Sludge or waste activated sludge (WAS) generated from wastewater treatment plants may be considered a nuisance. It is a key source for secondary environmental contamination on …
PC Sabapathy, S Devaraj, K Meixner, P Anburajan… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are inevitably a key biopolymer that has the potential to replace the conventional petrochemical based plastics that pose jeopardy to the …
The first observation of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) aggregate was in 1888 by Beijenrinck. Despite polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) being the first type of PHA discovered, it …
G Mannina, D Presti, G Montiel-Jarillo, J Carrera… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters accumulated as carbon and energy storage materials under unbalanced growth conditions by various microorganisms. They are …
F Valentino, F Morgan-Sagastume, S Campanari… - New biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable polyesters that can be produced in bioprocesses from renewable resources in contrast to fossil-based bio-recalcitrant polymers …
Sludge is a by-product of municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and its management contributes significantly to the operating costs. Large WWTPs usually have …
Sustainable provision of chemicals and materials is undoubtedly a defining factor in guaranteeing economic, environmental, and social stability of future societies. Among the …
A Talan, S Pokhrel, RD Tyagi, P Drogui - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Global concerns related to environment and food security led circular bioeconomy as an assuring approach to resolve global problems. The biomaterials (bioplastics) and bioenergy …
S Bengtsson, A Karlsson, T Alexandersson, L Quadri… - New biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
A process was developed for biological treatment of municipal wastewater for carbon and nitrogen removal while producing added-value polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). The process …