화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.81, 24-40, January, 2020
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.09.009  Export Citation
Feasibility of membrane processes for the recovery and purification of bio-based volatile fatty acids: A comprehensive review
Sadegh Aghapour Aktij1, Alireza Zirehpour2, †, Arash Mollahosseini3, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh4, Alberto Tiraferri5, and Ahmad Rahimpour5, 6, †
  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, 10-367 Donadeo Innovation Center for Engineering, Advanced Water Research Lab (AWRL), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
  • 2Membrane Research and Development, The Daneshline Company, Tehran, Iran
  • 3Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
  • 4Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Boras, Boras, Sweden
  • 5Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
  • 6Department of Chemical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) can be produced from fermentation/anaerobic digestion of wastes and are a valuable substrate for numerous applications, such as those related to the food, tanning, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and chemicals industry. They are also inexpensive raw materials for developing alternative sources of energy. However, the separation and purification of VFAs produced from fermented wastewaters are not straightforward goals, due to the low concentration of these compounds in the fermentation broths and owing to the complexity of these mixtures. Cost-effective and sustainable technologies must be developed to recover VFAs efficiently and allow their beneficial use. In this paper, a comprehensive review of VFAs recovery/purification methods is provided, with focus on membrane-based processes. First, the VFAs production methods, application, and conventional processes (distillation, precipitation, adsorption, and extraction) for their recovery are briefly reviewed. Then, the ability of various membrane-based techniques to separate and purify VFAs are evaluated and discussed in detail. This discussion includes the processes of microfiltration/ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, membrane distillation, electrodialysis, membrane contractor, and pervapo- ration. Extensive background and examples of applications are also provided to show the effectiveness of membrane processes. Finally, challenges and future research directions are highlighted.
Keywords:Bio-based volatile fatty acids;Separation;Purification;Membrane processes
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