Effect of gradual transition of substrate on performance of flat-panel air-cathode microbial fuel cells to treat domestic wastewater.

abstract：:This study investigates the role of plant (Elodea nuttallii) and effect of supplementary aeration on wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation in an up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (UFCW-MFC). Aeration rates were varied from 1900 to 0mL/min and a control reactor was operated without supplement...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Oon YL,Ong SA,Ho LN,Wong YS,Dahalan FA,Oon YS,Lehl HK,Thung WE,Nordin N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extractive bioconversion with Bacillus cereus cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase, EC 2.4.1.19) in aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) was investigated for the synthesis and recovery of cyclodextrins (CDs). Optimum condition for the extractive bioconversion of CDs was achieved in ATPS consisted of 7.7% (w/w) polye...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Ng HS,Ooi CW,Mokhtar MN,Show PL,Ariff A,Tan JS,Ng EP,Ling TC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, digestate disintegration gained interest as an alternative strategy to feedstock pretreatment for anaerobic digestion. This study evaluated the effect of three different digestate disintegration methods (hydrogen peroxidation, ozone treatment and ultrasound) on manure digestate, potato waste digestate and mi...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Somers MH,Azman S,Sigurnjak I,Ghyselbrecht K,Meers E,Meesschaert B,Appels L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hematite nanoparticles concentration (0-1600 mg/L) and initial pH (4.0-10.0) on hydrogen production were investigated in batch assays using sucrose-fed anaerobic mixed bacteria at 35°C. The optimum hematite nanoparticles concentration with an initial pH 8.48 was 200mg/L, with the maximum hydrogen yield ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Han H,Cui M,Wei L,Yang H,Shen J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignin is an important raw material for the sustainable biorefineries and also the forerunner of high-value added products, such as biocomposite for chemical, pharmaceutical and cement industries. Oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) were used for lignin preparation by successive treatment with 1% (w/w) H2SO4 at 121°C...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Medina JD,Woiciechowski A,Zandona Filho A,Noseda MD,Kaur BS,Soccol CR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice straw was modified by azide-alkyne click reaction in order to realize selective extraction of noble metal ions. The ability of the modified straw to adsorb Pd(2+) and Pt(4+) was assessed using a batch adsorption technique. It was found that the sorption equilibrium could be reached within 1h and the adsorption ca...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wang J,Wei J,Li J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have displayed low Coulombic efficiency (CE); one reason for a low CE is metabolite generation, causing significant electron loss within MFC systems. In the present study, notable electron loss (15.83%) is observed in glucose-fed MFCs due to residual propionate, a glucose metabo...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Kim KY,Chae KJ,Choi MJ,Ajayi FF,Jang A,Kim CW,Kim IS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Napier grass is potentially a viable feedstock for biofuel production. The present study investigated biological pretreatment of Napier grass by three microbial consortia followed by saccharification and anaerobic digestion. The pretreatment efficiencies of three microbial consortia were compared in terms of degradati...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wen B,Yuan X,Li QX,Liu J,Ren J,Wang X,Cui Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10 L continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) system was developed for a two-stage hydrogen fermentation process with an integrated alkaline treatment. The maximum hydrogen production rate reached 218.5 mL/L h at a cornstalk concentration of 30 g/L, and the total hydrogen yield and volumetric hydrogen production rate ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Cheng XY,Li Q,Liu CZ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the damages of microbial cell structures, as well as the relationships between these damages and the release of cellular organic matter in the pretreatment of waste activated sludge (WAS) by using alkaline pretreatment as model. In the alkaline pretreatment of WAS, the most damage of bound extr...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Xiao B,Liu C,Liu J,Guo X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inulin is a naturally occurring second largest storage polysaccharide with a wide range of applications in pharmaceutical and food industries. It is a robust polysaccharide which consists of a linear chain of β-2, 1-linked-d-fructofuranose molecules terminated with α-d-glucose moiety at the reducing end. It is present...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Singh RS,Singh T,Larroche C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium acetate as carbon source, tolerance to organic loading rate (OLR) by aerobic granular sludge in a cyclic aerobic granular reactor (CAGR) was investigated by gradually increasing the influent COD. AGS could maintain stability in the continuous flow reactor under OLR⩽15kg/m(3)d in the former 65 days, and SVI, gra...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Long B,Yang CZ,Pu WH,Yang JK,Liu FB,Zhang L,Zhang J,Cheng K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalgae have emerged as the potential source for value-added products such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Metabolic engineering of multiple metabolic pathways has promoted eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) production in microalgae, however, further improvement is warranted owing to the burgeoning demand. Here we...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wang X,Luo SW,Luo W,Yang WD,Liu JS,Li HY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane fouling precludes the widespread application of membrane filtration system from treating wastewater and drinking water, and occurs even under sub-critical flux operations. Hence the characteristics and behavior of membrane foulants should be thoroughly investigated, so as to find ways to reduce membrane fouli...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Nguyen TN,Su YC,Pan JR,Huang C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cost-effective five-step sugar purification process involving simultaneous removal and recovery of fermentation inhibitors from biomass hydrolysates was first proposed here. Only the three separation steps (PB, PC and PD) in the process were investigated here. Furfural was selectively removed up to 98.4% from a simu...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Lee SC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch experiments with dry bracken fern have been done to determine cadmium and lead sequestering capacity of this biomaterial. Biomass characterisation was done by infrared spectroscopy and potentiometric analysis. The effect of pH of the metal containing solution, contact time and initial metal concentration has bee...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Barriada JL,Caridad S,Lodeiro P,Herrero R,Sastre de Vicente ME

