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Fatelnig LMM, Chanyalew S, Tadesse M, Kebede W, Hussein N, Iza F, Tadele Z, Leubner-Metzger G, Steinbrecher T. Seed priming with gas plasma-activated water in Ethiopia's "orphan" crop tef (Eragrostis tef). PLANTA 2024; 259:75. [PMID: 38409565 PMCID: PMC10896766 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04359-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Seed priming with gas plasma-activated water results in an increased ageing resilience in Eragrostis tef grains compared to a conventional hydropriming protocol. Tef (Eragrostis tef) is a cereal grass and a major staple crop of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Despite its significant importance in terms of production, consumption, and cash crop value, tef has been understudied and its productivity is low. In this study, tef grains have undergone different priming treatments to enhance seed vigour and seedling performance. A conventional hydropriming and a novel additive priming technology with gas plasma-activated water (GPAW) have been used and tef grains were then subjected to germination performance assays and accelerated ageing. Tef priming increases the germination speed and vigour of the grains. Priming with GPAW retained the seed storage potential after ageing, therefore, presenting an innovative environmental-friendly seed technology with the prospect to address variable weather conditions and ultimately food insecurity. Seed technology opens new possibilities to increase productivity of tef crop farming to achieve a secure and resilient tef food system and economic growth in Ethiopia by sustainable intensification of agriculture beyond breeding.
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- Lena M M Fatelnig
- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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- Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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- Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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- Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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- Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Wolfson School of Mechanical, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 790-784, South Korea
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- Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 32, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany, Palacký University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK.
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Qin L, Li OL. Recent progress of low-temperature plasma technology in biorefining process. NANO CONVERGENCE 2023; 10:38. [PMID: 37615807 PMCID: PMC10449751 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-023-00386-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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In recent years, low-temperature plasma-assisted processes, featuring high reaction efficiency and wide application scope, have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional methods for biomass valorization. It is well established that charged species, chemically energetic molecules and radicals, and highly active photons playing key roles during processing. This review presents the major applications of low-temperature plasma for biomass conversion in terms of (i) pretreatment of biomass, (ii) chemo fractionation of biomass into value-added chemicals, and (iii) synthesis of heterogeneous catalyst for further chemo-catalytic conversion. The pretreatment of biomass is the first and foremost step for biomass upgrading to facilitate raw biomass transformation, which reduces the crystallinity, purification, and delignification. The chemo-catalytic conversion of biomass involves primary reactions to various kinds of target products, such as hydrolysis, hydrogenation, retro-aldol condensation and so on. Finally, recent researches on plasma-assisted chemo-catalysis as well as heterogeneous catalysts fabricated via low-temperature plasma at relatively mild condition were introduced. These catalysts were reported with comparable performance for biomass conversion to other state-of-the-art catalysts prepared using conventional methods.
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- Lusha Qin
- School of Food Science, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Henan, 453003, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, South Korea.
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Sah AK, Al-Amin M, Talukder MR. DC magnetic field-assisted improvement of textile dye degradation efficiency with multi-capillary air bubble discharge plasma jet. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27492-2. [PMID: 37209329 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27492-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Axial DC magnetic field-assisted multi-capillary underwater air bubble discharge plasma jet has been used to study the productions of reactive oxygen species. Analyses of optical emission data revealed that the rotational (Tr) and vibrational temperatures (Tv) of plasma species slightly increased with magnetic field strength. The electron temperature (Te) and density (ne) increased almost linearly with magnetic field strength. Te increased from 0.53 to 0.59 eV, whereas ne increased from 1.03 × 1015 cm-3 to 1.33 × 1015 cm-3 for B = 0 to B = 374 mT, respectively. Analytical results from the plasma treated water provided that the electrical conductivity (EC), oxidative reduction potential (ORP), and the concentrations of O3 and H2 O2 enhanced from 155 to 229 µS cm-1, 141 to 17 mV, 1.34 to 1.92 mg L-1, and 5.61 to 10.92 mg L-1 due to the influence of axial DC magnetic field, while [Formula: see text] reduced from 5.10 to 3.93 for 30 min treatment of water with B = 0 and B = 374 mT, respectively. The model wastewater prepared with Remazol brilliant blue textile dye and the plasma treated wastewater studied by optical absorption spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, and gas chromatography mass spectrometer. The results show that the decolorization efficiency increased ~ 20% after 5 min treatment for the maximum B = 374 mT with respect to zero-magnetic field and, power consumption, and electrical energy cost reduced ~ 6.3% and ~ 4.5%, respectively, due to the maximum assisted axial DC magnetic field strength of 374 mT.
