abstract：:The process of biodiesel production from corn oil catalyzed by lipozyme TL IM, an inexpensive 1,3-position specific lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) and a central composite rotatable design (CCRD) was used to study the effects of enzyme dosage, ratio of t-butanol ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wang Y,Wu H,Zong MH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three strains were screened from crude oil-contaminated samples by toluene and cyclohexane enrichment in medium. Ten of these strains demonstrated high protease activity on skim-milk agar. Among them, the PT121 isolate, identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was selected based on its extracellular protease stabil...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tang XY,Pan Y,Li S,He BF

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mutant strain of fungus Trichoderma viride T 100-14 was cultivated on 1% microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel) for 120h and the resulting culture filtrate was prepared for protein identification and purification. To identify the predominant catalytic components, cellulases were separated by an adapted two-dimensio...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Zhou J,Wang YH,Chu J,Zhuang YP,Zhang SL,Yin P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia treating tannery wastewater under long-term operation. Two expanded clay aggregates (Filtralite MR3-8-FMR and Filtralite NR3-8-FNR) and a fine gravel-FG were used as substrate for th...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Calheiros CS,Rangel AO,Castro PM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project aimed at producing a concentrated nitrogen fertilizer from liquid swine manure using electrodialysis (ED) and reverse osmosis (RO), as a mean to help resolve the excess nutrient problem faced by many swine producers, and offer an alternative to chemical nitrogen fertilizer production. Different types of E...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Mondor M,Masse L,Ippersiel D,Lamarche F,Massé DI

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olive stone and seed are an important byproduct generated in the olive oil extraction and pitted table olive industries. As a lignocellulosic material, the hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin are the main components of olive stone as wells as protein, fat, phenols, free sugars and poliols composition. The main use...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Rodríguez G,Lama A,Rodríguez R,Jiménez A,Guillén R,Fernández-Bolaños J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of temperature on the equilibrium biosorption of methyl violet dye from aqueous solution using Mansonia wood sawdust was studied. The equilibrium biosorption data were analyzed using three widely applied isotherm models; Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson isotherm. The fit of three lin...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Ofomaja AE,Ho YS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work focused on the development of a practical biosorbent for the decolorization of textile effluents. The fermentation waste, Corynebacterium glutamicum biomass, when decarboxylated and immobilized in polysulfone matrix performed well in decolorization of simulated reactive dye bath effluent comprised of four di...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Vijayaraghavan K,Lee MW,Yun YS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation of sulfuric acid treated corn fiber hydrolysate (SACFH) inhibited cell growth and butanol production (1.7+/-0.2g/L acetone butanol ethanol or ABE) by Clostridium beijerinckii BA101. Treatment of SACFH with XAD-4 resin removed some of the inhibitors resulting in the production of 9.3+/-0.5 g/L ABE and a yi...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Qureshi N,Ezeji TC,Ebener J,Dien BS,Cotta MA,Blaschek HP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New value-added product was derived from agricultural by-products: rice bran and soybean meal by means of subcritical water (SW) hydrolysis. The effect of temperature (200-220 degrees C), reaction time (10-30 min), raw material-to-water weight ratio (1:5 and 2:5), was determined on the yields of protein, total amino a...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Watchararuji K,Goto M,Sasaki M,Shotipruk A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic digestion model No. 1 (ADM1), conceived by the international water association (IWA) task group for mathematical modelling of anaerobic digestion processes is a structured generic model which includes multiples steps describing biochemical and physicochemical processes encountered in the anaerobic degrad...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Boubaker F,Ridha BC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Pb chelater (EDTA-Pb) and ionic Pb (Pb(NO(3))(2)) on root cell death, Pb accumulation, changes of ROS, activities of antioxidant enzymes and uptake of mineral elements in response to Pb toxicity in Sedum alfredii H. were compared. Loss of plasma membrane integrity became serious by increasing Pb concent...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Huang H,Li T,Tian S,Gupta DK,Zhang X,Yang XE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel sodium humate/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (SH/PNIPA) hydrogels were synthesized by solution polymerization. The swelling and decoloring properties of SH/PNIPA hydrogels were also examined. Experiment results show that there exist hydrogen-bonding interactions between SH and PNIPA in the SH/PNIPA hydr...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Yi JZ,Ma YQ,Zhang LM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel supports for use as cation and anion adsorbents were prepared from lignocellulosics using pine needles and their carboxymethylated forms by network/hydrogel formation with acrylamide and N,N-methylene bisacrylamide. The hydrogels thus prepared were further functionalized by partial alkaline hydrolysis with 0.5 N...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Chauhan GS,Chauhan S,Kumar S,Kumari A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work deals with the harvesting of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) from a diluted culture medium. This cyanobacterium was retained by the European Space Agency as food supply for long term manned spatial missions, and integrated in the MELiSSA project: an artificial microecosystem which supports life in s...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Rossi N,Derouiniot-Chaplain M,Jaouen P,Legentilhomme P,Petit I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sulfated zirconias were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. They were used as catalysts in the alcoholysis of soybean oil and in the esterification of oleic acid. Using sulfated zirconia prepared by the solvent-free method (S-ZrO(2)) as catalyst, the alcoholysis conversion...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Garcia CM,Teixeira S,Marciniuk LL,Schuchardt U

