Chain elongation with reactor microbiomes: open-culture biotechnology to produce biochemicals

LT Angenent, H Richter, W Buckel… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chain elongation into medium-chain carboxylates, such as n-caproate and n-caprylate, with
ethanol as an electron donor and with open cultures of microbial consortia (ie, reactor …

Potato peel waste biorefinery for the sustainable production of biofuels, bioplastics, and biosorbents

F Ebrahimian, JFM Denayer, K Karimi - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Potato is the fourth most abundant crop harvested annually worldwide. Potato peel waste
(PPW) is the main waste stream of potato-processing industries which is generated in large …

Zerovalent iron effectively enhances medium-chain fatty acids production from waste activated sludge through improving sludge biodegradability and electron transfer …

Y Wang, W Wei, SL Wu, BJ Ni - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A novel zerovalent iron (ZVI) technique to simultaneously improve the production of medium-
chain fatty acids (MCFAs) from waste activated sludge (WAS) and enhance WAS …

Microbial production of lactic acid from food waste: latest advances, limits, and perspectives

L Song, D Yang, R Liu, S Liu, L Dai, X Dai - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant amount of food waste (FW) is produced every year. If it is not disposed of
timeously, human health and the ecological environment can be negatively affected. Lactic …

Anaerobic digestion without biogas?

R Kleerebezem, B Joosse, R Rozendal… - … Science and Bio …, 2015 - Springer
Anaerobic digestion for the production of methane containing biogas is the classic example
of a resource recovery process that combines stabilization of particulate organic matter or …

Free ammonia enhances dark fermentative hydrogen production from waste activated sludge

D Wang, YY Duan, Q Yang, Y Liu, BJ Ni, Q Wang… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonium and/or free ammonia (the unionized form of ammonium) are generally thought to
inhibit the activities of microbes involved in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. It …

Review of micro-aeration hydrolysis acidification for the pretreatment of toxic and refractory organic wastewater

Z Zhang, Y Yu, H Xi, Y Zhou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Micro-aeration (dosing tract air or oxygen) is an effective method to promote hydrolysis
acidification (HA). In recent years, the pretreatment of toxic and refractory organic …

The entering of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics into biological wastewater treatment system affects aerobic sludge digestion differently from their direct …

W Wei, X Chen, L Peng, Y Liu, T Bao, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The entering of the widespread polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics into
biological wastewater treatment system results in their retention in sewage sludge, which …

Effect of pH on lactic acid production from acidogenic fermentation of food waste with different types of inocula

J Tang, XC Wang, Y Hu, Y Zhang, Y Li - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of acidic pH (4, 5, 6 and uncontrolled) on lactic acid (LA) fermentation from
food waste was investigated by batch fermentation experiments using methanogenic sludge …

Thermophysical properties and biodegradation behavior of green composites made from polyhydroxybutyrate and potato peel waste fermentation residue

L Wei, S Liang, AG McDonald - Industrial Crops and Products, 2015 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is one of most biodegradable bioplastic, but its high cost and
brittleness limits its applications. In this study, low-value waste byproduct from a fermentation …