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- Abhishek Kumar Sah
- Plasma Science and Technology Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Plasma Science and Technology Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
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- Plasma Science and Technology Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh.
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Non-Thermal Plasma as a Biomass Pretreatment in Biorefining Processes. Processes (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/pr11020536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Climatic changes and the growing population call for innovative solutions that are able to produce biochemicals by adopting environmentally sustainable procedures. The biorefinery concept meets this requirement. However, one of the main drawbacks of biorefineries is represented by the feedstocks’ pretreatment. Lately, scientific research has focused on non-thermal plasma, which is an innovative and sustainable pretreatment that is able to obtain a high sugar concentration. In the present review, literature related to the use of non-thermal plasma for the production of fermentable sugar have been collected. In particular, its sugar extraction, time, and energy consumption have been compared with those of traditional biomass pretreatments. As reported, on one hand, this emerging technology is characterized by low costs and no waste production; on the other hand, the reactor’s configuration must be optimized to reduce time and energy demand.
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Grainge G, Nakabayashi K, Steinbrecher T, Kennedy S, Ren J, Iza F, Leubner-Metzger G. Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy release by gas plasma-activated water technology. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:4065-4078. [PMID: 35427417 PMCID: PMC9232203 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Developing innovative agri-technologies is essential for the sustainable intensification of global food production. Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait which defines the environmental conditions in which the seed is able to germinate. Dormancy release requires sensing and integration of multiple environmental signals, a complex process which may be mimicked by seed treatment technologies. Here, we reveal molecular mechanisms by which non-thermal (cold) atmospheric gas plasma-activated water (GPAW) releases the physiological seed dormancy of Arabidopsis thaliana. GPAW triggered dormancy release by synergistic interaction between plasma-generated reactive chemical species (NO3-, H2O2, ·NO, and ·OH) and multiple signalling pathways targeting gibberellin and abscisic acid (ABA) metabolism and the expression of downstream cell wall-remodelling genes. Direct chemical action of GPAW on cell walls resulted in premature biomechanical endosperm weakening. The germination responses of dormancy signalling (nlp8, prt6, and dog1) and ABA metabolism (cyp707a2) mutants varied with GPAW composition. GPAW removes seed dormancy blocks by triggering multiple molecular signalling pathways combined with direct chemical tissue weakening to permit seed germination. Gas plasma technologies therefore improve seed quality by mimicking permissive environments in which sensing and integration of multiple signals lead to dormancy release and germination.
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- Giles Grainge
- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Elsoms Seeds Ltd, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 1QG, UK
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- Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
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- Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, South Korea
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Grainge G, Nakabayashi K, Iza F, Leubner-Metzger G, Steinbrecher T. Gas-Plasma-Activated Water Impact on Photo-Dependent Dormancy Mechanisms in Nicotiana tabacum Seeds. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:6709. [PMID: 35743152 PMCID: PMC9223463 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Seeds sense temperature, nutrient levels and light conditions to inform decision making on the timing of germination. Limited light availability for photoblastic species results in irregular germination timing and losses of population germination percentage. Seed industries are therefore looking for interventions to mitigate this risk. A growing area of research is water treated with gas plasma (GPAW), in which the formed solution is a complex consisting of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. Gas plasma technology is widely used for sterilisation and is an emerging technology in the food processing industry. The use of the GPAW on seeds has previously led to an increase in germination performance, often attributed to bolstered antioxidant defence mechanisms. However, there is a limited understanding of how the solution may influence the mechanisms that govern seed dormancy and whether photoreceptor-driven germination mechanisms are affected. In our work, we studied how GPAW can influence the mechanisms that govern photo-dependent dormancy, isolating the effects at low fluence response (LFR) and very low fluence response (VLFR). The two defined light intensity thresholds affect germination through different phytochrome photoreceptors, PHYB and PHYA, respectively; we found that GPAW showed a significant increase in population germination percentage under VLFR and further described how each treatment affects key physiological regulators.
