Sustainable Bioprocessing in Post COVID-19 Era
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 2732
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fungal bioprocessing; economical bioreactor designs; sustainable fermentation technique; food biotechnology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: bioresources management; bioenergy; biomass topochemistry; renewable energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable processing is now more important than ever because of the urgent need to meet the ambitious net-zero targets to reduce carbon emissions and the effects of climate change. Inexpensive renewable materials, nature-inspired and highly selective biocatalysts operating optimally under mild circumstances, and decreased energy consumption/carbon footprint are all desired characteristics of bioprocessing that can help sustainable processing challenges to be met. As of recent, there has been extensive interest in developing intensified bioprocesses because bioprocessing productivity is far from ideal to meet the large-scale demand for food, drugs, biofuels, bioremediation, and bio-based chemicals. Significant progress has been made in tailoring and utilizing technologies that are traditionally applied in chemical process intensification.
This Special Issue focuses on bioreactor/fermentation separation steps, both upstream and downstream, highlighting the broad spectrum of ongoing activities and novel concepts in bioprocess intensification. With huge productivity improvements made possible by advances in biocatalyst engineering and high-density cell immobilization, as well as elegant process innovations such as innovative bioreactor technologies and in situ product separations, bioprocesses are now more competitive than ever. Although there are opportunities for bioprocess intensification in the future, there are still obstacles to be solved before this technology can be completely utilized.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Clean and economical bioreactor designs;
- Sustainable biomass bioproduction;
- Sustainable waste recovery and treatment;
- Low-cost high-impact (HTIT) in biotechnology.
Dr. Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar
Dr. Zul Ilham Zulkiflee Lubes
Dr. Mahesh Ganesapillai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioprocess intensification
- hybrid biotechnology
- bioreactor biomass
- economical bioreactor designs
- global sustainable
