TY - JOUR

T1 - An integrated, modular biorefinery for the treatment of food waste in urban areas

AU - Laibach, Natalie

AU - Müller, Boje

AU - Pleissner, Daniel

AU - Raber, Wolf

AU - Smetana, Sergiy

N1 - Research is partially funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) , in the frame of FACCE-SURPLUS/FACCE-JPI project UpWaste, grant number 031B0934A and 031B0934B .

PY - 2021/12/1

Y1 - 2021/12/1

N2 - Innovative and decentralized biorefineries are needed in urban areas to contribute to local resource efficiency. In this case study a biorefinery (waste-to-resource-unit, W2RU) is introduced for bioconversion of food waste using heterotrophic microalgae to protein-rich biomass, and for simultaneous extraction of high-value chemicals pigments (e.g., astaxanthin, β-carotene, lycopene, lutein, or riboflavin), vitamins (e.g., retinol, tocopherol, or ascorbic acid), and flavonoids from food waste. The W2RU is a compact and fully automated systems, which is applicable to recycle various biological waste streams. It consists of a module for the extraction of valuable compounds from wasted food. Remaining material will be sent to hydrolysis and hydrolysate applied as nutrient source in heterotrophic microalgae cultivation for production of protein-rich biomass. Such an approach can be integrated in urban infrastructure and the simultaneous production of various products from high-value chemicals to proteins revealed beneficial environmental impacts.

AB - Innovative and decentralized biorefineries are needed in urban areas to contribute to local resource efficiency. In this case study a biorefinery (waste-to-resource-unit, W2RU) is introduced for bioconversion of food waste using heterotrophic microalgae to protein-rich biomass, and for simultaneous extraction of high-value chemicals pigments (e.g., astaxanthin, β-carotene, lycopene, lutein, or riboflavin), vitamins (e.g., retinol, tocopherol, or ascorbic acid), and flavonoids from food waste. The W2RU is a compact and fully automated systems, which is applicable to recycle various biological waste streams. It consists of a module for the extraction of valuable compounds from wasted food. Remaining material will be sent to hydrolysis and hydrolysate applied as nutrient source in heterotrophic microalgae cultivation for production of protein-rich biomass. Such an approach can be integrated in urban infrastructure and the simultaneous production of various products from high-value chemicals to proteins revealed beneficial environmental impacts.

KW - Environmental impact

KW - Extraction

KW - Microalgae

KW - Urban areas

KW - Waste-to-resource

KW - Biology

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U2 - 10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100118

DO - 10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100118

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85122765410

VL - 4

JO - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

JF - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

SN - 2666-0164

M1 - 100118

ER -