All-Polyamide Composite Coated-Fabric as an Alternative Material of Construction for Textile-Bioreactors (TBRs)

Mostafa Jabbari, Osagie A. Osadolor, Ramkumar B. Nair and Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Additional contact information
Mostafa Jabbari: Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, SE-50190 Borås, Sweden
Osagie A. Osadolor: Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, SE-50190 Borås, Sweden
Ramkumar B. Nair: Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, SE-50190 Borås, Sweden
Mohammad J. Taherzadeh: Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, SE-50190 Borås, Sweden

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: All-polyamide composite coated-fabric (APCCF) was used as an alternative material for the construction of textile-bioreactors (TBRs), which are prepared as a replacement of the traditional stainless steel bioreactors (SSBRs) or concrete-based bioreactors. The material characteristics, as well as the fermentation process performance of the APCCF-TBR, was compared with a TBR made using the polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-coated polyester fabric (PVCCF). The TBRs were used for the anaerobic fermentation process using baker’s yeast; and, for aerobic fermentation process using filamentous fungi, primarily by using waste streams from ethanol industries as the substrates. The results from the fermentation experiments were similar with those that were obtained from the cultivations that were carried out in conventional bioreactors. The techno-economic analysis conducted using a 5000 m 3 APCCF-TBR for a typical fermentation facility would lead to a reduction of the annual production cost of the plant by $128,000,000 when compared to similar processes in SSBR. The comparative analyses (including mechanical and morphological studies, density measurements, thermal stability, ageing, and techno-economic analyses) revealed that the APCCF is a better candidate for the material of construction of the TBR. As the APCCF is a 100% recyclable single-polymer composite, which was prepared from Nylon 66 textile production-line waste, it could be considered as an environmentally sustainable product.

Keywords: single-polymer composite; textile bioreactor; all-polyamide coated-fabric; polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated-textile; waste management; Nylon 66; yeast fermentation; edible filamentous fungi cultivation; techno-economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1928/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1928/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:11:p:1928-:d:119806

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().