Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production on Waste Water Treatment Plants: Process Scheme, Operating Conditions and Potential Analysis for German and European Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plants

This work describes the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as a side stream process on a municipal waste water treatment plant (WWTP) and a subsequent analysis of the production potential in Germany and the European Union (EU). Therefore, tests with different types of sludge from a WWTP were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timo Pittmann, Heidrun Steinmetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Bioengineering
Subjects:
PHA
VFA
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/4/2/54