title: Biofuels from food processing wastes.
abstract: Food processing industry generates substantial high organic wastes along with high energy uses. The recovery of food processing wastes as renewable energy sources represents a sustainable option for the substitution of fossil energy, contributing to the transition of food sector towards a low-carbon economy. This article reviews the latest research progress on biofuel production using food processing wastes. While extensive work on laboratory and pilot-scale biosystems for energy production has been reported, this work presents a review of advances in metabolic pathways, key technical issues and bioengineering outcomes in biofuel production from food processing wastes. Research challenges and further prospects associated with the knowledge advances and technology development of biofuel production are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia. Electronic address: jan.zhang@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Zhanying
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Sagadevan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mundree
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Baoyu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Nanwen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Eco-Environ. Sciences, Shuangqing Road, Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Zhihui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. Electronic address: bo.jin@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056804:Biofuels; D005511:Food Handling; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels