{"id":1108,"date":"2015-02-11T07:38:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T07:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2018-05-16T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T08:48:02","slug":"value-added-chemicals-from-biomass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/?page_id=1108","title":{"rendered":"Value-added chemicals from biomass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Value-added chemicals from biomass<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this UK industry-sponsored project, we aimed at developing integrated bioprocess for the conversion of biomass to added-value products, e.g cells, enzymes, sugars, oils and biofuels.<\/p>\n

We delivered a novel process for adding value to algae residue by producing more microbial oil in additional steps -as shown within the dotted box in the figure below.<\/p>\n

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Large scale algae production process showing proposed additional steps (within the dotted box). For more information click on the image.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some microalgae have been\u00a0favoured by evolution\u00a0with a system of enzymes and reserve carbohydrates that are usually converted into glucose (food) in periods of starvation.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0enzymes-carbohydrates system remain inactive\u00a0in the dead microalgae by-product from oil biorefineries, but\u00a0it can be reactivated to produce glucose in an easy and economical way in the test tube. The resulting broth rich in glucose mixed with other nutritional elements are\u00a0an excellent feedstock\u00a0to grow other cells.<\/p>\n

We applied\u00a0this concept as basis\u00a0to propose a novel process (see Bioresource Technology<\/em>, 116, 295-301<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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We delivered a novel process for adding value to algae residue by producing more microbial oil in additional steps -as shown within the dotted box […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1909,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1108","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6rw5S-hS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":335,"url":"http:\/\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/?page_id=335","url_meta":{"origin":1108,"position":0},"title":"Research","author":"Ernesto Hernandez","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Nature is my\u00a0inspiration, it\u00a0motivates me to apply the tenets of chemical engineering to solve some of the current challenges faced by humankind \u2013I may call this, bioinspired chemical engineering\" \u00a0 Value-added chemicals from biomass Functional food from biomass bioprocessing Microbial enhanced oil recovery Bioenergy from cheese industry Molecular identification of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1110,"url":"http:\/\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/?page_id=1110","url_meta":{"origin":1108,"position":1},"title":"Functional food from biomass bioprocessing","author":"Ernesto Hernandez","date":"February 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Development of Probiotics and Prebiotics in book: Engineering aspects of food biotechnology\u00a0 We are partners of the European Network for Gastrointestinal Health research, to which we delivered a review on the current status on the Development of Probiotics and Prebiotics. 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