Anaerobic digestion using mixed-culture with broader choice of pretreatments for hydrogen (H₂) production was investigated. Pretreatment of wastewater sludge by five methods, such as heat, acid, base, microwave and chloroform was conducted using crude glycerol (CG) as substrate. Results for heat treatment (100 °C for 15 min) showed the highest H₂ production across the pretreatment methods with ...

BACKGROUND Autohydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass in liquid hot water has been widely studied owing to its high efficiency and relatively low cost. In the perspective of industrial applications, continuous or semi-continuous processes are more interesting than batch systems. Moreover, microwave heating of pretreatment systems has been proposed to intensify the kinetics of the process. In thi...

The benefits of using hybrid drying are increasingly remarked. Microwave-convective (MW-CD) links the advantages both microwave and convective methods allows negative phenomena that appear when used separately to diminish. Most importantly, reduced specific energy consumption relatively short time observed, which can be additionally decreased by application various preliminary treatments, e.g.,...

Arthrospira platensis has emerged as a novel protein feed source since it contains high level and quality. However, this microalga presents recalcitrant cell wall its main proteins form protein-pigment complexes attached to the thylakoid membrane. The objective of present study was evaluate influence mechanical/physical pretreatments (bead milling, extrusion, freeze-drying, heating, microwave s...

Aiming to fulfil the sustainability criteria of future biorefineries, a novel biomass pretreatment combining natural deep eutectic solvents (NaDESs) and microwave (MW) technology was developed. Results showed that NaDESs have high potential as green for lignin fractionation/recovery sugar release in following enzymatic hydrolysis. A new class derived (LigDESs) also investigated, showing promisi...

The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique is a sensitive method for detecting gene amplification in tumor cells. However, FISH on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections is time-consuming and labor-intensive (1). Tissue processing and cross-linking fixatives such as formalin may prevent the probe from accessing its target sequence, prolonging the FISH processing time ...