Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden.
Institute of Urban and Rural Mining, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China.
Bioengineered. 2022 Jan;13(1):1249-1275. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1996044.
Sustainable provision of chemicals and materials is undoubtedly a defining factor in guaranteeing economic, environmental, and social stability of future societies. Among the most sought-after chemical building blocks are volatile fatty acids (VFAs). VFAs such as acetic, propionic, and butyric acids have numerous industrial applications supporting from food and pharmaceuticals industries to wastewater treatment. The fact that VFAs can be produced synthetically from petrochemical derivatives and also through biological routes, for example, anaerobic digestion of organic mixed waste highlights their provision flexibility and sustainability. In this regard, this review presents a detailed overview of the applications associated with petrochemically and biologically generated VFAs, individually or in mixture, in industrial and laboratory scale, conventional and novel applications.
可持续的化学品和材料供应无疑是保障未来社会经济、环境和社会稳定的决定性因素。在最受追捧的化学建筑模块中，挥发性脂肪酸 (VFAs) 是其中之一。VFAs 如乙酸、丙酸和丁酸在许多工业应用中都有支持，从食品和制药行业到废水处理。VFAs 可以通过石油化工衍生品的合成和生物途径（例如有机混合废物的厌氧消化）生产，这突出了它们的供应灵活性和可持续性。在这方面，本综述详细介绍了石油化工和生物生成的 VFAs 在工业和实验室规模上的常规和新型应用中的应用，无论是单独使用还是混合使用。
