Conversion of municipal solid waste into carboxylic acids by anaerobic countercurrent fermentation: Effect of using intermediate lime treatment

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-93

  Aiello Mazzarri, Cateryna ^a   Coward Kelly, Guillermo ^b   Agbogbo, Frank K ^c   Holtzapple, Mark T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Novozymes Biotech Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Fermentation; MixAlco process; Municipal solid waste; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIME; MICROORGANISMS; SALTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACID-FORMING MICROORGANISMS; ENERGY SOURCES; MIXALCO PROCESS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW);

SOLID WASTES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IODOFORM; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CULTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; TIME;

EID: 27644476277     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/abab:127:2:079     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Holtzapple, M. T., Ross, M. K., Chang, N. S., Chang, V. S., Aldelson, S. K., and Brazel, C. (1997), In ACS Symposium Series 666, Saha, B. C. and Woodward, J., eds., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, pp. 130-142.
2. Hileman, B. (1999), Chem. Eng. News 77, 16-23.
3. EPA. (1998), Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 2003. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, www.epa.gov/garbage/pubs/msw05rpt.pdf.
4. EPA. (1999), Biosolids Generation, Use and Disposal in the United States, 1977. US EPA 530-R-99-009, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, www.epa.gov/oigearth/ereading_room/BIOSOLIDS_FINAL_REPORT.pdf.
5. Sterzinger, G. (1995), Technol. Rev. 98, 34-40.
6. DeBaere, L., Verdonck, O., and Verstraete, W. (1985), Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 15, 321-330.
7. Ghosh, S., Conrad, J. R., and Klass, D. L. (1975), J. Water Pollut. Control Fed. 47, 30-45.
8. Holtzapple, M. T, Davison, R. R., Ross, K., et al. (1999), Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 77/ 79, 609-631.
9. Aiello-Mazzarri, C. (2002), PhD dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station.
10. Rapier, C. R. (1995), MS thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station.
11. Ross, M. K. (1998), PhD dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station.
12. Groleau, D. and Frosberg, C. W. (1981), Can. J. Microbiol. 27, 517-530.
13. Holtzapple, M. T., Lundeen, J. E., Sturgiss, R., Lewis, J. E., and Dale, B. E. (1992), Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 34, 5-21.
14. Caldwell, D. R. and Bryant, M. P. (1966), Appl. Microbiol. 14, 794-801.