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Production and extraction of C3 and C4 aliphatic carboxylic acids from the anaerobic digestion of waste blood as a model substrate

Project overview

The overall aim of this research is to prove the concept that, by selection of reactor conditions and substrate type, anaerobic fermentation can be directed towards specified target products in concentrations suitable for extraction and further refining as intermediate bulk chemicals.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Yue Zhang

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Anaerobic digestion (AD) for organic waste management and renewable energy production, especially optimisation of digestion process e.g. via selective trace element supplementation, and manipulation of microbially-mediated pathways methanogenesis
  • Mixed-culture fermentation for bio-based chemical production with integration of downstream recovery processes, especially on selective carboxylic acid production from protein-rich wastes
  • CO2 biomethanisation, especially in-situ hydrogen addition new project to be created
Connect with Yue

Email: Y.ZHANG@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Production of volatile fatty acids from slaughterhouse blood by mixed-culture fermentation
Jersson Plácido & Yue Zhang, 2018, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 8(3), 621-634
DOI: 10.1007/s13399-018-0313-y
Type: article
Evaluation of esterification and membrane based solvent extraction as methods for the recovery of short chain volatile fatty acids from slaughterhouse blood anaerobic mixed fermentation
Jersson Plácido & Yue Zhang, 2018, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 9(10), 1767-1777
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-017-9952-7
Type: article