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two landfill bioreactors were operated under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in a thermo-insulated room at a constant temperature of 32 degrees C. Reactors were filled with 19.5 kg of shredded synthetic solid waste prepared according to the average municipal solid waste compositions determined in Istanbul and operate...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Erses AS,Onay TT,Yenigun O

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase-catalyzed production of palm esters by alcoholysis of palm oil with oleyl alcohol in n-hexane was performed in 2L stirred-tank reactor (STR). Investigation on the performance of reactor operation was carried out in batch mode STR with single impeller mounted on the centrally located shaft. Rushton turbine (RT) ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Keng PS,Basri M,Ariff AB,Abdul Rahman MB,Abdul Rahman RN,Salleh AB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential water quality impacts associated with using bottom ash (BA) and composted dairy manure (CM) as a soil amendment were evaluated in this study. Two column studies were conducted to evaluate three blends of acidic BA and CM (BA:CM, v/v) namely, B1ac (95:5), B2ac (90:10), and B3ac (80:20) and three blends of alk...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Mukhtar S,Sadaka SS,Kenimer AL,Rahman S,Mathis JG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central composite design was employed to optimize the extraction of pectin with citric acid. The independent variables were citric acid concentration (0.086-2.91% w/v) and extraction time (17-102 min). The combined effect of these variables on the degree of esterification was investigated. Results have shown that th...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Pinheiro ES,Silva IM,Gonzaga LV,Amante ER,Teófilo RF,Ferreira MM,Amboni RD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of static magnetic field on the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from different short-chain fatty acids by activated sludge process under aerobic dynamic feeding (ADF) technique was evaluated in four sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) with static magnetic field intensity of 42 mT (SBR1), 21 mT (SBR2...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Chen H,Li X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though dam-related biomethane was identified in the 1960s, its capture has not been sufficiently discussed. Captured biomethane could be burned to produce energy, and the burning of biomethane turns the carbon in it into CO(2) that is far less potent as a greenhouse gas; this paper therefore aims to technically discus...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Kikuchi R,Amaral PB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the effect of incorporating an acidic ferrous sulphate waste (SF) over co-composting process of sewage sludge and olive mill solid wastes in a 1:2 v/v wet basis was investigated. The SF used was an industrial by-product of titanium oxide synthesis and its addition resulted in a chemical stabilisation of ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sánchez-Arias V,Fernández FJ,Villaseñor J,Rodríguez L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive husk was used for the preparation of activated carbon by chemical activation with KOH. The effects of carbonization and activation time on carbon properties were evaluated. The surface area of the produced carbons was measured by means of N(2) adsorption at 77K. The carbons with the highest surface area were fur...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Michailof C,Stavropoulos GG,Panayiotou C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosorption of Hg(2+) by two strains of cyanobacteria, Spirulina platensis and Aphanothece flocculosa, was studied under a batch stirred reaction system. Essential process parameters, including pH, biomass concentration, initial metal concentration, and presence of co-ions were shown to influence the Hg(2+) uptake...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Cain A,Vannela R,Woo LK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption on activated carbons of dark colored compounds contained in sugar beet vinasse was studied. Four commercial activated carbons with different properties (particle size, residual acidity and microporous properties) were respectively checked for efficiency at two temperature levels (25 degrees C and 40 deg...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Caqueret V,Bostyn S,Cagnon B,Fauduet H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation kinetics of particulate matter in anaerobic digestion of secondary sludge, untreated and sonicated, was investigated by carrying out batch tests at different feed/inoculum ratio (F/I) (in the range of 0.1-4.0). Particulate COD degradation data were analysed using the four equations most widely utilized to ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tomei MC,Braguglia CM,Mininni G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choosing bio-material of Eichhornia crassipes from five plant materials through comparison on their exchangeable capacity to copper and carboxyl content, cellulose xanthogenate was prepared by raw fiber of E. crassipes with NaOH and CS(2). The exchange adsorption properties of the product on copper were investigated a...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tan L,Zhu D,Zhou W,Mi W,Ma L,He W

