TY - JOUR
T1 - A review on bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) for the syngas and value added biochemicals production
AU - Kumar, Gopalakrishnan
AU - Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh
AU - Kadier, Abudukeremu
AU - Sivagurunathan, Periyasamy
AU - Zhen, Guangyin
AU - Kim, Sang Hyoun
AU - Saratale, Ganesh Dattatraya
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) are the microbial systems which are employed to produce electricity directly from organic wastes along with some valuable chemicals production such as medium chain fatty acids; acetate, butyrate and alcohols. In this review, recent updates about value-added chemicals production concomitantly with the production of gaseous fuels like hydrogen and methane which are considered as cleaner for the environment have been addressed. Additionally, the bottlenecks associated with the conversion rates, lower yields and other aspects have been mentioned. In spite of its infant stage development, this would be the future trend of energy, biochemicals and electricity production in greener and cleaner pathway with the win-win situation of organic waste remediation. Henceforth, this review intends to summarise and foster the progress made in the BESs and discusses its challenges and outlook on future research advances.
AB - Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) are the microbial systems which are employed to produce electricity directly from organic wastes along with some valuable chemicals production such as medium chain fatty acids; acetate, butyrate and alcohols. In this review, recent updates about value-added chemicals production concomitantly with the production of gaseous fuels like hydrogen and methane which are considered as cleaner for the environment have been addressed. Additionally, the bottlenecks associated with the conversion rates, lower yields and other aspects have been mentioned. In spite of its infant stage development, this would be the future trend of energy, biochemicals and electricity production in greener and cleaner pathway with the win-win situation of organic waste remediation. Henceforth, this review intends to summarise and foster the progress made in the BESs and discusses its challenges and outlook on future research advances.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.135
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.135
M3 - Article
C2 - 28284119
AN - SCOPUS:85014755284
VL - 177
SP - 84
EP - 92
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
SN - 0045-6535
ER -