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Biorefinery Cascade Simulator

Interactive biorefinery simulator: watch lignocellulosic biomass flow through pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation tanks as it converts to sugar and ethanol, with feedstock composition, pretreatment intensity, enzyme concentration and fermentation temperature tunable in real time.

Chemistry & Materials3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water

A biorefinery turns raw biomass into fuels and chemicals through a chain of reactors, much like a petroleum refinery turns crude oil into many products. This simulator visualizes that chain directly: particles representing biomass flow from a feedstock hopper through a pretreatment vat, a hydrolysis tank and a fermentation tank, each one stochastically transforming — or, for the lignin fraction that resists breakdown, diverting to waste — as it goes. Adjust the feedstock's cellulose fraction, pretreatment intensity, enzyme concentration and fermentation temperature to see how each control reshapes the flow and the final ethanol yield.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch lignocellulosic biomass flow through pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation tanks as it converts into sugar and ethanol, with feedstock composition, pretreatment intensity, enzyme concentration and fermentation temperature all tunable in real time.

Three.jsbiotechnologybiorefineryfermentationbiochemistry

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install