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An X, Xu Y, Dai X. Biohythane production from two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste: A review. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 139:334-349. [PMID: 38105059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The biotransformation of food waste (FW) to bioenergy has attracted considerable research attention as a means to address the energy crisis and waste disposal problems. To this end, a promising technique is two-stage anaerobic digestion (TSAD), in which the FW is transformed to biohythane, a gaseous mixture of biomethane and biohydrogen. This review summarises the main characteristics of FW and describes the basic principle of TSAD. Moreover, the factors influencing the TSAD performance are identified, and an overview of the research status; economic aspects; and strategies such as pre-treatment, co-digestion, and regulation of microbial consortia to increase the biohythane yield from TSAD is provided. Additionally, the challenges and future considerations associated with the treatment of FW by TSAD are highlighted. This paper can provide valuable reference for the improvement and widespread implementation of TSAD-based FW treatment.
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- Xiaona An
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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Yuan T, Sun R, Miao Q, Wang X, Xu Q. Analysing the mechanism of food waste anaerobic digestion enhanced by iron oxide in a continuous two-stage process. Waste Manag 2023; 171:610-620. [PMID: 37832210 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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The food waste (FW) digestion performance can be enhanced by introducing iron oxide (IO) into digesters. However, the role of IO in continuous two-stage digesters in enhancing the FW anaerobic digestion remains unclear. In this study, the effect of IO on the bioenergy recovery from a two-stage digestion process was investigated. The bioenergy recovery was significantly increased by up to 208.43 % with IO addition. The activities of dehydrogenase, α-amylase, and protease increase by 0.82-1.44, 7.24-14.56 and 7.97-20.45 times, respectively, as compared with that of the blank. With IO addition, the metabolic pathway in hydrolytic-acidogenic (HA) reactor shifted from lactic acid fermentation to butyric fermentation, which promoted stable methane production in methanogenic (MG) reactor. The activity of coenzyme F420 increased by 19.19-39.01 times, indicating that IO facilitated FW digestion by promoting hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. The enhancement in the enzyme activity was attributable to the Fe2+ generated by dissimilatory iron reduction. According to the microbial analysis, IO enhanced interspecies hydrogen transfer between Methanobacterium and Syntrophomonas. Furthermore, IO improved direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacter sulfurreducens and Methanosarcina. The effluent recirculation strategy greatly facilitated the hydrolysis and acidification of FW, which was critical for improving the two-stage process performance.
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- Tugui Yuan
- Sino-Dutch R&D Centre for Future Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, PR China; Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, University Town, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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Yuan T, Shi X, Xu Q. Enhancing methane production from food waste with iron-carbon micro-electrolysis in a two-stage process. Bioresour Technol 2023; 385:129474. [PMID: 37429555 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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A two-stage process, consisting of a leach-bed reactor (LBR) and an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB), has been commonly adopted to improve food waste anaerobic digestion. However, its application is limited due to low hydrolysis and methanogenesis efficiencies. This study proposed a strategy of incorporating iron-carbon micro-electrolysis (ICME) into the UASB and recirculating its effluent to the LBR to improve the two-stage process efficiency. Results showed that the integration of the ICME with the UASB significantly increased the CH4 yield by 168.29%. The improvement of the food waste hydrolysis in the LBR mainly contributed to the enhanced CH4 yield (approximately 94.5%). The enrichment of hydrolytic-acidogenic bacterial activity, facilitated by the Fe2+ generated through ICME, might be the primary cause of the improved food waste hydrolysis. Moreover, ICME enriched the growth of hydrogenotrophic methanogens and stimulated the hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis pathway in the UASB, contributing partially to the enhanced CH4 yield.
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- Tugui Yuan
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Park Y, Jeon JM, Park JK, Yang YH, Choi SS, Yoon JJ. Optimization of polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Halomonas sp. YLGW01 using mixed volatile fatty acids: a study on mixture analysis and fed-batch strategy. Microb Cell Fact 2023; 22:171. [PMID: 37661274 PMCID: PMC10476351 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02188-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is one of the most promising materials for replacing petroleum-based plastics, and it can be produced from various renewable biomass sources. In this study, PHA production was conducted using Halomonas sp. YLGW01 utilizing mixed volatile fatty acids (VFAs) as carbon sources. The ratio and concentration of carbon and nitrogen sources were optimized through mixture analysis and organic nitrogen source screening, respectively. It was found that the highest cell dry weight (CDW) of 3.15 g/L and PHA production of 1.63 g/L were achieved when the ratio of acetate to lactate in the mixed VFAs was 0.45:0.55. Furthermore, supplementation of organic nitrogen sources such as soytone resulted in a ninefold increase in CDW (reaching 2.32 g/L) and a 22-fold increase in PHA production (reaching 1.60 g/L) compared to using inorganic nitrogen sources. Subsequently, DO-stat, VFAs consumption rate stat, and pH-stat fed-batch methods were applied to investigate and evaluate PHA productivity. The results showed that when pH-stat-based VFAs feeding was employed, a CDW of 7 g/L and PHA production of 5.1 g/L were achieved within 68 h, with a PHA content of 73%. Overall, the pH-stat fed-batch strategy proved to be effective in enhancing PHA production by Halomonas sp. YLGW01 utilizing VFAs.
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- Yerin Park
- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31056, Republic of Korea
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, Yongin-si, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31056, Republic of Korea
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- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31056, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, Yongin-si, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 31056, Republic of Korea.
