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ENERGIES
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en16041996
Keywords
microbial lipid; organic waste; volatile fatty acids; oleaginous yeast
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Organic waste is a global challenge, but its high carbon content makes it a valuable source for producing biofuels. By utilizing volatile fatty acids from organic waste, oleaginous yeast can convert them into microbial lipids, resulting in higher lipid productivity.
Organic waste is generated worldwide, and its disposal and recycling are becoming a challenge. Due to its high carbon content, however, it may be converted into valuable products. Carbon neutrality is essential, and unstable international oil prices stress the increasing importance of biofuels significantly. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) derived from organic waste can be converted to microbial lipids by oleaginous yeast using it as a carbon source. When VFA is consumed by oleaginous yeast, the pH of the medium rises; hence, acidic agents have to be added to the medium to maintain the broth's pH. In this study, we enhanced microbial lipid productivity by automatic fed-batch cultivation using VFA as an acidic agent, and the modified cultivation showed 48.9% and 69.0% higher biomass and lipid productivity than manual multi-fed culture. At a VFA concentration of 5 g/L and pH 7.0, a lipid yield of 0.25 g/g alongside lipid productivity of 0.11 g/L/h was obtained from an automatic fed-batch system. Oleic acid accounted for the largest proportion of microbial lipids, and the fatty acid composition was suitable for biodiesel production.
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