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Zhou J, Li D, Zhang X, Liu C, Chen Y. Valorization of protein-rich waste and its application. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 901:166141. [PMID: 37586528 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Energy shortages present significant challenges with the rising population and dramatic urbanization development. The effective utilization of high-value products generated from massive protein-rich waste has emerged as an excellent solution for mitigating the growing energy crisis. However, the traditional disposal and treatment of protein-rich waste, have been proven to be ineffective in resource utilization, which led to high chemical oxygen demand and water eutrophication. To effectively address this issue, hydrolysate and bioconversion products from protein-rich waste have been widely investigated. Herein, we aim to provide an overview of the valorization of protein-rich waste based on a comprehensive analysis of publicly available literature. Firstly, the sources of protein-rich waste with various quantities and qualities are systematically summarized. Then, we scrutinize and analyze the hydrolysis approaches of protein-rich waste and the versatile applications of hydrolyzed products. Moreover, the main factors influencing protein biotransformation and the applications of bioconversion products are covered and extensively discussed. Finally, the potential prospects and future directions for the valorization of protein-rich waste are proposed pertinently.
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- Jing Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Environment Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 1 Kerui Road, Suzhou 215009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Jiang W, Tao J, Luo J, Xie W, Zhou X, Cheng B, Guo G, Ngo HH, Guo W, Cai H, Ye Y, Chen Y, Pozdnyakov IP. Pilot-scale two-phase anaerobic digestion of deoiled food waste and waste activated sludge: Effects of mixing ratios and functional analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 329:138653. [PMID: 37044139 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Anaerobic co-digestion of deoiled food waste (dFW) and waste activated sludge (WAS) can address the challenges derived from mono-digestion of FW. In the present study, a pilot-scale methanogenic bioreactor of a two-phase anaerobic digestion system was developed to explore the impact of dFW/WAS volatile solids ratios on the overall performance, microbial community, and metabolic pathways. Besides, the tech-economic of the system was analyzed. The results showed that the degradation efficiency of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) was more than 84.90% for all the dFW/WAS ratios (v/v) (1:0, 39:1, 29:1, 19:1 and 9:1). Moreover, the dominant genus of bacteria and archaea with different ratios were Lactobacillus (66.84-98.44%) and Methanosaeta (53.66-80.09%), respectively. Co-digestion of dFW and WAS (29: 1 in v/v ratios) obtained the highest yield of methane (0.41 L CH4/Ladded) with approximately 90% of SCOD being removed. In the pilot-scale experiment, the co-digestion of FW and WAS makes positive contribution to reusing solid waste for improving solid management.
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- Wei Jiang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- Central South Design and Research Institute of China Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, 3 Institutskaya Str., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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Alavi-Borazjani SA, de Faria Gomes HGM, da Cruz Tarelho LA, Capela MI. Application of Doehlert design in optimizing the solid-state hydrogenogenic stage augmented with biomass fly ash in a two-stage biohythane production process. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2023; 46:879-891. [PMID: 37058245 PMCID: PMC10156780 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-023-02873-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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This study aimed to optimize the solid-state hydrogenogenic stage supplemented with biomass fly ash in a two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD) process for biohythane production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). Doehlert's experimental design was used to obtain the optimal set of two investigated variables, namely total solids (TS) content and biomass fly ash dosage in the defined ranges of 0-20 g/L and 20-40%, respectively. Applying the optimal conditions of TS content (29.1%) and fly ash dosage (19.2 g/L) in the first stage led not only to a total H2 yield of 95 mL/gVSadded, which was very close to the maximum H2 yield predicted by the developed model (97 mL/gVSadded), but also to a high CH4 yield of 400 mL/gVSadded (76% of the theoretical CH4 yield). Moreover, the biohythane obtained from the optimized two-stage process met the standards of a biohythane fuel with an H2 content of 19% v/v.