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- Giles Grainge
- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK; (G.G.); (K.N.); (G.L.-M.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK; (G.G.); (K.N.); (G.L.-M.)
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- Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;
- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK; (G.G.); (K.N.); (G.L.-M.)
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Science, Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK; (G.G.); (K.N.); (G.L.-M.)
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Lin X, Liu J, Wu L, Chen L, Qi Y, Qiu Z, Sun S, Dong H, Qiu X, Qin Y. In situ
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N heterojunction for oxygen evolution reaction. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Xuliang Lin
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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Pulsed Discharge Plasma over the Surface of an Aqueous Solution to Induce Lignin Decomposition. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-021-05806-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shuai Y, Wang X, Huang Z, Yang Y, Sun J, Wang J, Yang Y. Structural Design and Performance of a Jet-Impinging Type Microbubble Generator. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yun Shuai
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, P. R. China
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, P. R. China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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Calverley J, Zimmerman WB, Leak DJ, Hemaka Bandulasena H. Continuous removal of ethanol from dilute ethanol-water mixtures using hot microbubbles. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND : 1996) 2021; 424:130511. [PMID: 34790031 PMCID: PMC8447571 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Product inhibition is a barrier to many fermentation processes, including bioethanol production, and is responsible for dilute product streams which are energy intensive to purify. The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether hot microbubble stripping could be used to remove ethanol continuously from dilute ethanol-water mixtures expected in a bioreactor and maintain ethanol concentrations below the inhibitory levels for the thermophile Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius (TM242), that can utilize a range of sugars derived from lignocellulosic biomass. A custom-made microbubble stripping unit that produces clouds of hot microbubbles (~120 °C) by fluidic oscillation was used to remove ethanol from ~2% (v/v) ethanol-water mixtures maintained at 60 °C. Ethanol was continuously added to the unit to simulate microbial metabolism. The initial liquid height and the ethanol addition rate were varied from 10 to 50 mm and 2.1-21.2 g h-1 respectively. In all the experiments, ethanol concentration was maintained well below the inhibition threshold of the target organism (~2% [v/v]). This microbubble stripping unit has the potential to operate in conjunction with a 0.5-1.0 L fermenter to allow an ethanol productivity of 14.9-7.8 g L- 1h-1 continuously.
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- Joseph Calverley
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author.
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Mai-Prochnow A, Zhou R, Zhang T, Ostrikov K(K, Mugunthan S, Rice SA, Cullen PJ. Interactions of plasma-activated water with biofilms: inactivation, dispersal effects and mechanisms of action. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2021; 7:11. [PMID: 33504802 PMCID: PMC7841176 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-020-00180-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Biofilms have several characteristics that ensure their survival in a range of adverse environmental conditions, including high cell numbers, close cell proximity to allow easy genetic exchange (e.g., for resistance genes), cell communication and protection through the production of an exopolysaccharide matrix. Together, these characteristics make it difficult to kill undesirable biofilms, despite the many studies aimed at improving the removal of biofilms. An elimination method that is safe, easy to deliver in physically complex environments and not prone to microbial resistance is highly desired. Cold atmospheric plasma, a lightning-like state generated from air or other gases with a high voltage can be used to make plasma-activated water (PAW) that contains many active species and radicals that have antimicrobial activity. Recent studies have shown the potential for PAW to be used for biofilm elimination without causing the bacteria to develop significant resistance. However, the precise mode of action is still the subject of debate. This review discusses the formation of PAW generated species and their impacts on biofilms. A focus is placed on the diffusion of reactive species into biofilms, the formation of gradients and the resulting interaction with the biofilm matrix and specific biofilm components. Such an understanding will provide significant benefits for tackling the ubiquitous problem of biofilm contamination in food, water and medical areas.
