Bioengineering of anaerobic digestion for volatile fatty acids, hydrogen or methane production: a critical review

S Wainaina, Lukitawesa, M Kumar Awasthi… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a well-established technology used for producing biogas or
biomethane alongside the slurry used as biofertilizer. However, using a variety of wastes …

Electro-fermentation: sustainable bioproductions steered by electricity

B Virdis, RD Hoelzle, A Marchetti, ST Boto… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The market of biobased products obtainable via fermentation processes has steadily
increased over the past few years, driven by the need to create a decarbonized economy. To …

A glimpse of the world of volatile fatty acids production and application: a review

S Agnihotri, DM Yin, A Mahboubi, T Sapmaz… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sustainable provision of chemicals and materials is undoubtedly a defining factor in
guaranteeing economic, environmental, and social stability of future societies. Among the …

A comprehensive review on current status and future perspectives of microbial volatile fatty acids production as platform chemicals

VK Varghese, BJ Poddar, MP Shah, HJ Purohit… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFA), the secondary metabolite of microbial fermentation, are used in a
wide range of industries for production of commercially valuable chemicals. In this review …

Effect of pH and retention time on volatile fatty acids production during mixed culture fermentation

E Jankowska, J Chwiałkowska, M Stodolny… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mixed culture fermentation consists of stable microbial population hence waste could be
potentially used as a substrates. The aim of the work was to investigate the impact of pH and …

Biohythane production from two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste: A review

X An, Y Xu, X Dai - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The biotransformation of food waste (FW) to bioenergy has attracted considerable research
attention as a means to address the energy crisis and waste disposal problems. To this end …

Effect of different heat treatments of inoculum on the production of hydrogen and volatile fatty acids by dark fermentation of sugarcane vinasse

FE Magrini, GM de Almeida, D da Maia Soares… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
Vinasse the main residue of bioethanol production can be used as a substrate in
microbiological processes to obtain value-added products. However, it is necessary to use a …

The effect of initial organic load of the kitchen waste on the production of VFA and H2 in dark fermentation

R Slezak, J Grzelak, L Krzystek, S Ledakowicz - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Dark fermentation of kitchen wastes was studied in batch bioreactors, with no pH
adjustment, to evaluate the effect of the initial organic load on the process performance in …

Regulation mechanisms in mixed and pure culture microbial fermentation

RD Hoelzle, B Virdis… - Biotechnology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐culture fermentation is a key central process to enable next generation biofuels and
biocommodity production due to economic and process advantages over application of pure …

A critical review on the two-stage biohythane production and its viability as a renewable fuel

KB Sasidhar, PS Kumar, L Xiao - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
With over 130 countries signing the net-zero coalition treaty to reduce the global warming,
the interest to replace fossil-fuels is constantly increasing. Also, there exists an increased …