Publications related to Food rescue

Aldehyde-Assisted Fractionation Enhances Lignin Valorization in Endocarp Waste Biomass

Jeremy Luterbacher, Jean Thierry C Behaghel de Bueren, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Raymond Gérard Buser, Graham Reid Dick, Chloé Wegmann

Endocarp biomass, which forms much of the inedible portion of nuts and stone fruits, is a promising feedstock for aromatic chemical production due to its high lignin content and because it is a food industry waste. Here, we tested the nut shells and fruit ...

2020

Critical overview of biomass feedstocks as sustainable substrates for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)

Edgard Gnansounou, Ranjna Sirohi

Polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) are a class of biopolymers produced by different microbial species and are biodegradable and biocompatible in nature as opposed to petrochemically derived plastics. PHBs have advanced applications in medical sector, packaging in ...

Elsevier2020

Waste to wealth: valorization of food waste for the production of fuels and chemicals

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran

Food waste is becoming a major global concern especially in developing and underdeveloped countries. Vegetable and food waste biomass is continuously generated in huge amounts. Its major impact on the environment is the generation of greenhouse gases. Food ...

Elsevier2020

Sustainable Food Supply : Combining Performance Measures and Operational Risk

Simone Lydia Voldrich

In the context of a growing world population, the fundamental need for foodstuff makes a sustainable management of the food supply an imperative. Sustainability issues in the food supply chain range from responsible use of limited resources, safe and secur ...

EPFL2017

Waste heat valorisation at multiple scales : focus on in-building waste water and regional heat recovery

Alexandre Suzanne Jean-Marie Bertrand

Considering current environmental issues (e.g. climate change, air pollution) related to energy consumption, this thesis focuses on data characterisation and integrated optimisation methods for waste heat valorisation at the building, city and regional sca ...

EPFL2017

Defining “Waste Heat” for industrial processes

Daniel Favrat, François Maréchal, Matthias Bendig

This paper aims at presenting a method for identifying, characterising and quantifying the available waste heat of an industrial system that can be converted into a useful form. A distinction is made between avoidable and unavoidable waste heat. This disti ...

2013