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- Anne Mai-Prochnow
- grid.1013.30000 0004 1936 834XSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2006 Australia
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- grid.1013.30000 0004 1936 834XSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2006 Australia
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- grid.1013.30000 0004 1936 834XSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2006 Australia
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- grid.1024.70000000089150953School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000 Australia
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore ,grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361The School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore ,grid.117476.20000 0004 1936 7611The ithree Institute, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia
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- grid.1013.30000 0004 1936 834XSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW 2006 Australia
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Zhou R, Zhang T, Zhou R, Mai-Prochnow A, Ponraj SB, Fang Z, Masood H, Kananagh J, McClure D, Alam D, Ostrikov KK, Cullen PJ. Underwater microplasma bubbles for efficient and simultaneous degradation of mixed dye pollutants. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 750:142295. [PMID: 33182177 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Complete degradation of mixtures of organic pollutants is a major challenge due to their diverse degradation pathways. In this work, a novel microplasma bubble (MPB) reactor was developed to generate plasma discharges inside small forming bubbles as an effective mean of delivering reactive species for the degradation of the target organic contaminants. The results show that the integration of plasma and bubbles resulted in efficient degradation for all azo, heterocyclic, and cationic dyes, evidenced by the outstanding energy efficiency of 13.0, 18.1 and 22.1 g/kWh with 3 min of processing, in degrading alizarin yellow (AY), orange II (Orng-II) and methylene blue (MB), individually. The MPB treatment also effectively and simultaneously degraded the dyes in their mixtures such as AY + Orng-II, AY + MB and AY + Orng-II + MB. Scavenger assays revealed that the short-lived reactive species, including the hydroxyl (OH) and superoxide anion (O2-) radicals, played the dominant role in the degradation of the pollutants. Possible degradation pathways were proposed based on the intermediate products detected during the degradation process. The feasibility of this proposed strategy was further evaluated using other common water pollutants. Reduced toxicity was confirmed by the observed increases in human cell viability for the treated water. This work could support the future development of high performance- and energy-efficient wastewater abatement technologies.
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- Renwu Zhou
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; School of Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- College of Electrical Engineering and Control Science, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, Jiangsu, China
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- Particle and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Simultaneous saccharification and lactic acid fermentation of the cellulosic fraction of municipal solid waste using Bacillus smithii. Biotechnol Lett 2020; 43:667-675. [PMID: 33219874 PMCID: PMC7873104 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-020-03049-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Objective A primary drawback to simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) processes is the incompatibility of the temperature and pH optima for the hydrolysis and fermentation steps—with the former working best at 50–55 °C and pH 4.5–5.5. Here, nine thermophilic Bacillus and Parageobacillus spp. were evaluated for growth and lactic acid fermentation at high temperature and low pH. The most promising candidate was then carried forward to demonstrate SSF using the cellulosic fraction from municipal solid waste (MSW) as a feedstock. Results B. smithii SA8Eth was identified as the most promising candidate and in a batch SSF maintained at 55 °C and pH 5.0, using a cellulase dose of 5 FPU/g glucan, it produced 5.1 g/L lactic acid from 2% (w/v) MSW cellulosic pulp in TSB media. Conclusion This work has both scientific and industrial relevance, as it evaluates a number of previously untrialled bacterial hosts for their compatibility with lignocellulosic SSF for lactic acid production and successfully identifies B. smithii as a potential candidate for such a process. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10529-020-03049-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Wright A, Rollinson A, Yadav D, Lisowski S, Iza F, Holdich R, Radu T, Hemaka Bandulasena H. Plasma-assisted pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for anaerobic digestion. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Microbubbles have been involved in industrial processing since the 1970s with the introduction of dissolved air flotation into common practice. The turn of the century saw microbubbles become regularly used in medical imaging. But in bioprocessing, only this decade has seen rapid advances in R&D, with some bioprocesses, particularly in wastewater treatment, adopted at full industrial scale, and others at pilot scale, such as anaerobic digestion and fermentation, which is full industrial scale for many biomanufacturing and pharmaceutical processes. This article reviews the methods of microbubble generation only briefly, as it turns out only one generation method, fluidic oscillation through microporous diffusers, has the requisite features for introduction into full scale fermentation processes. Subsequently, six fundamental physicochemical hydrodynamics mechanisms that have been exploited by microbubble innovations in bioprocessing are presented and analyzed, particularly for the roles they play in bioprocessing applications. Some examples are drawn with applications to microalgal and yeast processing, as well as usage in wastewater treatment processes. Because the smallest microbubbles can increase rates in some of these six fundamental processes by several orders of magnitude over conventional processing methods, with the optimal contacting patterns, the promise for wider exploitation in bioprocessing is substantial.
