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Ghosh S, Kar D. Biohythane: a Potential Biofuel of the Future. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2024; 196:2957-2975. [PMID: 36576653 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-04291-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Today, the world is becoming more dependent on fossil fuels. The major drawbacks of these non-renewable energy resources include an extreme environmental pollution and an extinction threat. Several technologies including microalgal biodiesel production, biomass gasification, and bioethanol production have been explored for the generation of renewable energy especially, biofuels. One such promising research has been carried out in the generation of biohythane which has the potential to become an alternative fuel to the existing non-renewable ones. It has been reported that biohydrogen can be produced from organic wastes or agricultural feedstocks with the help of acidogens. Dark fermentation can be carried out by acidogens to produce biohydrogen under anaerobic conditions by utilizing lignocellulosic biomass or sugarcane feedstocks in the absence of light. The spent medium contains volatile short-chain fatty acids like acetate, butyrate, and propionate that can serve as substrates for acetogenesis followed by methane biosynthesis by methanogens. Therefore, the sequential two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD) involves a production of biohydrogen followed by the biosynthesis of methane. This combined process is termed as a single eponym "Biohythane" (hydrogen + methane). Several studies have demonstrated about the effectiveness of biofuel, and it is believed to have a greater energy recovery, environmental friendliness, and shorter fermentation time. Biohythane can serve as an alternative future green biofuel and solve the present energy crisis in India as well as the entire world.
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- Subhrojyoti Ghosh
- Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India.
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Mozhiarasi V, Natarajan TS, Dhamodharan K. A high-value biohythane production: Feedstocks, reactor configurations, pathways, challenges, technoeconomics and applications. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 219:115094. [PMID: 36535394 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In recent years, the demand for high-quality biofuels from renewable sources has become an aspirational goal to offer a clean environment by alternating the depleting fossil fuels to meet future energy needs. In this aspect, biohythane production from wastes has received extensive research interest since it contains superior fuel characteristics than the promising conventional biofuel i.e. biogas. The main aim is to promote research and potentials of biohythane production by a systematic review of scientific literature on the biohythane production pathways, substrate/microbial consortium suitability, reactor design, and influential process/operational factors. Reactor configuration also decides the product yield in addition to other key factors like waste composition, temperature, pH, retention time and loading rates. Hence, a detailed emphasis on different reactor configurations with respect to the type of feedstock has also been given. The technical challenges are highlighted towards process optimization and system scale up. Meanwhile, solutions to improve product yield, technoeconomics, applications and key policy and governance factors to build a hydrogen based society have also been discussed.
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- Velusamy Mozhiarasi
- CLRI Regional Centre, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Jalandhar, 144 021, Punjab, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Environmental Science Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai, 600 020, Tamil Nadu, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Energy and Environment, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, 147 004, Punjab, India
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Arhin SG, Cesaro A, Di Capua F, Esposito G. Recent progress and challenges in biotechnological valorization of lignocellulosic materials: Towards sustainable biofuels and platform chemicals synthesis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159333. [PMID: 36220479 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lignocellulosic materials (LCM) have garnered attention as feedstocks for second-generation biofuels and platform chemicals. With an estimated annual production of nearly 200 billion tons, LCM represent an abundant source of clean, renewable, and sustainable carbon that can be funneled to numerous biofuels and platform chemicals by sustainable microbial bioprocessing. However, the low bioavailability of LCM due to the recalcitrant nature of plant cell components, the complexity and compositional heterogeneity of LCM monomers, and the limited metabolic flexibility of wild-type product-forming microorganisms to simultaneously utilize various LCM monomers are major roadblocks. Several innovative strategies have been proposed recently to counter these issues and expedite the widespread commercialization of biorefineries using LCM as feedstocks. Herein, we critically summarize the recent advances in the biological valorization of LCM to value-added products. The review focuses on the progress achieved in the development of strategies that boost efficiency indicators such as yield and selectivity, minimize carbon losses via integrated biorefinery concepts, facilitate carbon co-metabolism and carbon-flux redirection towards targeted products using recently engineered microorganisms, and address specific product-related challenges, to provide perspectives on future research needs and developments. The strategies and views presented here could guide future studies in developing feasible and economically sustainable LCM-based biorefineries as a crucial node in achieving carbon neutrality.
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- Samuel Gyebi Arhin
- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
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- School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
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Xiang S, Liu Y, Lu F, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Xiong J, Huang Z, Yu Z, Ruan R, Cui X. The combination of aerobic and microaerobic promote hydrolysis and acidification of rice straw and pig manure: Balance of insoluble and soluble substrate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 350:126880. [PMID: 35202829 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Separated hydrolysis and acidification is an effective pretreatment method for anaerobic digestion of lignocellulose. However, excess consumption of soluble substrates remains a problem. Rice straw and pig manure were used as substrates with biogas slurry as the inoculum, combined with aerobic and microaerobic conditions in the 14-day hydrolysis and acidification. Aeration can significantly accelerate volatile solid degradation (38.25%), especially the lignocellulose. Soluble chemical oxygen demand (29157 mg/L) and volatile fatty acids (13219 mg/L) of the group with 4 days aerobic treatment, reached their peaks on day 5, obtaining a balanced insoluble substrate degradation and soluble substrate consumption. Candida, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Acetobacter were enriched at the balanced point for positive contribution to the degradation of the insoluble substrate and the generation of soluble substrate. This study not only reveals the balance between degradation and consumption, but also provides new insight into biogas slurry recycling and anaerobic digestion precursor substrate production.
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- Shuyu Xiang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China
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- Agricultural Ecology and Resources Protection Station of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330046, China
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- Agricultural Ecology and Resources Protection Station of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330046, China
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Center for Biorefining and Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, Paul 55108, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center for Biomass Conversion, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330047, PR China.
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Gupta VK, Nguyen QD, Liu S, Taherzadeh MJ, Sirohi R. Microbes in valorisation of biomass to value-added products. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126738. [PMID: 35051569 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Vijai K Gupta
- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, SRUC, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom; Centerfor Safe and Improved Food, SRUC, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom.
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary
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- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226 029, Uttar Pradesh, India
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