scholarly journals Optimization of simultaneous production of volatile fatty acids and bio-hydrogen from food waste using response surface methodology

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
pp. 10457-10464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuo Liu ◽  
Jianguo Jiang ◽  
Feng Yan ◽  
Yiwen Xu ◽  
Meng Yang ◽  
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Response surface methodology was applied to optimal VFA production from food waste, which could evaluate the interactive effect of each parameter as compared to the traditional approach about just one variable a time on VFA production.

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1009
Author(s):  
Gwon Woo Park ◽  
Seongsoo Son ◽  
Myounghoon Moon ◽  
Subin Sin ◽  
Kyoungseon Min ◽  
...  

Microbial lipid production from oleaginous yeasts is a promising process for the sustainable development of the microbial biodiesel industry. However, the feedstock cost poses an economic problem for the production of microbial biodiesel. After lipid extraction, yeast biomass can be used as an organic source for microbial biodiesel production. In this study, volatile fatty acids (VFAs), produced via anaerobic digestion of a lipid-extracted yeast (LEY) residue, were utilized as a carbon source for the yeast Cryptococcus curvatus. The response surface methodology was used to determine the initial pH and inoculum volume for the optimal VFA production. The experimental result for VFA concentration was 4.51 g/L at an initial pH of 9 and an inoculation 25%. The optimization results from the response surface methodology showed that the maximal VFA concentration was 4.58 g/L at an initial pH of 8.40 and an inoculation of 39.49%. This study indicates that VFAs from LEY can be used as a carbon source for microbial biodiesel production, with the potential to significantly reduce feedstock costs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Gamal K. Hassan ◽  
Rhys Jon Jones ◽  
Jaime Massanet-Nicolau ◽  
Richard Dinsdale ◽  
M.M. Abo-Aly ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 776-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mijia Zhu ◽  
Jun Yao ◽  
Zhonghai Qin ◽  
Luning Lian ◽  
Chi Zhang

Wastewater produced from polymer flooding in oil production features high viscosity and chemical oxygen demand because of the residue of high-concentration polymer hydrolysed polyacrylamide (HPAM). In this study, steel slag, a waste from steel manufacturing, was studied as a low-cost adsorbent for HPAM in wastewater. Optimisation of HPAM adsorption by steel slag was performed with a central composite design under response surface methodology (RSM). Results showed that the maximum removal efficiency of 89.31% was obtained at an adsorbent dosage of 105.2 g/L, contact time of 95.4 min and pH of 5.6. These data were strongly correlated with the experimental values of the RSM model. Single and interactive effect analysis showed that HPAM removal efficiency increased with increasing adsorbent dosage and contact time. Efficiency increased when pH was increased from 2.6 to 5.6 and subsequently decreased from 5.6 to 9.3. It was observed that removal efficiency significantly increased (from 0% to 86.1%) at the initial stage (from 0 min to 60 min) and increased gradually after 60 min with an adsorbent dosage of 105.2 g/L, pH of 5.6. The adsorption kinetics was well correlated with the pseudo-second-order equation. Removal of HPAM from the studied water samples indicated that steel slag can be utilised for the pre-treatment of polymer-flooding wastewater.


2013 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 405-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Stroescu ◽  
Anicuta Stoica-Guzun ◽  
Sorina Ghergu ◽  
Nicoleta Chira ◽  
Iuliana Jipa

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