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- D J Gilmour
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Understanding the production mechanisms of ozone and other reactive species in atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs) has become increasingly important for the optimization and commercial success of these plasma devices in emerging applications, such as plasma medicine, plasma agriculture, and plasma catalysis. In many of these applications, input power modulation is exploited as a means to maintain a low gas temperature. Although the chemical pathways leading to ozone production/destruction and their strong temperature dependence are relatively well understood, the effect of the on-time duration on the performance of these modulated DBDs remains largely unexplored. In this study, we use electrical and optical diagnostics, as well as computational methods, to assess the performance of a modulated DBD device. The well-established Lissajous method for measuring the power delivered to the discharge is not suitable for modulated DBDs because the transients generated at the beginning of each pulse become increasingly important in short on-time modulated plasmas. It is shown that for the same input power and modulation duty-cycle, shorter on-time pulses result in significantly enhanced ozone production, despite their operation at slightly higher temperatures. The key underpinning mechanism that causes this counter-intuitive observation is the more efficient net generation rate of ozone during the plasma on-time due to the lower accumulation of NO2 in the discharge volume.
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A Review on Ultrasonic Catalytic Microbubbles Ozonation Processes: Properties, Hydroxyl Radicals Generation Pathway and Potential in Application. Catalysts 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Ozone-based advanced oxidant processes (AOPs) have attracted remarkable attention as an alternative and effective approach for mineralization of refractory organics to innocuous substances. Key issues for ozone-based AOPs mainly focused on how to enhance ozone mass transfer and improve the production of hydroxyl radicals. Unfortunately, great efforts have been made, though, the application of ozone-based AOPs still remained in the laboratory scale due to lack of understanding of mechanisms of these hybrid processes. Besides, obtaining the balance of economical-technical feasibility is a great challenge. Ultrasonic catalytic microbubbles ozonation could be considered as a promising method, despite that there are a few studies that addressed this potential technology. Therefore, in this review, summaries about ozone-based microbubbles process, ultrasonic catalytic ozonation process, and ultrasonic catalytic microbubbles ozonation process have been provided in order to give a novel prospective about these hybrid technologies. The main influential parameters, such as initial pH, ozone dosage, intake flow rate, operating temperature, bubble size distributions, ultrasonic frequency, ultrasonic power density, and natural water constituents have also been well discussed. We truly hope that this paper will bring convenience to researchers that are devoted in the field of application of ozone-based AOPs for mineralizing refractory organics in wastewater.
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Wright A, Marsh A, Ricciotti F, Shaw A, Iza F, Holdich R, Bandulasena H. Microbubble-enhanced dielectric barrier discharge pretreatment of microcrystalline cellulose. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY 2018; 118:46-54. [PMID: 31007419 PMCID: PMC6473562 DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Cellulose recalcitrance is one of the major barriers in converting renewable biomass to biofuels or useful chemicals. A pretreatment reactor that forms a dielectric barrier discharge plasma at the gas-liquid interface of the microbubbles has been developed and tested to pretreat α-cellulose. Modulation of the plasma discharge provided control over the mixture of species generated, and the reactive oxygen species (mainly ozone) were found to be more effective in breaking-up the cellulose structure compared to that of the reactive nitrogen species. The effectiveness of pretreatment under different conditions was determined by measuring both the solubility of treated samples in sodium hydroxide and conversion of cellulose to glucose via enzymatic hydrolysis. Solutions pretreated under pH 3 buffer solutions achieved the best result raising the solubility from 17% to 70% and improving the glucose conversion from 24% to 51%. Under the best conditions, plasma-microbubble treatment caused pronounced crevices on the cellulose surface enhancing access to the reactive species for further breakdown of the structure and to enzymes for saccharification.
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- Alexander Wright
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136, Italy
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- Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author.
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