Advancements in Medium-Chain fatty acids production through chain Elongation: Key mechanisms and innovative solutions for overcoming Rate-Limiting steps

J Zhao, H Ma, M Gao, D Qian, Q Wang, SS Lam - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The depletion of fossil fuels has prompted an urgent search for alternative chemicals from
renewable sources. Current technology in medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) production …

Microbial electrosynthesis: carbonaceous electrode materials for CO 2 conversion

GS Lekshmi, K Bazaka, S Ramakrishna… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a sustainable approach to address greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions using anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) as a building block to create …

Amino acids as in-situ electron donors drive medium chain fatty acids production from sludge acidogenic fermentation liquid by electro-fermentation enhancement

P Wu, P Ding, Q Cao, C Zhang, B Fu, H Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) from waste biomass by chain
elongation often requires the supplementation of exogenous chemical electron donor (ED) …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting biogas production from recalcitrant lignin-based feedstock by adding lignin-derived carbonaceous materials within the anaerobic digestion process

C Deng, X Kang, R Lin, B Wu, X Ning, D Wall… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass can add to the worldwide resource of biogas; however, the aromatic
structure of lignin is recalcitrant which impairs biodegradation. Direct interspecies electron …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of pH in syngas conversion to C4 & C6 acids in mixed-culture trickle bed reactors

C Quintela, A Grimalt-Alemany, O Modin, Y Nygård… - Biomass and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Syngas fermentation allows for the conversion of wastes into useful commodity chemicals.
To target higher value products, the conditions can be tuned to be favourable for both …

Effect of nanobubble water on medium chain carboxylic acids production in anaerobic digestion of cow manure

Y Liu, X Ye, K Chen, X Wu, L Jiao, H Zhang, F Zhu… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanobubble water promotes the degradation of difficult-to-degrade organic matter, improves
the activity of electron transfer systems during anaerobic digestion, and optimizes the …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the efficiency of anaerobic digestion and optimising in-situ CO2 bioconversion through the enhanced local electric field at the microbe-electrode …

X Ning, R Lin, J Mao, C Deng, L Ding, R O'Shea… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Integrating microbial electrolysis cells and anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD) improves upon
conventional anaerobic digestion for biomethane production due to the in-situ provision of …

[HTML][HTML] Natural fermentation as an inoculation strategy for dark fermentation of Ulva spp. hydrolysate

AFM Braga, PNL Lens - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
Dark fermentation from Ulva spp. hydrolysate, a third-generation feedstock, can be exploited
as sustainable alternative for biofuel production as it possesses a high carbohydrate …

Outstanding enhancement of caproate production with microwave pyrolyzed highly reductive biochar addition

Q Wu, L Deng, T Lan, H Wang, K Wang, H Zhu… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of biochar into microbial Chain Elongation (CE) proves to be an effective tool
of producing high-value bio-based products. This study innovatively applied biochar …

[HTML][HTML] Demand-driven biogas production from Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors to balance the power grid

R Shinde, A Hackula, R O'Shea, S Barth… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Future energy systems necessitate dispatchable renewable energy to balance electrical
grids with high shares of intermittent renewables. Biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD) can …