Biological production of medium-chain carboxylates through chain elongation: an overview

J Wang, Y Yin - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylates (MCCs) have wide applications in various industries, but the
traditional MCCs production methods are costly and unsustainable. Anaerobic fermentation …

Medium chain carboxylic acids production from waste biomass: Current advances and perspectives

Q Wu, X Bao, W Guo, B Wang, Y Li, H Luo… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alternative chemicals to diverse fossil-fuel-based products is urgently needed to mitigate the
adverse impacts of fossil fuel depletion on human development. To this end, researchers …

Caproic acid production from anaerobic fermentation of organic waste-Pathways and microbial perspective

W Dong, Y Yang, C Liu, J Zhang, J Pan, L Luo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a holistic synopsis of the current state of the art knowledge on
caproic acid production via anaerobic fermentation from the perspectives of microbes and …

Cavitation-based technologies for pretreatment and processing of food wastes: Major applications and mechanisms–A review

Z Askarniya, X Sun, Z Wang, G Boczkaj - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Conversion of food wastes to valuable products is an important topic for sustainable
development. Feedstock hydrolysis is a stage strongly affecting the anaerobic digestion …

Medium-Chain fatty acids and long-chain alcohols production from waste activated sludge via two-stage anaerobic fermentation

SL Wu, W Wei, J Sun, Q Xu, X Dai, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional bioenergy recovery in the form of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) from waste
activated sludge (WAS) is generally limited by economic unattractiveness and complexity of …

Opportunities and challenges in microbial medium chain fatty acids production from waste biomass

Q Wu, Y Jiang, Y Chen, M Liu, X Bao, W Guo - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that produced from affordable waste biomass via chain
elongation (CE) technology are recognized as the potential alternatives to part fossil-derived …

Mildly acidic pH selects for chain elongation to caproic acid over alternative pathways during lactic acid fermentation

P Candry, L Radić, J Favere, JM Carvajal-Arroyo… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbohydrate-rich waste streams can be used for bioproduction of medium-chain carboxylic
acids (MCCA) such as caproic acid. The carbohydrates in these streams can be converted to …

Unveiling the mechanisms of medium-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge alkaline fermentation liquor through physiological, thermodynamic and …

SL Wu, J Sun, X Chen, W Wei, L Song, X Dai, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective sludge treatment with bioenergy production is attracting increasing interests as
large quantities of waste activated sludge (WAS) are produced during the wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Consecutive lactate formation and chain elongation to reduce exogenous chemicals input in repeated-batch food waste fermentation

CA Contreras-Dávila, VJ Carrión, VR Vonk… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The production of biochemicals from renewables through biorefinery processes is important
to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the environment. Chain elongation processes based …

Medium-chain fatty acids production from sewage sludge through anaerobic fermentation: A critical review

Y Wang, Z Zhang, X Wang, H Guo, T Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Huge sludge volumes and increased energy demands are the main challenges faced by
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) currently, while it stimulates organics transformation …