Reactor technologies for biodiesel production and processing: A review

M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo, M Dehhaghi… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are preferred over spark ignition counterparts for heavy-duty applications
and power generation plants because of their higher efficiency, durability, and productivity …

Mechanism, performance enhancement, and economic feasibility of CO2 microbial electrosynthesis systems: A data-driven analysis of research topics and trends

Z Ying, Q Qiu, J Ye, H Chen, J Zhao, Y Shen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES), a neoteric technology, has attracted much interest in
recent ten years. This work conducts network analyses in the CO 2 bio-reduction based on …

Enhanced volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production in a thermophilic fermenter with stepwise pH increase–Investigation on dissolved organic matter transformation and …

Y Chen, X Jiang, K Xiao, N Shen, RJ Zeng, Y Zhou - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a mixture of primary and wasted activated sludge was fermented in a semi-
continuous reactor aiming for enhanced volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production. The reactor …

The environmental biorefinery: state-of-the-art on the production of hydrogen and value-added biomolecules in mixed-culture fermentation

R Moscoviz, E Trably, N Bernet, H Carrère - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The environmental biorefinery consists of recovering and adding value to waste, possibly
through a multi-product approach. A first implementation of such a concept is the production …

Increasing profits in food waste biorefinery—a techno-economic analysis

JR Bastidas-Oyanedel, JE Schmidt - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The present manuscript highlights the economic profit increase when combining organic
waste anaerobic digestion with other mixed culture anaerobic fermentation technologies, eg …

Performance and mechanisms of citric acid improving biotransformation of waste activated sludge into short-chain fatty acids

X Zhang, X Huang, X Li, J Zhang, M Tang, X Liu… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous effective chemical strategies have been explored for short-chain fatty acids
(SCFAs) production from waste activated sludge (WAS), but many technologies have been …

Genome-centric metagenomics analysis revealed the metabolic function of abundant microbial communities in thermal hydrolysis-assisted thermophilic anaerobic …

L Zhang, X Gong, Z Chen, Y Zhou - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ecological roles of microbial communities and how they interact with each other in
thermal hydrolysis process (THP) assisted thermophilic anaerobic digestion (THP-AD) …

Sustainable electric power generation from live anaerobic digestion of sugar industry effluents using microbial fuel cells

BR Sreelekshmy, R Basheer, S Sivaraman… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental problems related to water sanitation are not restricted to developing countries
alone, but it is the most basic human and environmental need all around the world. Waste …

Propionic acid production from food waste in batch reactors: Effect of pH, types of inoculum, and thermal pre-treatment

R Ali, F Saravia, A Hille-Reichel, J Gescher… - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, lab-scale batch fermentation tests were carried out at mesophilic temperature
(30° C) to examine the influence of inoculum type, pH-value, and thermal pretreatment of …

Understanding biomass recalcitrance in grasses for their efficient utilization as biorefinery feedstock

A Bichot, JP Delgenès, V Méchin, H Carrère… - … Science and Bio …, 2018 - Springer
One of the main challenges for the deployment of lignocellulosic biorefineries in future years
is to find renewable and secured biomass sources in order to obtain bio-sourced products …