A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

MR Atelge, AE Atabani, JR Banu, D Krisa, M Kaya… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Biogas production from different waste resources still has limitations due to its complex
structure and slowly biodegradable nature. To improve methane yield and anaerobic …

A bibliometric analysis on potential uses of brewer's spent grains in a biorefinery for the circular economy transition of the beer industry

WG Sganzerla, LC Ampese, SI Mussatto… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This comprehensive review aims to elucidate the state of the art related to research trends
regarding the use of brewer's spent grains (BSG), the main solid by‐product generated in …

By-products in the malting and brewing industries—re-usage possibilities

A Karlović, A Jurić, N Ćorić, K Habschied, V Krstanović… - Fermentation, 2020 - mdpi.com
Beer production includes the formation of different by-products such as wastewater, spent
grains, spent hops, and yeast. In addition to these well-known by-products, it is necessary to …

Sustainable valorisation pathways mitigating environmental pollution from brewers' spent grains

M Kavalopoulos, V Stoumpou, A Christofi, S Mai… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, valorisation pathways of brewers' spent grains (BSG) towards biofuels
production under the biorefinery concept were studied utilizing experimental data that …

Potential applications of brewery spent grain: Critical an overview

SAL Bachmann, T Calvete, LA Féris - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Brewery Spent Grain (BSG) is a fibrous residue composed mainly of cellulose,
hemicellulose, and lignin. It is rich in proteins, fermentable sugars, and bioactive …

Biogas production from brewery spent grain as a mono-substrate in a two-stage process composed of solid-state anaerobic digestion and granular biomass reactors

M Panjičko, GD Zupančič, L Fanedl, RM Logar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion of brewery spent grain as a mono-substrate was studied. Brewery spent
grain is a substrate consisting largely of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, which are …

Improving the methane yield of maize straw: focus on the effects of pretreatment with fungi and their secreted enzymes combined with sodium hydroxide

X Zhao, K Luo, Y Zhang, Z Zheng, Y Cai, B Wen… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to improve the methane yield, the alkaline and biological pretreatments on
anaerobic digestion (AD) were investigated. Three treatments were tested: NaOH, biological …

Recent advances in biotechnological valorization of brewers' spent grain

P Puligundla, C Mok - Food Science and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Brewers' spent grain (BSG) is the most abundant by-product of beer-brewing. BSG is rich in
nutrients such as protein, fiber, minerals, and vitamins, and therefore it is conventionally …

[HTML][HTML] Towards green whiskey production: Anaerobic digestion of distillery by-products and the effects of pretreatment

X Kang, R Lin, B Wu, L Li, C Deng, K Rajendran… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using renewable biogas from the anaerobic digestion of distillery by-products as a low-
carbon heat source can decarbonize the distillery process and support the distillery industry …

Biochemical methane potential of brewery by-products

JV Oliveira, MM Alves, JC Costa - Clean Technologies and Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Beer production generates by-products with high energy potential, namely trub (Tr, dead
yeast from the fermentation) and spent grain (SG, smashed barley grains). This work …