A Hybrid Methodology to Minimize Freshwater Consumption during Shrimp Shell Waste Valorization Combining Multi-Contaminant Pinch Analysis and Superstructure Optimization

The conservation and proper management of natural resources constitute one of the main objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development designed by the Member States of the United Nations. In this work, a hybrid strategy based on process integration is proposed to minimize freshwater consumption while reusing wastewater. As a novelty, the strategy included a heuristic approach for identifying the minimum consumption of freshwater with a preliminary design of the water network, considering the concept of reuse and multiple pollutants. Then, mathematical programming techniques were applied to evaluate the possibilities of regeneration of the source streams through the inclusion of intercept units and establish the optimal design of the network. This strategy was used in the shrimp shell waste process to obtain chitosan, where a minimum freshwater consumption of 277 t/h was identified, with a reuse strategy and an optimal value of US $5.5 million for the design of the water network.

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Shrimp shell waste as a potential raw material for biorefinery—a revisit

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery ◽

10.1007/s13399-020-01271-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nisha Suryawanshi ◽

J. Satya Eswari

Keyword(s):

Raw Material ◽

Shrimp Shell ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Shrimp Shell Waste

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Optimization of Harvesting of Microalgal Thalassiosira pseudonana Biomass Using Chitosan Prepared from Shrimp Shell Waste

Asian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.3923/ajar.2016.162.174 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 162-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Trang Si Trung ◽

Nguyen Thi Khanh Huye ◽

Nguyen Cong Minh ◽

Tran Thi Le Trang ◽

Nguyen The Han

Keyword(s):

Thalassiosira Pseudonana ◽

Shrimp Shell ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Shrimp Shell Waste

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Preparation and neutralization of forcespun chitosan nanofibers from shrimp shell waste and study on its uranium adsorption in aqueous media

Reactive and Functional Polymers ◽

10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2019.104335 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 143 ◽

pp. 104335 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Roshanak Rostamian ◽

Mahmoud Firouzzare ◽

Mohsen Irandoust

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Media ◽

Uranium Adsorption ◽

Shrimp Shell ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Shrimp Shell Waste

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Upcycling chitin-containing waste into organonitrogen chemicals via an integrated process

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.1919862117 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 117 (14) ◽

pp. 7719-7728 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Xiaoqiang Ma ◽

Gökalp Gözaydın ◽

Huiying Yang ◽

Wenbo Ning ◽

Xi Han ◽

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Keyword(s):

Wide Spectrum ◽

Value Added ◽

Direct Conversion ◽

Water Soluble ◽

Integrated Biorefinery ◽

E Coli ◽

Shrimp Shell ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Shrimp Shell Waste ◽

Value Added Products

Chitin is the most abundant renewable nitrogenous material on earth and is accessible to humans in the form of crustacean shell waste. Such waste has been severely underutilized, resulting in both resource wastage and disposal issues. Upcycling chitin-containing waste into value-added products is an attractive solution. However, the direct conversion of crustacean shell waste-derived chitin into a wide spectrum of nitrogen-containing chemicals (NCCs) is challenging via conventional catalytic processes. To address this challenge, in this study, we developed an integrated biorefinery process to upgrade shell waste-derived chitin into two aromatic NCCs that currently cannot be synthesized from chitin via any chemical process (tyrosine andl-DOPA). The process involves a pretreatment of chitin-containing shell waste and an enzymatic/fermentative bioprocess using metabolically engineeredEscherichia coli. The pretreatment step achieved an almost 100% recovery and partial depolymerization of chitin from shrimp shell waste (SSW), thereby offering water-soluble chitin hydrolysates for the downstream microbial process under mild conditions. The engineeredE. colistrains produced 0.91 g/L tyrosine or 0.41 g/Ll-DOPA from 22.5 g/L unpurified SSW-derived chitin hydrolysates, demonstrating the feasibility of upcycling renewable chitin-containing waste into value-added NCCs via this integrated biorefinery, which bypassed the Haber–Bosch process in providing a nitrogen source.

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Synthesis of Capsule Film from Water-Soluble Chitosan by Adding Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Asian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.14233/ajchem.2020.21582 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 634-640

Author(s):

Yatim Lailun Ni'mah ◽

Wemma Devega ◽

Ita Ulfin ◽

Harmami Harmami

Keyword(s):

Fourier Transform ◽

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate ◽

Water Soluble ◽

Lauryl Sulfate ◽

Baseline Method ◽

Produce Water ◽

Commercial Use ◽

Shrimp Shell ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Shrimp Shell Waste

Mixtures comprising water-soluble chitosan (WSC), agar and different concentrations of sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) were used to synthesize capsule films. The concentration of agar was fixed at 0.02 %, whereas the concentration (v/v) of SLS varied (0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 and 0.08 %). Shrimp shell waste was subjected to demineralization, deproteination and deacetylation to obtain chitosan. The chitosan thus obtained was depolymerized to produce water-soluble chitosan (WSC). Fourier-Transform infrared (FTIR) baseline method was used for calculating the degree of deacetylation of chitosan. FTIR spectra of the obtained capsule film exhibited vibrations of its constituent molecules, namely agar, chitosan and SLS. The elasticity of the film matrix increased with SLS concentrations. In swelling tests conducted using water and 0.1 N HCl, the highest swelling values, 123.74 and 235.87 %, respectively were observed in the capsule film containing 0.08 % SLS in the 10th min. The capsule film containing 0.08 % SLS was degraded (broken) in water and 0.1 N HCl in the 10th and 30th min, respectively. The results indicated that a capsule film containing 0.08% SLS was the most eligible film for commercial use.

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