A low-energy process for the conversion of fisheries waste biomass

A.M. Martin

Renewable Energy, 1999, vol. 16, issue 1, 1102-1105

Abstract: Studies have been conducted in the composting of fisheries processing wastes with peat as a means of recovering the valuable biomass present in the fish waste. Subsequently, extracts from this compost were utilized as a substrate source in the growth of microorganisms in submerged fermentation. The production of fish wastes - peat compost was found to be an easy and inexpensive process which required a low energy input. The concentrations of nutrients such as N were higher in the compost than in the original peat. Thus, a process of bioconversion from a waste material to a product with commercial potential can be conducted with minimal energy requirements.

Keywords: Compost; fermentation; fisheries wastes; peat; Scytalidium acidophilum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00428-5

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