DEEP PURPLE publication in Elsevier
Luis D. Allegue, Daniel Puyol and Juan Antonio Melero Novel, from the Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, published “Novel approach for the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Coupling thermal hydrolysis with anaerobic digestion and photo-fermentation” in ELSEVIER, “Science of the Total Environment” with open access under a Creative Commons license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this study different organic fractions of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) were used as raw material in a novel treatment process that combines thermal hydrolysis (TH) pretreatment with anaerobic digestion of the solid fraction and photo-fermentation of the liquid fraction. Specific phototrophic activity tests were performed using a mixed culture of purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) that consumed up to 80% of the soluble organics. PPB was capable of producing polyhydroxyalkanoates, bioH2 and single-cell protein, apart from methane.
Highlights of the DEEP PURPLE publication:
- Transformation of biowaste by purple-phototrophic bacteria-based treatment
- Time had no impact on overall performance in thermal hydrolysis pretreatment.
- 15% of total solids transformed into high added-value products.
- High biomass yield achieved during photo-fermentation.
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Luis D. Allegue, Daniel Puyol and Juan Antonio Melero Novel, Novel approach for the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Coupling thermal hydrolysis with anaerobic digestion and photo-fermentation. Elsevier 2020, Science of The Total Environment 714, 136845.
