Redirecting carbon to recover VFA to facilitate biological short-cut nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment: a critical review

D Kang, X Zhao, N Wang, Y Suo, J Yuan, Y Peng - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are facing a great challenge to transition from energy-
intensive to carbon-neutral and energy-efficient systems. Biological nutrient removal (BNR) …

Intensification of acidogenic fermentation for the production of biohydrogen and volatile fatty acids—a perspective

S Nagarajan, RJ Jones, L Oram, J Massanet-Nicolau… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Utilising 'wastes' as 'resources' is key to a circular economy. While there are multiple routes
to waste valorisation, anaerobic digestion (AD)—a biochemical means to breakdown …

Converting and valorizing heavy metal-laden post-harvest hyperaccumulator (Pteris vittate L.) into biofuel via acid-pretreated pyrolysis and gasification

S Huang, J Liu, S Chen, J Wang, Z Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Not only should post-harvest hyperaccumulators rich in heavy metals (HMs) be properly
disposed to avoid secondary HMs pollution, but also they should be valorized to enhance …

Comprehensive analysis of Sparassis crispa polysaccharide characteristics during the in vitro digestion and fermentation model

W Zhang, B Hu, C Liu, H Hua, Y Guo, Y Cheng… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sparassis crispa (S. crispa), an edible mushroom, is widely used as a natural
medicine due to its excellent pharmacological activities, including antitumor, anti …

Deep insight into oriented propionate production from food waste: microbiological interpretation and design practice

M Wu, X Liu, W Tu, J Xia, Y Zou, X Gong, P Yu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Using mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) for oriented volatile fatty acids (VFAs) refining in an
open environment is a typical challenge due to the microbial diversiform and the process …

In vitro simulated digestion of and microbial characteristics in colonic fermentation of polysaccharides from four varieties of Tibetan tea

Y Tan, M Li, K Kong, Y Xie, Z Zeng, Z Fang, C Li… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides as a functional prebiotic have numerous activities such as regulating
intestinal microorganisms and polysaccharide is one of the functional active components in …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of pH on the production of volatile fatty acids and microbial dynamics in long-term reactor operation

M Atasoy, Z Cetecioglu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids, intermediate products of anaerobic digestion, are one of the most
promising biobased products. In this study, the effects of acidic (pH 5), neutral (without pH …

Comparison of anaerobic co-digestion of vacuum toilet blackwater and kitchen waste under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Reactor performance, microbial …

Z Wang, H Li, P Wang, J Zhu, Z Yang, Y Liu - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Co-digestion of kitchen waste (KW) and black water (BW) can be considered as an attractive
method to efficiently achieve the clean energy from waste. To find the optimal operation …

Ultrasound-enhanced peracetic acid oxidation improves short-chain fatty acids production from waste activated sludge

X Li, Y Wang, Y He, X Wang, H Guo, T Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposed a new technology, ie, ultrasound (US)-enhanced peracetic acid (PAA)
pretreatment, to enhance resource recovery from anaerobic sludge fermentation. Results …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane bioreactor assisted volatile fatty acids production from agro-industrial residues for ruminant feed application

M Parchami, C Uwineza, OH Ibeabuchi, BO Rustas… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) supplementation in ruminants' diet as a source of energy and
chemical precursors and their effect on animal's physiology and well-being has long been of …