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The EuroBiotech Journal
Volume 2 (2018): Issue 2 (April 2018)
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Advanced approaches to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters in a sustainable and economic fashion
Martin Koller
Martin Koller
and
Gerhart Braunegg
Gerhart Braunegg
| Apr 25, 2018
The EuroBiotech Journal
Volume 2 (2018): Issue 2 (April 2018)
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Article Category:
Review
Published Online:
Apr 25, 2018
Page range:
89 - 103
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/ebtj-2018-0013
Keywords
Animal-processing industry
,
biodiesel
,
biopolyesters
,
biopolymers
,
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
,
raw materials
,
sustainability
,
waste streams
,
whey
© 2018 Martin Koller, Gerhart Braunegg, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
Figure 1
The rising amounts of global plastic production.
Figure 2
General chemical structure of PHA biopolyesters. Upper part: scheme of a prokaryotic cell harboring PHA granules (“carbonosomes”). R: side chain of monomers; n: number of methylene groups in backbone of monomers; x: degree of polymerization; *: chiral carbon atom in most PHA building blocks.
Figure 3
The eight pillars of cost-efficient and sustainable PHA manufacturing.
Figure 4
Process steps for PHA production starting from surplus whey as raw material.
Figure 5
Theoretically accessible quantities of PHA starting from lipid waste of the European animal-processing industry.