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygenases play a key role in degradation of the aromatic compounds in the wastewater. This study explores the oxygenase coding gene sequences from the metagenome of activated biomass. Based on these results, the catabolic capacity of the activated sludge was assessed towards degradation of naphthalene, anthracene, ph...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Jadeja NB,More RP,Purohit HJ,Kapley A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p-Chloronitrobenzene (p-CNB) is a persistent refractory and toxic pollutant with a concentration up to 200 mg/L in industrial wastewater. Here, a super-fast removal rate was found at 0.2-0.8 V of external voltage over a p-CNB concentration of 40-120 mg/L when a bioelectrochemical technology is used comparing to the na...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Peng X,Pan X,Wang X,Li D,Huang P,Qiu G,Shan K,Chu X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that ecologically engineered bacterial consortium could enhance microalgal biomass and lipid productivities through carbon exchange. Phycosphere bacterial diversity analysis in xenic Chlorella vulgaris (XCV) confirmed the presence of growth enhancing and inhibiting microorganisms. Co-cultivatio...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Cho DH,Ramanan R,Heo J,Lee J,Kim BH,Oh HM,Kim HS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effect of set potential on oxygen reducing biocathodes was investigated in terms of electrochemical and biological characteristics. Three biocathodes were poised at 200, 60 and -100 mV vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE) for 110 days, including the first 17 days for startup. Electrochemical analyses sh...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Xia X,Sun Y,Liang P,Huang X

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two eco-friendly nanosorbents have been designed and synthesized via surface crosslinking of nanosilica (N-Si) with glycine (Gly) and reduced glutathione (GSH) to produce (N-Si-Gly) and (N-Si-Glu) using crosslinking reagent and sonochemical reactions, respectively. An investigation was performed to search selectivity ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Mahmoud ME,Hassan SSM,Kamel AH,Elserw MIA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, extensive studies have been carried out to improve our knowledge of the reactor operations and system performance in thermal pyrolysis of municipal solid wastes (MSW). However, the fundamentals of MSW pyrolysis and their engineering applications remain unsatisfactorily explored. This paper is a review...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Lu JS,Chang Y,Poon CS,Lee DJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the potential of autohydrolysis and alkaline extraction processes from corn stalks was performed for high purity hemicellulose extraction. The influence of process parameters on the purity of obtained hemicelluloses was analyzed. An experimental design was developed for the autohydrolysis treatments to dete...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Egüés I,Sanchez C,Mondragon I,Labidi J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve a sustainable production of food and feed production, inexpensive carbon and nutrient sources are needed. In the present study, biologically upgraded biogas is coupled with electrochemically extracted nitrogen from digested biowaste to cultivate mixed methanotrophs as protein source. Results showed that an ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tsapekos P,Zhu X,Pallis E,Angelidaki I

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larvicidal effects of the essential oils extracted from the leaves of Cryptomeria japonica at different ages (58, 42, and 26 years old) against 2 mosquito species, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, were studied. The analysis of major constituents of these essential oils was also investigated. Results obtained fr...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Cheng SS,Chua MT,Chang EH,Huang CG,Chen WJ,Chang ST

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoric acid (H(3)PO(4)) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) treated rice husks, followed by carbonization in a flowing nitrogen were used to study the adsorption of malachite green (MG) in aqueous solution. The effect of adsorption on contact time, concentration of MG and adsorbent dosage of the samples treated or carboni...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Rahman IA,Saad B,Shaidan S,Sya Rizal ES

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MixAlco process biologically converts biomass to carboxylate salts that may be converted to a variety of chemicals and fuels. This study examines the viability of different types of glycerol as a potential feedstock. Batch fermentations of crude biodiesel glycerol were compared to distilled and refined glycerol. C...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Forrest AK,Sierra R,Holtzapple MT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seaweed Sargassum sp. biomass proved to be useful for the recovery of ionic copper from highly concentrated solutions simulating effluents from semiconductor production. In the case of solutions containing copper in the form of chloride, sulphate and nitrate salts, the best pH for the recovery of copper was 4.5. It wa...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Padilha FP,de França FP,da Costa AC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two basidiomycetous fungi (Merulius aureus syn. Phlebia sp. and an unidentified genus) and a deuteromycetous fungus (Fusarium sambucinum Fuckel MTCC 3788) were isolated from soils affected with effluents of a pulp and paper mill over several years. These isolates were immobilized on nylon mesh and the consortium was u...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Malaviya P,Rathore VS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalpa sawdust, a promising biofuel production biomass, was pretreated by microwave-water, -NaOH, and -Ca(OH)2 to enhance enzymatic digestibility. After 48h enzymatic hydrolysis, microwave-Ca(OH)2 pretreated sample showed the highest reducing sugar yield. The content of hemicellulose and lignin in catalpa sawdust dec...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Jin S,Zhang G,Zhang P,Li F,Wang S,Fan S,Zhou S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00