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen and methane co-production from potato waste was examined using a two-stage process of anaerobic digestion. The hydrogen stage was operated in continuous flow under a pH of 5.5 and a HRT of 6h. The methane stage was operated in both continuous and semi-continuous flows under HRTs of 30 h and 90 h, respectively...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Zhu H,Stadnyk A,Béland M,Seto P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried biomass of Rhizopus oligosporus produced from food processing wastewater was used as an adsorbent for copper ions in water. The adsorption process was carried out in a batch process and the effects of contact time (1-48 h), initial pH (2.0-6.0), initial metal ion concentration (20-100 mg L(-1)) and temperature (...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Ozsoy HD,Kumbur H,Saha B,van Leeuwen JH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field experiment was conducted on mine spoil dump on an area of 10 ha, to restore the fertility and productivity of the coal mine spoil dump using integrated biotechnological approach. The approach involves use of effluent treatment plant sludge (ETP sludge), as an organic amendment, biofertilizers and mycorrihzal fun...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Juwarkar AA,Jambhulkar HP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three geo-textile filtration tubes were used to dewater lagoon solids from a first stage dairy lagoon using chemical amendments (aluminum sulfate and a polymer) to enhance the separation process. This experiment had previously been done without chemical amendment. The chemical amendments speeded the dewatering process...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Worley JW,Bass TM,Vendrell PF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal loop airlift and bubble column photobioreactors (PBR) were compared with respect to their performances during cultivation of Artrospira platensis (Spirulina platensis). Culture conditions were kept the same and different parameters were examined through the experiments. It was observed that a higher dry bioma...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Oncel S,Sukan FV

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosorption of cadmium (II) ions from aqueous solution onto immobilized cells of Pycnoporus sanguineus (P. sanguineus) was investigated in a batch system. Equilibrium and kinetic studies were conducted by considering the effect of pH, initial cadmium (II) concentration, biomass loading and temperature. Results showed ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Mashitah MD,Yus Azila Y,Bhatia S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out on the enzyme activities of Pleurotus tuber-regium fruitbodies and sclerotia cultivated in various agro-wastes. Higher activities of proteinase, total amylase, and glucose-6-phosphatase were observed in the sporophores compared to the sclerotia. Cellulase, carboxymethylcellulase and lipase val...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Kuforiji OO,Fasidi IO

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrates in different water and wastewater streams raised concerns due to severe impacts on human and animal health. Diverse methods are reported to remove nitrate from water streams which almost fail to entirely treat nitrate, except biological denitrification which is capable of reducing inorganic nitrate compounds ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Ghafari S,Hasan M,Aroua MK

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azo dyes are of synthetic origin and their environmental fate is not well understood. They are resistant to direct aerobic bacterial degradation and form potentially carcinogenic aromatic amines by reduction of the azo group. This study shows that applying the oxidative processes of enzymatic treatment with laccase an...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tauber MM,Gübitz GM,Rehorek A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic model is devised, from the reaction mechanism steps, to predict the rate of reducing sugar production by hydrolysis of two types of cellulose, namely, amorphous carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and highly crystalline wood shavings, using Aspergillus niger cellulase. Experimental results in a stirred batch reacto...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Al-Zuhair S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediment sample from a previously impacted Ochani stream was recreated in four glass chambers (A-D) as microcosms. The aim was to model and compare natural attenuation processes to forced aeration for remediation of a crude oil-impacted ecosystem. The initial hydrocarbon concentration was 90,212 mg/kg of sediment. Aft...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Abu GO,Dike PO

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to compare the impact of inoculation density on the rate of cellulose hydrolysis by a rumen derived culture with that of a microbial enrichment from an organic waste anaerobic digester. The results showed a linear relationship between the mass of biomass at the start of the first order degrada...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： O'Sullivan C,Burrell PC,Clarke WP,Blackall LL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00