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ReviewBioresources and bioprocessing2021

Review and perspectives of enhanced volatile fatty acids production from acidogenic fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass wastes.

Jiachen Sun, Le Zhang, Kai-Chee Loh

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Review in Bioresources and bioprocessing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiachen SunDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576, Singapore.
Le ZhangNUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.
Kai-Chee LohDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576, Singapore. chelohkc@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9103-3750
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass wastes are abundant resources that are usually valorized for methane-rich biogas via anaerobic digestion. Conversion of lignocellulose into volatile fatty acids (VFA) rather than biogas is attracting attention due to the higher value-added products that come with VFA utilization. This review consolidated the latest studies associated with characteristics of lignocellulosic biomass, the effects of process parameters during acidogenic fermentation, and the intensification strategies to accumulate more VFA. The differences between anaerobic digestion technology and acidogenic fermentation technology were discussed. Performance-enhancing strategies surveyed included (1) alkaline fermentation; (2) co-digestion and high solid-state fermentation; (3) pretreatments; (4) use of high loading rate and short retention time; (5) integration with electrochemical technology, and (6) adoption of membrane bioreactors. The recommended operations include: mesophilic temperature (thermophilic for high loading rate fermentation), C/N ratio (20-40), OLR (< 12 g volatile solids (VS)/(L·d)), and the maximum HRT (8-12 days), alkaline fermentation, membrane technology or electrodialysis recovery. Lastly, perspectives were put into place based on critical analysis on status of acidogenic fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass wastes for VFA production.

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Acidogenic fermentationEnhancing strategiesLignocellulosic biomass wastesResource recoveryVolatile fatty acids

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PMID38650255
PMCPMC10992391
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