Extraction of volatile organic compounds from water and wastewater by vacuum-driven membrane process: A comprehensive review

S Fatima, B Govardhan, S Kalyani, S Sridhar - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The separation of VOCs from aqueous streams is a significant process in many industries,
which is quite challenging. Vacuum-based membrane techniques like pervaporation …

Food waste to bioethanol: Opportunities and challenges

M Bibra, D Samanta, NK Sharma, G Singh… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing global population will require sustainable means to sustain life and growth.
The continuous depletion and increasing wastage of the energy resources will pose a …

The current and emerging sources of technical lignins and their applications

T Li, S Takkellapati - Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Technical lignins are bulk feedstocks. They are generated as byproducts from pul** or
cellulosic ethanol production. As lignin undergoes significant structural changes as a result …

Hierarchical Janus membrane via a sequential electrospray coating method with wetting and fouling resistance for membrane distillation

W Jia, JA Kharraz, J Sun, AK An - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane wetting and fouling issues are two major obstacles which hinder the practical
application of membrane distillation (MD). In this study, a sequential electrospray method …

Superhydrophobic membrane by hierarchically structured PDMS-POSS electrospray coating with cauliflower-shaped beads for enhanced MD performance

W Jia, JA Kharraz, PJ Choi, J Guo, BJ Deka… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction of superhydrophobic surfaces for improving the anti-wetting performance of
membrane distillation (MD) is still an on-going challenge. In this study, we fabricated a …

Review of alternative technologies for acetone-butanol-ethanol separation: Principles, state-of-the-art, and development trends

D Cai, J Wen, Y Zhuang, T Huang, Z Si, P Qin… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Butanol is an advanced next-generation drop-in biofuel, which can be produced
by anaerobic acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation using biomass derived …

Superhydrophobic (polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)/(polystyrene) composite membrane via a novel hybrid electrospin-electrospray process

W Jia, JA Kharraz, J Guo, AK An - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid electrospin-electrospray process was introduced to manipulate the
membrane hierarchical structure towards enhanced surface superhydrophobicity and …

A large-area MOF-based membrane for challenging CO2 purification and ethanol/CO2/N2 ternary mixture separation

YM Zhang, WW **e, XX Hu, XR Chen, H Mao… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Bioethanol has garnered widespread attention as a potential substitute for traditional fossil
fuels. Focusing on the treatment of bioethanol fermentation exhaust is crucial for optimizing …

Enhancing bioethanol productivity by a yeast-immobilized catalytically active membrane in a fermentation-pervaporation coupling process

Z Cao, C **a, W Jia, W Qing, W Zhang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioethanol is a promising substitute for fossil fuels and is mainly produced through yeast
fermentation. However, in conventional batch fermentation process extracellular ethanol …

Production of chemicals in thermophilic mixed culture fermentation: mechanism and strategy

K Dai, W Zhang, RJ Zeng, F Zhang - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Thermophilic mixed culture fermentation (TMCF) has advantages such as high substrate
degradation rate (eg 0.5 d− 1 of 60° C vs 0.2 d− 1 of 35° C), hydrogen and methane yields …