Bioprocess Engineering and Fermentation Technology: Valorization of By-Products and Residues from the Agroindustry Sector
A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 5316
Special Issue Editors
Interests: valorization of agroindustrial residues; bioprocesses; pretreatment; SSF; fermentation technology; biofuels; biobutanol; 2,3-butanediol
Interests: valorization of agroindustrial residues; bioprocesses; pretreatment; SSF; fermentation technology; biofuels; biobutanol; 2,3-butanediol
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One of the sustainable development goals set by the UN is responsible production and consumption as a means to alleviate poverty and facilitate the transition to a clean and circular economy with lower greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, the sustainable management of natural resources will reduce the dependence on non-renewable unsustainable resources. Research and innovation towards the production of new and sustainable bio-based products is therefore essential.
The agro-industrial sector generates a large volume of waste and by-products, which can potentially be used in the production of commodities, such as biofuels or other high-value-added bioproducts. It is necessary to develop new bioprocesses or optimize existing ones, to establish new fermentation and separation strategies that allow significant improvements in yield and/or productivity, while minimizing process costs, including those associated with downstream stages.
This Special Issue will focus on recent developments that allow the valorization of agro-industrial waste into value-added products through bioprocesses, including among others the following topics:
- bioprocess design and optimization
- improvements in fermentation processes, including the use of genetically modified micro-organisms
- Intensification strategies aimed at integrating saccharification, fermentation and/or separation stages.
- techno-economic evaluation of bioprocesses
Prof. Dr. María Teresa García-Cubero
Dr. Juan Carlos López-Linares
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agroindustry by-products and residues valorization
- bioprocess intensification
- techno-economics of bioprocesses
- bioprocess optimization