Low-Cost Feedstocks for Biofuels and High Value Added Products Production: Using Multi- Parameter Flow Cytometry as a Tool to Enhance the Process Efficiency

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Teresa Lopes da Silva ◽  
Alberto Reis
Keyword(s):  
Flow Cytometry ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Value Added Products

scholarly journals Production of Bacterial Cellulose by Acetobacter tropicalis Isolated from Decaying Apple Waste

2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-458
Author(s):  
Lakhvinder Kaur ◽  
Shachi Shah
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Cellulose ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Bacterial Isolates ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Value Added Products

Fruits and vegetables have the highest wastage rates of 45% of any food. One of the recent research areas is food waste valorization as a potential alternative to the disposal of a wide range of organic waste using microorganisms as one of the strategies known as microbial valorization. Bacterial cellulose is best known microbial valorization product because of its low cost, environmentally friendly nature, renewability, nanoscale dimensions, biocompatibility and extremely high hydrophilicity. Therefore, present study focuses on the isolation, characterization and identification of cellulose producing bacteria from decaying apple waste. Cellulose producers were isolated from decaying apple waste. The bacterial isolates obtained were identified through the morphological biochemical, physiological and molecular identification. The bacterial isolates exhibited potential remediation options to biovalorize decaying fruit waste by producing value added products as well as in safe disposal of waste.

scholarly journals Calcium Hydroxyapatite-Based Marine Origin: Novel Sunscreen Materials for Cosmeceutical Treatments

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 2770-2776
Author(s):  
Mohd Zul Helmi Rozaini ◽  
Habibah Hamzah ◽  
Chia Poh Wai ◽  
Mohd Hasmizam Razali ◽  
Uwaisulqarni M. Osman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Uv Light ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Calcium Hydroxyapatite ◽  
The Novel ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Light Absorber ◽  
Mn Doped ◽  
Value Added Products

Fringescalesardinella or TambanSisik bones have been discovered can be utilized as sunscreen agent in cosmeceuticals. Its flesh is the main ingredient in keropoklekor or fish crackers in Malaysia and the bones contained very high hydroxyapatite (HAp), (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) compound which exhibit as UV light absorber. The percentage yields obtained from the hydrothermal extraction consist of 41.2 ± 0.66 % (w/w) of HApwhich was almost half of the dry weight of 100 g samples.The additional of manganeseand ferum,initiated the novel sunscreen materials from hydroxyapatite-Fe and hydroxyapatite-Mn doped (modified bones). The unmodified HAp recorded with SPF 20 and modified HAp-Mn measured with SPF 40. Modified HAp-Fe emulsions were recorded with SPF 50 as the highest SPF value. Therefore, the bones have been characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation (FTIR)spectroscopy and x-Ray diffraction (XRD).The results obtained clearly indicated that the HAp existence in waste of Fringescalesardinella bones with addition of FeCl2which exhibits high potential as sunscreen compared to manganese and unmodified bones. Thus, the utilization of waste from the fish bones not only produce value-added products from low-cost resources, but also help in reducing pollution to the environment and preserved the global sustainability.

Dexterous Creation of Soccer-Ball Pattern by Using Urethane Rubber

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Funatani ◽  
◽  
Keiichi Nakamoto ◽  
Anthony Beaucamp ◽  
Yoshimi Takeuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Sodium Acetate ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Soccer Ball ◽  
Soft Objects ◽  
Value Added Products

It is important to establish new approaches to create value-added products, such as craftwork or artistic goods, that are different from traditional methods of realizing high-quality and low-cost products. Such a production technology is commonly called “dexterous machining.” This study addresses the creation of artistic products by using soft materials with complicated shapes by employing an aqueous solution of sodium acetate to fix a workpiece and to suppress the deformation. Experimental results show that the use of an aqueous solution of sodium acetate has the potential to realize the “dexterous machining” of soft objects.

scholarly journals Systems biology and metabolic engineering of Rhodococcus for bioconversion and biosynthesis processes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Donini ◽  
Andrea Firrincieli ◽  
Martina Cappelletti
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Adaptive Laboratory Evolution ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Laboratory Evolution ◽  
Metabolic Versatility ◽  
Genomic Basis ◽  
Value Added Products

