A Glimpse of the World of Volatile Fatty Acids Production and Application: A reviewShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Bioengineered, ISSN 2165-5979, E-ISSN 2165-5987, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 1249-1275Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
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Abstract [en]
Sustainable provision of chemicals and materials is undoubtedly a defining factor in guaranteeing economic, environmental, and social stability of future societies. Among the most sought-after chemical building blocks are volatile fatty acids (VFAs). VFAs such as acetic, propionic, and butyric acids have numerous industrial applications supporting from food and pharmaceuticals industries to wastewater treatment. The fact that VFAs can be produced synthetically from petrochemical derivatives and also through biological routes, for example, anaerobic digestion of organic mixed waste highlights their provision flexibility and sustainability. In this regard, this review presents a detailed overview of the applications associated with petrochemically and biologically generated VFAs, individually or in mixture, in industrial and laboratory scale, conventional and novel applications.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. Vol. 13, no 1, p. 1249-1275
Keywords [en]
Volatile fatty acids, application and production of VFAS, anaerobic digestion, individual and mixed VFAS, anaerobic digestion effluent, MUNICIPAL WASTE-WATER, ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION, ACETIC-ACID, FOOD WASTE, BUTYRIC-ACID, POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PRODUCTION, HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM-BUTYRATE, SEWAGE-SLUDGE
National Category
Bioprocess Technology Other Industrial Biotechnology
Research subject
Resource Recovery
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-27440DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1996044ISI: 000739654600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122471478OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-27440DiVA, id: diva2:1635061
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