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Garg S, Behera S, Ruiz HA, Kumar S. A Review on Opportunities and Limitations of Membrane Bioreactor Configuration in Biofuel Production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2023; 195:5497-5540. [PMID: 35579743 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-03955-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Biofuels are a clean and renewable source of energy that has gained more attention in recent years; however, high energy input and processing cost during the production and recovery process restricted its progress. Membrane technology offers a range of energy-saving separation for product recovery and purification in biorefining along with biofuel production processes. Membrane separation techniques in combination with different biological processes increase cell concentration in the bioreactor, reduce product inhibition, decrease chemical consumption, reduce energy requirements, and further increase product concentration and productivity. Certain membrane bioreactors have evolved with the ability to deal with different biological production and separation processes to make them cost-effective, but there are certain limitations. The present review describes the advantages and limitations of membrane bioreactors to produce different biofuels with the ability to simplify upstream and downstream processes in terms of sustainability and economics.
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- Shruti Garg
- Biochemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, 144601, India
- Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Grand Trunk Road, Amritsar, Punjab, 143040, India
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- Biochemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, 144601, India.
- Department of Alcohol Technology and Biofuels, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari (Bk.), Pune, 412307, India.
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- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, 25280, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Biochemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, 144601, India.
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Review of alternative technologies for acetone-butanol-ethanol separation: Principles, state-of-the-art, and development trends. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Teke GM, Tai SL, Pott RWM. Extractive Fermentation Processes: Modes of Operation and Application. CHEMBIOENG REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cben.202100028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- George M. Teke
- University of Stellenbosch Department of Process Engineering Stellenbosch South Africa
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- University of Cape Town Department of Chemical Engineering Cape Town South Africa
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- University of Stellenbosch Department of Process Engineering Stellenbosch South Africa
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Process optimization of acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation integrated with pervaporation for enhanced butanol production. Biochem Eng J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2021.108070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zhou X, Lu Y, Huang L, Zhang Q, Wang X, Zhu J. Effect of pH on volatile fatty acid production and the microbial community during anaerobic digestion of Chinese cabbage waste. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 336:125338. [PMID: 34082333 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The effects of pH on the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and the evolution of microbial community structure were studied via anaerobic fermentation of Chinese cabbage waste. The results showed that the concentration of total VFAs was highest at 20,241.4 mg COD/L at pH 6.0, followed by pH 7.0. Ethanol, acetate and butyrate were dominant under the acidic condition. The main products at pH 7.0 were acetate, propionate, and butyrate. Ethanol, acetate and butyrate were rapidly produced during the initial stage. The hexanoate concentration increased quickly from day 6 due to the chain extension between ethanol and butyrate, and was 4,885.1 mg COD/L on day 8, accounting for 30.4% of the total VFAs. As fermentation was extended, Bacteroidia and Clostridia were dominant at pH 6.0 and the uncontrolled pH, respectively. Clostridium IV, Ruminococcus, and Candida, were suspected to be related to hexanoate production.
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- Xiaonan Zhou
- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China.
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High temperature simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of corn stover for efficient butanol production by a thermotolerant Clostridium acetobutylicum. Process Biochem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2020.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Teke GM, Pott RWM. Design and evaluation of a continuous semipartition bioreactor for in situ liquid-liquid extractive fermentation. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 118:58-71. [PMID: 32876954 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Extractive fermentation (or in situ product removal (ISPR)) is an operational method used to combat product inhibition in fermentations. To achieve ISPR, different separation techniques, modes of operation and physical reactor configurations have been proposed. However, the relative paucity of industrial application necessitates continued investigation into reactor systems. This article outlines a bioreactor designed to facilitate in situ product extraction and recovery, through adapting the reaction volume to include a settler and solvent extraction and recycle section. This semipartition bioreactor is proposed as a new mode of operation for continuous liquid-liquid extractive fermentation. The design is demonstrated as a modified bench-top fermentation vessel, initially analysed in terms of fluid dynamic studies, in a model two-liquid phase system. A continuous abiotic simulation of lactic acid (LA) fermentation is then demonstrated. The results show that mixing in the main reaction vessel is unaffected by the inserted settling zone, and that the size of the settling tube effects the maximum volumetric removal rate. In these tests the largest settling tube gave a potential continuous volumetric removal rate of 7.63 ml/min; sufficiently large to allow for continuous product extraction even in a highly productive fermentation. To demonstrate the applicability of the developed reactor, an abiotic simulation of a LA fermentation was performed. LA was added to reactor continuously at a rate of 33ml/h, while continuous in situ extraction removed the LA using 15% trioctylamine in oleyl alcohol. The reactor showed stable LA concentration of 1 g/L, with the balance of the LA successfully extracted and recovered using back extraction. This study demonstrates a potentially useful physical configuration for continuous in situ extraction.
