Lactic acid and biomethane production from bread waste: a techno-economic and profitability analysis using pinch technology
Swarnalatha Mailaram, Vivek Narisetty, Sunil K. Maity, Siddharth Gadkari, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Stephen J. Russell, Vinod Kumar
Abstract
Lactic acid is produced from bread waste using microbial fermentation under acid-neutral and low-pH scenarios. Though the acid-neutral scenario is economically better, the primary economic barriers are huge capital investment and utility consumption.
Topics & Concepts
Lactic acidProfitability indexFermentationProduction (economics)Investment (military)BiogasPulp and paper industryCapital investmentBusinessEnvironmental scienceWaste managementConsumption (sociology)ChemistryFood scienceNatural resource economicsEconomicsEngineeringBacteriaBiologyMicroeconomicsGeneticsFinancePoliticsPolitical scienceSocial scienceSociologyLawBiofuel production and bioconversionCatalysis for Biomass ConversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction