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Cioabla A, Duma VF, Mnerie C, Erdelyi RA, Dobre GM, Bradu A, Podoleanu A. Effect of an Anaerobic Fermentation Process on 3D-Printed PLA Materials of a Biogas-Generating Reactor. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:8571. [PMID: 36500067 PMCID: PMC9735893 DOI: 10.3390/ma15238571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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3D-printed materials are present in numerous applications, from medicine to engineering. The aim of this study is to assess their suitability for an application of interest today, that of testing of 3D-printed polylactic acid (PLA)-based reactors for biogas production using anaerobic digestion. The impact of temperature, pH, and aqueous phase on the tested bioreactor is investigated, together with the effect of the gaseous phase (i.e., produced biogas). Two batches of materials used separately, one after another inside the bioreactor were considered, in a realistic situation. Two essential parameters inside the reactor (i.e., pH and temperature) were continuously monitored during a time interval of 25 to 30 days for each of the two biogas-generating processes. To understand the impact of these processes on the walls of the bioreactor, samples of 3D-printed material were placed at three levels: at the top (i.e., outside the substrate), in the middle, and at the bottom of the bioreactor. The samples were analyzed using a non-destructive imaging method, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). An in-house developed swept-source (SS) OCT system, master-slave (MS) enhanced, operating at a central wavelength of 1310 nm was utilized. The 3D OCT images related to the degradation level of the material of the PLA samples were validated using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The differences between the impact of the substrate on samples situated at the three considered levels inside the reactor were determined and analyzed using their OCT B-scans (optical cross-section images). Thus, the impact of the biogas-generating process on the interior of the bioreactor was demonstrated and quantified, as well as the capability of OCT to perform such assessments. Therefore, future work may target OCT for in situ investigations of such bioreactors.
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- Adrian Cioabla
- Faculty of Mechanics, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 1 Mihai Viteazu Ave., 300222 Timisoara, Romania
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- 3OM Optomechatronics Group, Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Str. Elena Dragoi No. 2, 310177 Arad, Romania
- Doctoral School, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 1 Mihai Viteazu Ave., 300222 Timisoara, Romania
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- 3OM Optomechatronics Group, Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Str. Elena Dragoi No. 2, 310177 Arad, Romania
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- 3OM Optomechatronics Group, Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Str. Elena Dragoi No. 2, 310177 Arad, Romania
- Doctoral School, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 1 Mihai Viteazu Ave., 300222 Timisoara, Romania
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- Applied Optics Group, School of Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
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- Applied Optics Group, School of Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
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- Applied Optics Group, School of Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
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Study of Technological Process of Fermentation of Molasses Vinasse in Biogas Plants. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10102011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The volume of ethanol production waste—molasses waste in Ukraine—reaches up to 4 million m3 per year. It is not easy to dispose of and is polluting the environment. Currently, the development of an effective technology for using molasses in biogas plants to obtain energy gas—biogas—is an urgent problem. The purpose of our work is to determine the rational volume of loading molasses bard into the methane tank in a quasi-continuous mode to obtain the maximum volume of biogas. To achieve this goal, the following experimental studies were carried out: mono-fermentation of molasses and combined fermentation of cattle manure and molasses on a laboratory biogas plant in a periodic mode; on the basis of the obtained laboratory studies, a special simulation model of biogas output during the quasi-continuous fermentation of substrates was established and the amount of molasses added to obtain the maximum biogas output was determined. The maximum output of biogas under the periodic system of loading the methane tank when adding 10.5% molasses to cattle manure is 1.462 l/(h kg DOM); when adding 26.1% molasses to cattle manure, it is 3.594 l/(h kg DOM). In order to increase the yield of biogas, it is advisable to add molasses in the amount of 30% of the volume of the substrate to the substrate based on cattle manure, which allows the discounted payback period of the biogas plant to be reduced to 1.2 years.
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Nkuna R, Roopnarain A, Rashama C, Adeleke R. Insights into organic loading rates of anaerobic digestion for biogas production: a review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:487-507. [PMID: 34315294 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1942778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production is affected by many factors that includes organic loading rate (OLR). This OLR appears to be closely linked to various other factors and understanding these linkages would therefore allow the sole use of OLR for process performance monitoring, control, as well as reactor design. This review's objective is to collate the various AD factor specific studies, then relate these factors' role in OLR fluctuations. By further analyzing the influence of OLR on the AD performance, it would then be possible, once all the other factors have been determined and fixed, to manage an AD plant by monitoring and controlling OLR only. Decisions on reactor design, process kinetics, biogas yield and process stability can then be made much more quickly and with minimal troubleshooting steps.
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- Rosina Nkuna
- Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa
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- Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Research Group, Agricultural Research Council - Institute for Soil Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Li K, Yun J, Zhang H, Yu Z. Full-scale anaerobic reactor samples would be more suitable than lab-scale anaerobic reactor and natural samples to inoculate the wheat straw batch anaerobic digesters. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 293:122040. [PMID: 31454734 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study evaluated the effects of the inocula from natural wetland, lab-scale and full-scale anaerobic reactors on wheat straw anaerobic digestion. Three replicate batch reactors were constructed for each inoculum to investigate the reactor performances and microbial communities. Reactors seeded with full-scale reactor samples were started up most rapidly, achieved the highest methane production, and were recognized as the higher efficient reactors. The dominance of acetoclastic methanogens, including Methanosaeta and Methanoscrina, was crucial for the higher efficient reactors, whereas hydrogenotrophic methanogens were dominant in other reactors. Genus Treponema, which could enhance the cellulose degradation and conduct homoacetogenesis, was first reported to be dominant in the bacterial communities of high efficient reactors. Inoculum sources and process conditions were suggested to be the deterministic factors in shaping the microbial communities in the higher efficient reactors. These findings contribute to the startup of new anaerobic reactors.
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- Ke Li
- Water Affairs Research Institute, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, 36 Beihuan Road, Zhengzhou 450045, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 West Beichen Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
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Gulhane M, Khardenavis AA, Karia S, Pandit P, Kanade GS, Lokhande S, Vaidya AN, Purohit HJ. Biomethanation of vegetable market waste in an anaerobic baffled reactor: Effect of effluent recirculation and carbon mass balance analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 215:100-109. [PMID: 27133362 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the present study, feasibility of biomethanation of vegetable market waste in a 4-chambered anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) was investigated at 30d hydraulic retention time and organic loading rate of 0.5gVS/L/d for one year. Indicators of process stability viz., butyrate/acetate and propionate/acetate ratios were consistent with phase separation in the different chambers, which remained unaltered even during recirculation of effluent. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and volatile solids (VS) removal efficiencies were observed to be consistently high (above 90%). Corresponding biogas and methane yields of 0.7-0.8L/g VS added/d and 0.42-52L/g VS added/d respectively were among the highest reported in case of AD of vegetable waste in an ABR. Process efficiency of the ABR for vegetable waste methanation, which is indicated by carbon recovery factor showed that, nearly 96.7% of the input carbon considered for mass balance was accounted for in the product.
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- Madhuri Gulhane
- Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India.
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- Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Analytical Instrumentation Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Analytical Instrumentation Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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- Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India
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