RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Approaching the industrialisation of volatile fatty acids production from urban organic wastes
A1 Castro Fernández, Ander
K1 volatile fatty acids
K1 sewage sludge
K1 food waste
K1 technology industrialisation
AB In a context of population growth, so does the generation of urban organic streams such as sewage sludge and biowaste. These can be subjected to fermentation processes to produce volatile fatty acids, chemical compounds highly demanded in the industry which are currently originated from fossil fuels. This work addresses the scaling up of the proposed technology to provide high-purity volatile fatty acids, optimising unit operations from a global perspective. Thus, experimentation started at laboratory scale to reach semi-industrial pilot scale, evaluating both the fermentation as well as the purification stages. All the information gathered experimentally allowed to economically evaluate the feasibility of building biorefineries for this purpose, therefore approaching industrial implementation.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/37799
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/37799
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026