeling, as well as the model-based synthesis as the main methodological paradigms in chemical engineering.