biovalorization

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ valorization.

Noun

biovalorization (uncountable)

1. The conversion of waste biomass into valuable chemicals.
   • 2007, Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida, Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes: Bioactive Molecules:

     The biovalorization of agri-food wastes includes fermentation processes, including submerged (SmF) or solid-state fermentation (SSF) based on wild micro-organisms' strain, as well as the use of modified microorganisms (by heterologous expression, for example).

   • 2013, Satinder Kaur Brar, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Biotransformation of Waste Biomass into High Value Biochemicals, page vii:

     However, there is dearth of literature which discusses about the biovalorization of agro-industrial wastes into specialty biochemicals.

   • 2023, Maulin P Shah, Green Approach to Alternative Fuel for a Sustainable Future, page 174:

     The anaerobic digestion process for biovalorization of microalgal biomass is shown in Fig. 13.3.