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- Seyedeh Azadeh Alavi-Borazjani
- Department of Environment and Planning/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Environment and Planning/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment and Planning/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment and Planning/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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Ghimire A, Luongo V, Frunzo L, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F, Esposito G. Biohythane production from food waste in a two-stage process: assessing the energy recovery potential. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:2190-2196. [PMID: 33357020 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1869319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ABSTRACTBiohythane (hydrogen + methane) production in a two stage dark fermentation (DF) and anaerobic digestion (AD) process from food waste (FW) has been studied. This paper investigated the effect of operation temperature, i.e. mesophilic (34 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C) , on biohythane yield and total energy recovery carried out at the initial culture pH 5.5 and pH 7, respectively for DF and AD batch tests. The mesophilic DF tests gave a higher hydrogen yield of 53.5 (±4) mL H2/g VS added compared to thermophilic DF tests, i.e. 37.6 (±1) mL H2/g VS added. However, higher methane yields, i.e. 307.5 (± 10) mL CH4/g VS, were obtained at thermophilic AD tests compared to mesophilic AD, i.e. 276.5 (±4.3) mL CH4/g VS. The total energy recovery from thermophilic DF + AD was higher (11.4 MJ/kg VS) than the mesophilic (10.4 MJ/kg VS) combined process. Interestingly, the analysis of kinetic parameters of mesophilic tests, determined from the Modified Gompertz equation, showed that mesophilic DF had faster H2 production kinetics, which can be attributed to a faster adaptation of the heat-shocked inoculum used in the tests to the incubation temperature. However, thermophilic AD tests exhibited faster kinetics for methane production.
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- Anish Ghimire
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal
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- Department of Mathematics and Applications Renato Caccioppoli, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Applications Renato Caccioppoli, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Co-production of Biohydrogen and Biomethane from Chicken Manure and Food Waste in a Two-Stage Anaerobic Fermentation Process. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2022; 194:3706-3720. [PMID: 35499692 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-03945-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the biohydrogen and biomethane production by co-digestion of chicken manure and food waste in a two-stage mesophilic fermentation process. Results showed that no hydrogen was produced in the first stage of sole chicken manure fermentation, while methane yield was 247.3 mL·g-1-VS. By comparison, the co-digestion process with food waste proportions of 50-85% obtained hydrogen yields of 15.5-57.5 mL·g-1-VS, and the methane yields and maximum specific methane production rates were also improved by 7.0-16.7% and 80%, respectively. Moreover, the highest hydrogen and methane yields were achieved during sole food waste fermentation process. The acetate was the main volatile fatty acid (VFA) produced during sole chicken manure fermentation process in the first stage. Statistical analysis revealed that hydrogen production from co-digestion process and sole food waste fermentation process followed the n-butyrate-type pathway. Meanwhile, it should be noticed that the co-fermentation of chicken manure and food waste had antagonistic effects on the hydrogen fermentation, implying that there might be some inhibition factors existing in chicken manure or produced during the co-fermentation process. At the beginning of methane fermentation, the VFA profiles were similar to those at the end of hydrogen fermentation, and the main VFA compositions changed to acetate and propionate in the latter period of methane production. The volatile solid removal efficiencies were also promoted in co-digestion process compared with sole chicken manure digestion, which were increased by 9.7-14.4% with food waste proportions of 50-80%.
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Kong X, Niu J, Zhang W, Liu J, Yuan J, Li H, Yue X. Mini art review for zero valent iron application in anaerobic digestion and technical bottlenecks. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 791:148415. [PMID: 34412392 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Zero valent iron (ZVI) has been used extensively to control environmental pollution owing to its strong reducibility and low cost. Herein, we evaluate the impact of ZVI (iron scrap and ZVI powder with different scales) on anaerobic digestion (AD) reactor performance improvement and syntrophic relationship stimulation among various microbial groups in the methanogenesis process. In recent studies, ZVI addition significantly enhanced methane and volatile fatty acid (VFA) yields and alleviated excessive acidification, ammonia accumulation, and odorous gas production. Further, we reviewed the changes in enzyme activity and microbial metabolism after the addition of ZVI throughout the reaction process. Certain innovative technologies, such as bioelectrochemical system assistance and combined usage of conductive materials, may improve AD performance compared to the use of ZVI alone, the mechanism of which has been discussed from various viewpoints. Furthermore, the primary technical bottlenecks, such as poor mass transfer efficiency in dry AD and high ZVI dosage, have been illustrated, and syntrophic methanogenesis regulated by ZVI addition can be further studied by conducting theoretical research.
