Thermal Hydrolysis-Driven Lactate Enrichment and Caproate Specificity in Self-Buffered Mixed Waste Fermentation: Mechanistic Insights into a Long-Term Integrated Chain Elongation and Anaerobic Digestion Process
This study demonstrates a sustainable continuous production of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) from real waste streams, achieving stable caproate synthesis without external buffering or electron donor addition. This new process couples microbial chain elongation of mixed food waste (FW) and waste activated sludge (W...