Biofuels from food waste : applications of saccharification using fungal solid state fermentation

• Main Author: Trzcinski, Antoine P. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]
• Subjects: Biomass energy.; Food waste.; Fungi > Biotechnologoy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781315104690; 1315104695; 9781138093720; 1138093726
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : text file, PDF

"According to the UN's Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO), one third of food produced globally for human consumption (nearly 1.3 billion tons) is lost annually. Food waste has often been incinerated with other combustible municipal wastes for possible recovery of heat or other form...

Table of Contents:

• Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Author ; Chapter 1: Bioconversion of Food Wastes to Energy ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Ethanol Production ; 1.2.1 Pretreatments ; 1.2.2 Saccharification ; 1.2.3 Process Configurations.
• 1.2.4 Other Strategies to Improve Ethanol Yield 1.2.5 Large-Scale Ethanol Production from Food Waste ; 1.3 Hydrogen Production ; 1.3.1 Substrate Composition ; 1.3.2 Pretreatments ; 1.3.3 Process Configurations ; 1.4 Methane Production ; 1.4.1 Single-Stage Anaerobic Digestion.
• 1.4.2 Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion 1.4.3 Reactor Configurations ; 1.5 Biodiesel Production ; 1.6 Conclusions ; Chapter 2: Platform Chemical Production from Food Wastes ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Platform Chemical Production ; 2.2.1 Lactic Acid ; 2.2.2 Citric Acid.
• 2.2.3 Succinic Acid 2.2.4 Polyhydroxyalkanoates ; 2.2.5 Single Cell Oils ; 2.2.5.1 Single Cell Oil Production Using Hydrophilic Feedstock ; 2.2.5.2 Single Cell Oil Production Using Hydrophobic Feedstock ; 2.3 Other Chemicals ; 2.4 Conclusions.
• Chapter 3: Enzyme Production from Food Wastes 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Enzyme Production ; 3.2.1 Amylases ; 3.2.2 Lignocellulolytic Enzymes ; 3.2.3 Pectinolytic Enzymes ; 3.2.4 Proteases ; 3.2.5 Lipases ; 3.3 Conclusions.