Valorization of volatile fatty acids from the dark fermentation waste Streams-A promising pathway for a biorefinery concept

PT Sekoai, A Ghimire, OT Ezeokoli, S Rao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, much attention has been directed towards the integration of dark
fermentation process into a biorefinery concept to enhance the energetic gains, thereby …

Value proposition of untapped wet wastes: carboxylic acid production through anaerobic digestion

AH Bhatt, ZJ Ren, L Tao - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Although traditional anaerobic digestion (AD) process to produce methane-rich biogas from
wet waste is deep-rooted, high carbon footprint and its low value as compared with other …

[HTML][HTML] Volatile fatty acids production via mixed culture fermentation: Revealing the link between pH, inoculum type and bacterial composition

M Atasoy, O Eyice, A Schnürer, Z Cetecioglu - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of operational parameters, inoculum type
and bacterial community on mixed culture fermentation to produce one dominant acid type …

Volatile fatty acids production during mixed culture fermentation–The impact of substrate complexity and pH

E Jankowska, J Chwialkowska, M Stodolny… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are obtained during chemical routes from non-renewable
petrochemicals. Intensive exploitation of oil resources have renewed the idea of VFAs …

Factors influencing volatile fatty acids production from food wastes via anaerobic digestion

Lukitawesa, RJ Patinvoh, R Millati… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are intermediate products in anaerobic digestion. The effect of
substrate loading or inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR), the addition of methanogen inhibitor …

Impact of organic loading rate in volatile fatty acids production and population dynamics using microalgae biomass as substrate

JA Magdalena, S Greses, C González-Fernández - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are regarded as building blocks with a wide range of applications,
including biofuel production. The traditional anaerobic digestion used for biogas production …

Long-term medium chain carboxylic acids production from liquor-making wastewater: parameters optimization and toxicity mitigation

Q Wu, X Feng, W Guo, X Bao, N Ren - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) production from waste biomass by an emerging
open culture chain elongation (CE) technology is a sustainable and affordable approach for …

Granular fermentation enables high rate caproic acid production from solid-free thin stillage

JM Carvajal-Arroyo, P Candry, SJ Andersen… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial chain elongation has been investigated as a process to upgrade diluted ethanol to
more valuable medium chain carboxylic acids. However, its application in the valorization of …

Protein hydrolysis and fermentation under methanogenic and acidifying conditions

TH Duong, K Grolle, TTV Nga, G Zeeman… - Biotechnology for …, 2019 - Springer
Background Many kinds of wastewaters contain appreciable quantities of protein. Anaerobic
processes are suitable for the treatment of wastewater high in organics to achieve pollution …

Conversion of organic waste into volatile fatty acids–The influence of process operating parameters

E Jankowska, A Duber, J Chwialkowska… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT)
and organic loading rate (OLR) on the volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production from cheese …