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Jiang W, Tao J, Luo J, Xie W, Zhou X, Cheng B, Guo G, Ngo HH, Guo W, Cai H, Ye Y, Chen Y, Pozdnyakov IP. Pilot-scale two-phase anaerobic digestion of deoiled food waste and waste activated sludge: Effects of mixing ratios and functional analysis. Chemosphere 2023; 329:138653. [PMID: 37044139 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Anaerobic co-digestion of deoiled food waste (dFW) and waste activated sludge (WAS) can address the challenges derived from mono-digestion of FW. In the present study, a pilot-scale methanogenic bioreactor of a two-phase anaerobic digestion system was developed to explore the impact of dFW/WAS volatile solids ratios on the overall performance, microbial community, and metabolic pathways. Besides, the tech-economic of the system was analyzed. The results showed that the degradation efficiency of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) was more than 84.90% for all the dFW/WAS ratios (v/v) (1:0, 39:1, 29:1, 19:1 and 9:1). Moreover, the dominant genus of bacteria and archaea with different ratios were Lactobacillus (66.84-98.44%) and Methanosaeta (53.66-80.09%), respectively. Co-digestion of dFW and WAS (29: 1 in v/v ratios) obtained the highest yield of methane (0.41 L CH4/Ladded) with approximately 90% of SCOD being removed. In the pilot-scale experiment, the co-digestion of FW and WAS makes positive contribution to reusing solid waste for improving solid management.
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- Wei Jiang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, 3 Institutskaya Str., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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Chakraborty D, Palani SG, Ghangrekar MM, Wong JWC. Reactive extraction of lactic and acetic acids from leached bed reactor leachate and process optimization by response surface methodology. Environ Technol 2023:1-16. [PMID: 36872877 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2186272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The present work focused on extracting lactic and acetic acids from the leachate collected from leached bed reactor (LBR) during acidogenesis of food waste using the reactive extraction (RE) process. A wide range of diluents was screened either alone by physical extraction (PE) or in combination with extractants using RE to extract acids from the VFA mix. Aliquat 336-Butyl acetate/MIBK extractants in RE demonstrated higher distribution coefficients (k) and extraction yield (E %) than PE. The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the extraction of lactic and acetic acids from the synthetic acid mix, using three variables (extractant concentrations, solute/acid concentration and time). Consequently, these three variables were optimized for LBR leachate. The RE was promising, and extraction efficiencies of 65% (lactate), 75% (acetate), 86.2% (propionate) and almost 100% for butyrate and medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) were achieved after 16 h of extraction. The RSM optimization predicted a maximum E % of 59.60% and 34.67% for lactate and acetate in 5.5 and 1.17 min, respectively. In the leachate experiment, an increase in E% and k was observed with increasing extractant concentration and lactate and acetate concentrations over time. Using a 1M reactive extractant mix and 1.25 and 12 g/L of solute concentrations, the maximum E % of acetate and lactate were 38.66% and 61.8% in 10 min. The results could contribute to developing a rapid in-situ product recovery system integrated with food waste acidogenesis for lactate and acetate recovery, contributing to the bio-economy.
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- Debkumar Chakraborty
- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
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- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
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Song Y, Pei L, Chen G, Mu L, Yan B, Li H, Zhou T. Recent advancements in strategies to improve anaerobic digestion of perennial energy grasses for enhanced methane production. Sci Total Environ 2023; 861:160552. [PMID: 36511320 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Perennial energy grasses (PEGs) are supposed to be a momentous heading to the development of biomass energy on account of their characteristic superiorities of high yield, strong adaptability and no direct competition with food crops. Anaerobic digestion of PEGs with great biogas-producing potential occupies an irreplaceable status despite a variety of pathways for conversion to renewable energy. However, efficient digestion of PEGs suffers from severe challenges in connection with feedstock properties such as recalcitrant structures. This review highlights recent research in anaerobic digestion of PEGs and focuses on essential aspects enhancing anaerobic digestion performance: types and properties of grasses, diverse pretreatments, various co-feedstocks for co-digestion, dosing of different additives, and improvements in reactors. General discussions on the future prospects of anaerobic digestion of PEGs are proposed. Overcoming knowledge gaps and technical limitations will facilitate further application of PEGs on an industrial scale.
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- Yingjin Song
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China; School of Biotechnology and Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Food Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Chakraborty D, Chatterjee S, Althuri A, Palani SG, Venkata Mohan S. Sustainable enzymatic treatment of organic waste in a framework of circular economy. Bioresour Technol 2023; 370:128487. [PMID: 36528180 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Enzymatic treatment of food and vegetable waste (FVW) is an eco-friendly approach for producing industrially relevant value-added products. This review describes the sources, activities and potential applications of crucial enzymes in FVW valorization. The specific roles of amylase, cellulase, xylanase, ligninase, protease, pectinase, tannase, lipase and zymase enzymes were explained. The exhaustive list of value-added products that could be produced from FVW is presented. FVW valorization through enzymatic and whole-cell enzymatic valorization was compared. The note on global firms specialized in enzyme production reiterates the economic importance of enzymatic treatment. This review provides information on choosing an efficient enzymatic FVW treatment strategy, such as nanoenzyme and cross-linked based enzyme immobilization, to make the process viable, sustainable and cheaper. Finally, the importance of life cycle assessment of enzymatic valorization of FVW was impressed to prove this approach is a better option to shift from a linear to a circular economy.
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- Debkumar Chakraborty
- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500007, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500007, India; Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy-502284, Telangana, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus 500078, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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