AbstractRhodococcus spp. strains are widespread in diverse natural and anthropized environments thanks to their high metabolic versatility, biodegradation activities, and unique adaptation capacities to several stress conditions such as the presence of toxic compounds and environmental fluctuations. Additionally, the capability of Rhodococcus spp. strains to produce high value-added products has received considerable attention, mostly in relation to lipid accumulation. In relation with this, several works carried out omic studies and genome comparative analyses to investigate the genetic and genomic basis of these anabolic capacities, frequently in association with the bioconversion of renewable resources and low-cost substrates into triacylglycerols. This review is focused on these omic analyses and the genetic and metabolic approaches used to improve the biosynthetic and bioconversion performance of Rhodococcus. In particular, this review summarizes the works that applied heterologous expression of specific genes and adaptive laboratory evolution approaches to manipulate anabolic performance. Furthermore, recent molecular toolkits for targeted genome editing as well as genome-based metabolic models are described here as novel and promising strategies for genome-scaled rational design of Rhodococcus cells for efficient biosynthetic processes application.

scholarly journals Standardization of protein-enriched cookies made from Tamarind seed flour

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (SI) ◽  
pp. 194-197
Author(s):  
Farhat Sultana ◽  
Vijayalakshmi ◽  
Geetha ◽  
Mini
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Protein Energy Malnutrition ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Supplemental Food ◽  
Seed Flour ◽  
Tamarind Seed ◽  
Protein Energy ◽  
Protein Rich ◽  
Value Added Products ◽  
Children Under 5

Protein-energy malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in India affecting children under 5 years of age. The prevalence of underweight in children under 5 is 42.5% in India, being the highest globally. The need for low-cost supplemental food is vital under such conditions. This study aims to develop low cost and protein-rich value-added products from Tamarind seed flour. The incorporation of Tamarind seed flour (50%) in the development of cookies exhibited a significant level of increase in protein in cookies. The protein content of Control cookies was 5.65% and Tamarind seed flour incorporated cookies was 11.26%. This study depicted that Tamarind seed flour can be used as the replacement of conventionally used cereal flours to develop functional foods to curb protein-energy malnutrition.  

scholarly journals Fish Waste-Potential Low Cost Substrate for Bacterial Protease Production: A Brief Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Ramkumar ◽  
Nallusamy Sivakumar ◽  
Reginald Victor
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Protease Production ◽  
Industrial Biotechnology ◽  
Fish Waste ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Protease Enzyme ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Value Added Products

Industrial biotechnology processes have recently been exploited for an economic utilization of wastes to produce value added products. Of which, fish waste is one of the rich sources of proteins that can be utilized as low cost substrates for microbial enzyme production. Fish heads, tails, fins, viscera and the chitinous materials make up the wastes from fish industries. Processing these wastes for the production of commercial value added products could result in a decrease in the cost of production. In addition, we can eliminate the pollution of the environment and health issues due to the improper disposal of these fish wastes. This review highlights the potential use of fish waste as a cheaper substrate for the production of economically important protease enzyme.

Alkali Pretreatment and Acid Hydrolysis of Coconut Pulp and Empty Fruit Bunch to Produce Glucose

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorhalieza Ali ◽  
Che Afifi Che Aziz ◽  
Onn Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Acid Hydrolysis ◽  
Sodium Hydroxide ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Empty Fruit Bunch ◽  
Alkali Pretreatment ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Value Added Products

Lignocellulose waste has great potential to be converted into value added products sustainably as it is readily available at low cost. The aim of this study is to examine the amount of glucose produced from coconut pulp and coconut empty fruit bunch using acid hydrolysis. Sodium hydroxide pretreatment is carried out at 70oC using different concentrations of sodium hydroxide which are 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% v/v for a duration time of 2 hours. Optimum pretreatment is evaluated using Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) analysis. It is observed that optimum pretreatment is at 20% v/v sodium hydroxide. The optimum samples are then hydrolysed using concentrations of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% v/v of sulphuric acid at different temperatures of 30, 50, 70 and 90oC for 2 hours. Glucose concentration is analysed using an ultraviolet (UV) Spectrophotometer. The highest glucose concentrations obtained are 0.895 g/L and 0.550g/L for coconut pulp and coconut empty fruit bunch, respectively at 20% v/v acid concentration and a temperature of 90oC. 

