TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Wollny, Steffen
A1  - Suck, Kirstin
A1  - Sohling, Ulrich
A1  - Ruf, Friedrich
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - Recycling of spent oil bleaching earth as source of glycerol for the anaerobic production of acetone, butanol, and ethanol with Clostridium diolis and lipolytic Clostridium lundense
JF  - Engineering in Life Sciences
N2  - A major part of edible oil is subjected to bleaching procedures, primarily with minerals applied as adsorbers. Their recycling is currently done either by regaining the oil via organic solvent extraction or by using the spent bleaching earth (SBE) as additive for animal feed, etc. As a new method, the reutilization of the by-product SBE for the microbiologic formation of acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) is presented as proof-of-concept. The SBE was taken from a palm oil cleaning process. The recycling concept is based on the application of lipolytic clostridia strains. Due to considerably long fermentation times, co-fermentation with Candida rugosa and enzymatic hydrolyses of the bound oil with a subsequent clostridia fermentation are shown as alternative routes. Anaerobic fermentations under comparison of different clostridia strains were performed with glycerol media, enzymatically hydrolyzed palm oil and SBE. Solutes, side product compositions and productivities were quantified via HPLC. A successful production of ABE solutes from SBE has been done with a yield of 0.15 g butanol per gram of bound glycerol. Thus, the biotechnological recycling of the waste stream is possible in principle. Inhibition of the substrate suspension has been observed. A chromatographic ion-exchange of substrates increased the biomass concentration.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201300113
SN  - 1618-2863
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
SP  - 425
EP  - 432
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Al-Kaidy, Huschyar
A1  - Wollny, Steffen
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - Functionalized magnetizable particles for downstream processing in single-use systems
JF  - Chemie Ingenieur Technik
N2  - Biotechnological downstream processing is usually an elaborate procedure, requiring a multitude of unit operations to isolate the target component. Besides the disadvantageous space-time yield, the risks of cross-contaminations and product loss grow fast with the complexity of the isolation procedure. A significant reduction of unit operations can be achieved by application of magnetic particles, especially if these are functionalized with affinity ligands. As magnetic susceptible materials are highly uncommon in biotechnological processes, target binding and selective separation of such particles from fermentation or reactions broths can be done in a single step. Since the magnetizable particles can be produced from iron salts and low priced polymers, a single-use implementation of these systems is highly conceivable. In this article, the principles of magnetizable particles, their synthesis and functionalization are explained. Furthermore, applications in the area of reaction engineering, microfluidics and downstream processing are discussed focusing on established single-use technologies and development potential.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201200130
VL  - 85
IS  - 1-2: Special Issue: Single-Use Technology
SP  - 76
EP  - 86
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -