Enhanced volatile fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of food waste: A mini-review focusing on acidogenic metabolic pathways

M Zhou, B Yan, JWC Wong, Y Zhang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, efficient disposal of food waste (FW) with potential resource recovery has attracted
great attentions. Due to its easily biodegradable nature, rich nutrient availability and high …

Anaerobic bioconversion of food waste into energy: a critical review

CM Braguglia, A Gallipoli, A Gianico… - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Food waste was defined by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and includes
any healthy or edible substance that is wasted, lost, degraded at every stage of the food …

Pretreatment methods to enhance anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste

J Ariunbaatar, A Panico, G Esposito, F Pirozzi… - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reviews pretreatment techniques to enhance the anaerobic digestion of organic
solid waste, including mechanical, thermal, chemical and biological methods. The effects of …

Volatile fatty acids production from food waste: effects of pH, temperature, and organic loading rate

J Jiang, Y Zhang, K Li, Q Wang, C Gong, M Li - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The effects of pH, temperature, and organic loading rate (OLR) on the acidogenesis of food
waste have been determined. The present study investigated their effects on soluble …

Food waste valorization via anaerobic processes: a review

G Capson-Tojo, M Rouez, M Crest, JP Steyer… - … Science and Bio …, 2016 - Springer
The increasing production of food waste worldwide and new international regulations call for
the development of new technologies to treat this biowaste. Anaerobic processes are able to …

Dark fermentation: Production and utilization of volatile fatty acid from different wastes-A review

AK Pandey, S Pilli, P Bhunia, RD Tyagi, RY Surampalli… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are the building blocks of the chemical industry, and they are the
primary contributors to the planet's organic carbon cycle. VFA production from fossil fuels …

Food waste and food processing waste for biohydrogen production: a review

NHM Yasin, T Mumtaz, MA Hassan - Journal of environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Food waste and food processing wastes which are abundant in nature and rich in carbon
content can be attractive renewable substrates for sustainable biohydrogen production due …

Factors influencing volatile fatty acids production from food wastes via anaerobic digestion

Lukitawesa, RJ Patinvoh, R Millati… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are intermediate products in anaerobic digestion. The effect of
substrate loading or inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR), the addition of methanogen inhibitor …

A review of dark fermentative hydrogen production from biodegradable municipal waste fractions

G De Gioannis, A Muntoni, A Polettini, R Pomi - Waste management, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is believed to play a potentially key role in the implementation of sustainable
energy production, particularly when it is produced from renewable sources and low energy …

Biohydrogen production from food waste: current status, limitations, and future perspectives

YM Yun, MK Lee, SW Im, A Marone, E Trably… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Among the various biological routes for H 2 production, dark fermentation is considered the
most practically applicable owing to its capability to degrade organic wastes and high H 2 …