All-Polyamide Composite Coated-Fabric as a Replacement for Material of Construction of Conventional Textile Bioreactors

Autor: Osagie Alex Osadolor, Ramkumar B. Nair, Mostafa Jabbari, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Rok vydání: 2017
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DOI: 10.20944/preprints201710.0101.v1
Popis: All-polyamide composite coated fabric (APCCF) materials were developed and used as the material of construction of textile bioreactors as a replacement of traditional costly steel-/concreate-based bioreactors. Then, APCCF-bioreactor was used to cultivate filamentous fungus Neurospora intermedia to produce ethanol and fungal biomass. The results showed similar performance of the fungus cultivated in stain-less steel bioreactors. Techno-economical analysis for a 5000-m3 APCCF bioreactor for fermentation facility would lead to a reduction of the annual production cost of the facility by $128,000,000 compared to similar stainless-steel processes. The comparative analyses (including mechanical and morphological analyses, density measurements and techno-economical analysis) revealed that the APCCF is a better candidate for material of construction of the textile bioreactor. The APCCF is a 100% recyclable single polymer composite which was prepared from textile production line waste.
Databáze: OpenAIRE