Enhancement of Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Food Waste by Mature Compost Addition

Autor: Yen-Keong Cheah, Joan Dosta, Joan Mata-Álvarez

Publikováno v: Molecules, Vol 24, Iss 16, p 2986 (2019)

Food waste (FW) collected from a university canteen was treated in acidogenic fermenters to produce volatile fatty acids (VFA) under biological pretreatment with mature compost. Batch assays working at pH 6 revealed an increment of 9.0%, 7.9%, and 4.

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Understanding the Anaerobic Digestibility of Lignocellulosic Substrates Using Rumen Content as a Cosubstrate and an Inoculum

Autor: Lutgarde Raskin, Joan Mata-Álvarez, Samir Kumar Khanal, Xavier Fonoll, Shilva Shrestha, Joan Dosta

Publikováno v: ACS ES&T Engineering. 1:424-435

While rumen microorganisms are known to facilitate the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates in anaerobic digestion (AD), it is unclear how rumen content can be used to maintain rumen microorgan...

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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.0c00164

Assessing the potential of waste activated sludge and food waste co-fermentation for carboxylic acids production

Autor: Joan Mata-Álvarez, Joan Dosta, N. Perez-Esteban, C. Vidal-Antich, Miriam Peces, Sergi Astals

Publikováno v: Vidal-Antich, C, Perez-Esteban, N, Astals, S, Peces, M, Mata-Alvarez, J & Dosta, J 2021, ' Assessing the potential of waste activated sludge and food waste co-fermentation for carboxylic acids production ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 757, 143763 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143763

This study investigated waste activated sludge (WAS) and food waste (FW) co-fermentation in batch assays to produce carboxylic acids. Three mixtures (50%, 70% and 90% WAS in VS basis) were studied under different conditions: with and without extra al

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https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/93bc900a-6a93-4e5f-990c-1ae96e883a58

Co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste in a wastewater treatment plant based on mainstream anaerobic membrane bioreactor technology: A techno-economic evaluation

Autor: Joan Mata-Álvarez, Sergi Astals, Sergi Vinardell, Konrad Koch, Joan Dosta

Publikováno v: Dipòsit Digital de la UB
Universidad de Barcelona

The implementation of anaerobic membrane bioreactor as mainstream technology would reduce the load of sidestream anaerobic digesters. This research evaluated the techno-economic implications of co-digesting sewage sludge and food waste in such wastew

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124978

The role of additives on anaerobic digestion: A review

Autor: M.S. Romero-Güiza, Sergi Astals, Joan Mata-Álvarez, Josep Maria Chimenos, J. Vila

Publikováno v: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 58:1486-1499

Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology for the treatment of organic waste streams with clear environmental benefits including generation of methane as renewable energy. However, the need to improve process feasibility of existing applications

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.094