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- George M Teke
- Department of Process Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Process Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Enhancing bio-alcohol production from volatile fatty acids by suppressing methanogenic activity in single chamber microbial electrosynthesis cells (SCMECs). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Engineering Clostridium for improved solvent production: recent progress and perspective. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:5549-5566. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09916-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Feng K, Li H, Zheng C. Shifting product spectrum by pH adjustment during long-term continuous anaerobic fermentation of food waste. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 270:180-188. [PMID: 30218934 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Anaerobic fermentation is widely used to recover different products from food waste, and in this study, the evolution of fermentation products and microbial community along with pH variation was investigated thoroughly using four long-term reactors. Lactic fermentation dominated the system at pH 3.2-4.5 with lactic acid concentration of 5.7-13.5 g/L, and Lactobacillus was the superior sort. Bifidobacteria increased significantly at pH 4.5, resulting in the increase of acetic acid. Butyric acid fermentation was observed at pH 4.7-5.0. Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Olsenella were still dominant, but the lactic acid produced by them was converted to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) rapidly by Megasphaera, Caproiciproducens, Solobacteria, etc. Mixed acid fermentation occurred at pH 6.0 with the highest concentration 14.2 g/L of VFAs, and the dominant Prevotella and Megasphaera converted substrates to VFAs directly. On the whole, pH 4.5 and 4.7 led to the highest hydrolysis rate of 50% and acidification rate of 45%.
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- Kai Feng
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Urban Water Cycle and Environment Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Technical Department of Rocktek, Rocktek Limited Liability Company, Wuhan 430223, China
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Kushwaha D, Srivastava N, Mishra I, Upadhyay SN, Mishra PK. Recent trends in biobutanol production. REV CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2017-0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Finite availability of conventional fossil carbonaceous fuels coupled with increasing pollution due to their overexploitation has necessitated the quest for renewable fuels. Consequently, biomass-derived fuels are gaining importance due to their economic viability and environment-friendly nature. Among various liquid biofuels, biobutanol is being considered as a suitable and sustainable alternative to gasoline. This paper reviews the present state of the preprocessing of the feedstock, biobutanol production through fermentation and separation processes. Low butanol yield and its toxicity are the major bottlenecks. The use of metabolic engineering and integrated fermentation and product recovery techniques has the potential to overcome these challenges. The application of different nanocatalysts to overcome the existing challenges in the biobutanol field is gaining much interest. For the sustainable production of biobutanol, algae, a third-generation feedstock has also been evaluated.
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- Deepika Kushwaha
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Green Brick Eco Solutions, Okha Industrial Area , New Delhi 110020 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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Novel hybrid process for bio-butanol recovery: Thermopervaporation with porous condenser assisted by phase separation. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cai D, Hu S, Miao Q, Chen C, Chen H, Zhang C, Li P, Qin P, Tan T. Two-stage pervaporation process for effective in situ removal acetone-butanol-ethanol from fermentation broth. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 224:380-388. [PMID: 27839857 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Two-stage pervaporation for ABE recovery from fermentation broth was studied to reduce the energy cost. The permeate after the first stage in situ pervaporation system was further used as the feedstock in the second stage of pervaporation unit using the same PDMS/PVDF membrane. A total 782.5g/L of ABE (304.56g/L of acetone, 451.98g/L of butanol and 25.97g/L of ethanol) was achieved in the second stage permeate, while the overall acetone, butanol and ethanol separation factors were: 70.7-89.73, 70.48-84.74 and 9.05-13.58, respectively. Furthermore, the theoretical evaporation energy requirement for ABE separation in the consolidate fermentation, which containing two-stage pervaporation and the following distillation process, was estimated less than ∼13.2MJ/kg-butanol. The required evaporation energy was only 36.7% of the energy content of butanol. The novel two-stage pervaporation process was effective in increasing ABE production and reducing energy consumption of the solvents separation system.
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- Di Cai
- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China; Center for Process Simulation & Optimization, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China.
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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Cai D, Li P, Chen C, Wang Y, Hu S, Cui C, Qin P, Tan T. Effect of chemical pretreatments on corn stalk bagasse as immobilizing carrier of Clostridium acetobutylicum in the performance of a fermentation-pervaporation coupled system. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 220:68-75. [PMID: 27566514 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, different pretreatment methods were evaluated for modified the corn stalk bagasse and further used the pretreated bagasse as immobilized carrier in acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation process. Structural changes of the bagasses pretreated by different methods were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared, crystallinity index and scanning pictures by electron microscope. And the performances of batch fermentation using the corn stalk based carriers were evaluated. Results indicated that the highest ABE concentration of 23.86g/L was achieved using NaOH pretreated carrier in batch fermentation. Immobilized fermentation-pervaporation integration process was further carried out. The integration process showed long-term stability with 225-394g/L of ABE solvents on the permeate side of pervaporation membrane. This novel integration process was found to be an efficient method for biobutanol production.
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- Di Cai
- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China.
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- National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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