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Application of Immersed Membrane Bioreactor for Semi-Continuous Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Organic Waste-Based Volatile Fatty Acids
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
MagSol, Tuhkanummenkuja 2, 00970 Helsinki, Finland.
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia.
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2023 (English)In: Membranes, E-ISSN 2077-0375, Vol. 13, no 6, article id 569Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) appear to be an economical carbon feedstock for the cost-effective production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). The use of VFAs, however, could impose a drawback of substrate inhibition at high concentrations, resulting in low microbial PHA productivity in batch cultivations. In this regard, retaining high cell density using immersed membrane bioreactor (iMBR) in a (semi-) continuous process could enhance production yields. In this study, an iMBR with a flat-sheet membrane was applied for semi-continuous cultivation and recovery of Cupriavidus necator in a bench-scale bioreactor using VFAs as the sole carbon source. The cultivation was prolonged up to 128 h under an interval feed of 5 g/L VFAs at a dilution rate of 0.15 (d−1), yielding a maximum biomass and PHA production of 6.6 and 2.8 g/L, respectively. Potato liquor and apple pomace-based VFAs with a total concentration of 8.8 g/L were also successfully used in the iMBR, rendering the highest PHA content of 1.3 g/L after 128 h of cultivation. The PHAs obtained from both synthetic and real VFA effluents were affirmed to be poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) with a crystallinity degree of 23.8 and 9.6%, respectively. The application of iMBR could open an opportunity for semi-continuous production of PHA, increasing the feasibility of upscaling PHA production using waste-based VFAs. 

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MDPI, 2023. Vol. 13, no 6, article id 569
Keywords [en]
biopolymer, immersed membrane reactor, polyhydroxyalkanoates, volatile fatty acids, Bioconversion, Bioreactors, Carbon, Cost effectiveness, Crystallinity, Effluents, Carbon feedstock, Continuous production, Cost-effective production, Immersed membrane, Immersed membrane bioreactors, Membrane reactor, Organic wastes, Semi-continuous, Biopolymers
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Other Industrial Biotechnology
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Resource Recovery; Resource Recovery
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-30312DOI: 10.3390/membranes13060569ISI: 001014724600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85164028978OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-30312DiVA, id: diva2:1787470
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