Fermentation revolution? Trash becomes treasure as bio-waste yields valuable acetone and isopropanol
Flow sheet of isopropanol and acetone recovery process using vacuum distillation (VD) process configuration (W—water, IPA—isopropanol, AC—acetone, AA—acetic acid). Credit: Anton A Kiss In a major stride towards sustainable industrial fermentation, a team of researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands, has unveiled pioneering advancements in the purification of isopropanol and