Valorization of volatile fatty acids from the dark fermentation waste Streams-A promising pathway for a biorefinery concept

PT Sekoai, A Ghimire, OT Ezeokoli, S Rao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, much attention has been directed towards the integration of dark
fermentation process into a biorefinery concept to enhance the energetic gains, thereby …

Biochar assisted thermophilic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge under high feedstock to seed sludge ratio in batch experiment

Q Li, M Xu, G Wang, R Chen, W Qiao, X Wang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Batch experiments were conducted using biochar (BC) to promote stable and efficient
methane production from thermophilic co-digestion of food waste (FW) and waste activated …

A hyperthermophilic anaerobic fermentation platform for highly efficient short chain fatty acids production from thermal hydrolyzed sludge

Z Chen, S Zhu, S Gao, C Sun, Z Tian, X Wen - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a carboxylate platform of hyperthermophilic (70℃) anaerobic fermentation
(HAF) for short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) production from thermal hydrolyzed sludge (THS) …

Production of chemicals in thermophilic mixed culture fermentation: mechanism and strategy

K Dai, W Zhang, RJ Zeng, F Zhang - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Thermophilic mixed culture fermentation (TMCF) has advantages such as high substrate
degradation rate (eg 0.5 d− 1 of 60° C vs 0.2 d− 1 of 35° C), hydrogen and methane yields …

The environmental biorefinery: state-of-the-art on the production of hydrogen and value-added biomolecules in mixed-culture fermentation

R Moscoviz, E Trably, N Bernet, H Carrère - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The environmental biorefinery consists of recovering and adding value to waste, possibly
through a multi-product approach. A first implementation of such a concept is the production …

Simultaneous biogas upgrading and biochemicals production using anaerobic bacterial mixed cultures

B Omar, R Abou-Shanab, M El-Gammal, IA Fotidis… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel biological process to upgrade biogas was developed and optimised during the
current study. In this process, CO 2 in the biogas and externally provided H 2 were …

Tofu processing wastewater as a low-cost substrate for high activity nattokinase production using Bacillus subtilis

T Li, C Zhan, G Guo, Z Liu, N Hao, P Ouyang - BMC biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Background Even though tofu is a traditional Chinese food loved by Asian people the
wastewater generated during the production of tofu can pollute the environment, and the …

Investigation of Cr (VI) reduction potential and mechanism by Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus under glucose fermentation condition

YN Bai, YZ Lu, N Shen, TC Lau, RJ Zeng - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examined the microbial reduction of hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] by an
extremely thermophilic bacterium, Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus, under glucose …

High-purity propionate production from glycerol in mixed culture fermentation

Y Chen, T Wang, N Shen, F Zhang, RJ Zeng - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
High-purity propionate production from glycerol in mixed culture fermentation (MCF) induced
by high ammonium concentration was investigated. Fed-batch experiments revealed that …

New insights into the mechanisms underlying biochar-assisted sustained high-efficient co-digestion: Reducing thermodynamic constraints and enhancing …

Q Li, Y Liu, W Gao, G Wang, M Dzakpasu, YY Li… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
To clarify the roles of biochar in the anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS)
and food waste (FW), batch tests were conducted coupled with thermodynamics …