METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF STABILIZED POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FROM BIOMASS THAT HAS BEEN USED TO TREAT ORGANIC WASTE

The invention is directed to a method of increasing the chemical and/or thermal stability of PHA in biomass where the biomass is contained within mixed liquor, and wherein the mixed liquor is treated by a combination of removing water from the mixed liquor and pH adjustment of the mixed liquor or ma...

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Hauptverfasser: WERKER, ALAN GIDEON, MAURER, FRANCISCUS HUBERTUS JACOBUS, JANNASCH, PATRIC, MAGNUSSON, PER OLOF GOSTA, JOHANSSON, PETER STIG TOMAS
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:The invention is directed to a method of increasing the chemical and/or thermal stability of PHA in biomass where the biomass is contained within mixed liquor, and wherein the mixed liquor is treated by a combination of removing water from the mixed liquor and pH adjustment of the mixed liquor or maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor within a selected pH range, and wherein the method includes reducing the pH of the mixed liquor below 6, or maintaining the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 for a selected period of time, and wherein the pH adjustment of the mixed liquor to below 6 or the maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 gives rise to an increase in chemical and/or thermal stability of the PHA in the biomass.