Innovative biorefinery approaches for upcycling of post-consumer food waste in a circular bioeconomy context

A Patel, SS Desai, I Mariam, J Enman, U Rova… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Owing to the significant amounts produced each year, food waste is a critical issue that
affects the economy, society, and environment. An estimated US $1 trillion food is wasted …

Efficient removal of thiamethoxam by freshwater microalgae Scenedesmus sp. TXH: Removal mechanism, metabolic degradation and application

L Quan, Y Cheng, J Wang, Y Chen, D Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoids, as the most widely used pesticides in the world, help improve the production
of crops. Meanwhile, it also brings potential threats to surrounding environments and other …

Waste to Wealth: The power of food-waste anaerobic digestion integrated with lactic acid fermentation

CH Bühlmann, BS Mickan, S Tait… - Frontiers in Chemical …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Food waste (FW) costs the global economy $1 trillion annually and is associated with 8% of
anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an effective …

Culture depth effect on Scenedesmus sp. growth, photo-physiology and nutrient removal rate in anaerobically digested abattoir effluent

H Shayesteh, M Raeisossadati, A Vadiveloo… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Springer
Here, we evaluated the effect of culture depth on the growth and nutrient removal rate of
Scenedesmus sp. grown in anaerobically digested abattoir effluent (ADAE) and cultivated …

Development of a controlled release fertilizer by incorporating lauric acid into microalgal biomass: Dynamics on soil biological processes for efficient utilisation of …

K Srivastava, BS Mickan, J O'Connor… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Utilisation of microalgae to extract nutrients from the effluent of anaerobic digestion of food
waste is an emerging technology. A by-product of this process is the microalgal biomass …

Valorization of nutrients from fruit residues for the growth and lipid production of Chlorella sp.: A vision of the circular economy in Peru

MAM Condori, MEV Gutierrez, RDN Oviedo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
The supplementation of nutrients from agro-industrial residues is a sustainable strategy to
improve cost-benefit microalgae production; nonetheless, developing the appropriate …

Novel Thin-Layer Fountain Photobioreactors for the High-Density Cultivation of Spirulina sp

J Wang, C Hu, W He, F Du, N Jiao, J Liu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microalgae have been considered great candidates for carbon reduction and sustainable
feedstock for foods, biofuels, and biochemicals, but their production usually features low …

Optimal control of a bioeconomic model applied to the recovery of household waste*

OC Dekkaki, W Djema - 2023 American Control Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An improved mathematical model describing the process of generating energy from
household waste treatment is proposed and analyzed. It is a three-dimensional nonlinear …

Optimal control of waste recovery process

O Cherkaoui-Dekkaki, W Djema, N Raissi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
As society transitions away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources, finding
alternatives that are reliable becomes imperative. Waste-to-energy bioprocesses are …