Redirecting carbon to recover VFA to facilitate biological short-cut nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment: a critical review

D Kang, X Zhao, N Wang, Y Suo, J Yuan, Y Peng - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are facing a great challenge to transition from energy-
intensive to carbon-neutral and energy-efficient systems. Biological nutrient removal (BNR) …

[HTML][HTML] Production, purification and recovery of caproic acid, Volatile fatty acids and methane from Opuntia ficus indica

F Rizzioli, C Magonara, G Mengoli, D Bolzonella… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Opuntia ficus-indica can grow in arid and semi-arid environments characterized by low
water and nutrients availability. These features make it a more sustainable alternative to the …

Long-term rumen microorganism fermentation of corn stover in vitro for volatile fatty acid production

J Liang, W Fang, J Chang, G Zhang, W Ma, M Nabi… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rumen microorganisms have the ability to efficiently hydrolyze and acidify lignocellulosic
biomass. The effectiveness of long-term rumen microorganism fermentation of lignocellulose …

Reutilization of waste crawfish shell and sludge for efficient volatile fatty acids production by synchronously regulating the bioavailable substrates and microbial …

S Fang, W Cao, Q Shao, W Huang, F Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crawfish shell wastes (CSW) are abundant with valuable substrates, which possess great
resource potentials. This work has revealed the feasibility of CSW reutilization for effective …

Roles of zero-valent iron in anaerobic digestion: mechanisms, advances and perspectives

ZW He, ZS Zou, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth of population and urbanization, more and more bio-wastes have been
produced. Considering organics contained in bio-wastes, to recover resource from bio …

[HTML][HTML] Optimising sewage sludge anaerobic digestion for resource recovery in wastewater treatment plants

I Ferrer, F Passos, E Romero, F Vázquez, X Font - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Recovering resources from sludge generated during wastewater treatment is both an
opportunity and a challenge. Thermophilic anaerobic digestion may optimise biogas …

[HTML][HTML] Production of volatile fatty acids by anaerobic digestion of biowastes: Techno-economic and life cycle assessments

ASS Pinto, LJ McDonald, RJ Jones… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Production of volatile fatty acids from food waste and lignocellulosic materials has potential
to avoid emissions from their production from petrochemicals and provide valuable …

Sustainable bioprocess combining subcritical water pretreatment followed by anaerobic digestion for the valorization of jabuticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora) agro-industrial …

RG da Rosa, WG Sganzerla, TLCT Barroso… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The management of agri-food by-products has received worldwide attention due to concerns
about the environmental impacts caused by incorrect deposition. This study presented a …

Study on the preparation and feasibility of a novel adding-type biological slow-release carbon source

Y Cui, B Zhao, F Xie, X Zhang, A Zhou, S Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of slow-release carbon sources is an effective biological treatment to
remove nutrients from wastewater with low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N). Most filling-type …

Lachnospiraceae are emerging industrial biocatalysts and biotherapeutics

T Zaplana, S Miele, AC Tolonen - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Lachnospiraceae is a family of anaerobic bacteria in the class Clostridia with potential
to advance the bio-economy and intestinal therapeutics. Some species of Lachnospiraceae …