scholarly journals Training of Self Help Group women on food safety through Value Addition of lemon waste: Peel

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupender Kaur ◽  
Bhagwat Singh Rathore ◽  
Prem Chand Gadhwal ◽  
Ashok Kumar Sharma ◽  
P. K. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Beta Carotene ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Lemon Juice ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
Lemon Peel ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Value Added Products

Waste can contain many reusable substances of high value depending on the adequate technology by this residual matter can be converted into commercial products. The lemons are extremely effective to treat the disease, which are caused by a vitamin C deficiency. The health benefits of lemons and lemon juice are well known but the lemon peels contain about 2.5 times more vitamins than lemon juice. It is also an excellent source of fiber, potassium, magnesium, calcium, folate, and beta carotene. The purpose of this paper is to describe the latest advances on the potential of lemon peel as a source of functional food products. For that purpose two trainings were organized by KVK on food safety and preparation of value added products among SHG beneficiary with practical interventions on lemon products making (Lemon Squash, lemon peel pickle and candy). These trainings were conducted in four parts, Part: 1.Knowledge on use of lemon: Health promotion by use of lemon, Part: 2. Uses of Lemon juice for the production of products: Squash and sharbat, Part: 3. Value addition of Lemon waste: Peal as a food products making: Pickle candy, Part: 4. Knowledge on preparation of oil less pickles at low cost. This knowledge is very useful for food safety as well as to establish SHG enterprise.

scholarly journals Sustainable Cost-Effective Microalgae Harvesting Strategies for the Production of Biofuel and Oleochemicals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchitra Rakesh ◽  
Jayakumar TharunKumar ◽  
Bhavya Sri ◽  
Karuppaiyan Jothibasu ◽  
Subburamu Karthikeyan
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Biomass Concentration ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Dissolved Air Flotation ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Microalgae Harvesting ◽  
Problematic Area ◽  
Value Added Products

Microalgae have been explored for sustainable production of biofuel and chemicals. Microalgae is promising feed stock for the production of several oleochemicals. It has the ability to utilize a variety of low cost feed stocks, accumulated large quantities of lipids and variety of value added products in their biomass. One of the major obstacles associated with the conversion of algae into value-added products is harvesting. The harvesting of algae is the most problematic area due to its low sedimentation rate, low biomass concentration, and high capital costs. Harvesting of algae is carried out by different physical, chemical, mechanical, biological, and electrolytic methods such as sedimentation, centrifugation, microstraining, dissolved air flotation, electrolytic flotation, chemical flocculation, bioflocculation, autoflocculation, Filtration. This review highlights the various methods of microalgae harvesting with advantages and future perspective of sustainable and cost-effective harvesting of microalgae.

scholarly journals Mexico Redux

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (01) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Physical Proximity ◽  
Unites States ◽  
Value Added Products

This article discusses formerly America’s top low-cost manufacturer; the neighbor to the south is repositioning itself to be an advanced industrial player. Colantuoni manages market research for Mexico’s Offshore Group, which develops maquiladoras for firms that want to manufacture in Mexico. Maquiladoras import goods from the United States without paying taxes or tariffs, manufacture or assemble them into products, and export them back across the border. Today, Mexico is making more complex and sophisticated products, as well as goods that require fast turnarounds and customization. It has used its advantages to retain business even in industries—computers, telecommunications, and appliances—that seemed a natural fit for China. Management in general is also a consideration for manufacturers. Mexico’s physical proximity to the Unites States and Canada, and the shared business culture of North America make management easier. In many ways, competition from China has been good for Mexico. It has spurred it to move into engineering and manufacturing higher value-added products.

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