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- Xin Kong
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, PR China
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Guo H, Oosterkamp MJ, Tonin F, Hendriks A, Nair R, van Lier JB, de Kreuk M. Reconsidering hydrolysis kinetics for anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge applying cascade reactors with ultra-short residence times. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 202:117398. [PMID: 34252865 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hydrolysis is considered to be the rate-limiting step in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS). In this study, an innovative 4 stages cascade anaerobic digestion system was researched to (1) comprehensively clarify whether cascading configuration enhances WAS hydrolysis, and to (2) better understand the governing hydrolysis kinetics in this system. The cascade system consisted of three 2.2 L ultra-short solids retention times (SRT) continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) and one 15.4 L CSTR. The cascade system was compared with a reference conventional CSTR digester (22 L) in terms of process performance, hydrolytic enzyme activities and microbial community dynamics under mesophilic conditions (35 °C). The results showed that the cascade system achieved a high and stable total chemical oxygen demand (tCOD) reduction efficiency of 40-42%, even at 12 days total SRT that corresponded to only 1.2 days SRT each in the first three reactors of the cascade. The reference-CSTR converted only 31% tCOD into biogas and suffered process deterioration at the applied low SRTs. Calculated specific hydrolysis rates in the first reactors of the cascade system were significantly higher compared to the reference-CSTR, especially at the lowest applied SRTs. The activities of several hydrolytic enzymes produced in the different stages revealed that protease, cellulase, amino peptidases, and most of the tested glycosyl-hydrolases had significantly higher activities in the first three small digesters of the cascade system, compared to the reference-CSTR. This increase in hydrolytic enzyme production by far exceeded the increase in specific hydrolysis rate, indicating that hydrolysis was limited by solids-surface availability for enzymatic attack. Correspondingly, high relative abundances of hydrolytic-fermentative bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogens as well as the presence of syntrophic bacteria were found in the first three digesters of the cascade system. However, in the fourth reactor, acetoclastic methanogens dominated, similarly as in the reference-CSTR. Overall, the results concluded that using multiple CSTRs that are operated at low SRTs in a cascade mode of operation significantly improved the enzymatic hydrolysis rate and extend in anaerobic WAS digestion. Moreover, the governing hydrolysis kinetics in the cascading reactors were far more complex than the generally assumed simplified first-order kinetics.
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- Hongxiao Guo
- Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Group Biocatalysis, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Science, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Royal HaskoningDHV, Laan 1914 No. 35, 3818 EX Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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- Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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Li L, Wang L, Fan W, Jiang Y, Zhang C, Li J, Peng W, Wu C. The Application of Fermentation Technology in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Review. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2020; 48:899-921. [PMID: 32431179 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x20500433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In Chinese medicine, fermentation is a highly important processing technology whereby medicinal herbs are fermented under appropriate temperature, humidity, and moisture conditions by means of the action of microorganisms to enhance their original characteristics and/or produce new effects. This expands the scope of such medicines and helps them to meet the stringent demands of clinical application. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine has been made into Yaoqu to reduce its toxicity and increase its efficiency. Modern fermentation technologies have been developed on the basis of traditional fermentation techniques and modern biological technology, and they can be divided into solid fermentation, liquid fermentation, and two-way fermentation technologies according to the fermentation form employed. This review serves as an introduction to traditional fermentation technology and its related products, modern fermentation technologies, and the application of fermentation technology in the field of Chinese medicine. Several problems and challenges facing the field are also briefly discussed.
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- Lin Li
- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, P. R. China
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- Sichuan Neautus Traditional Chinese Herb Limited Company, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- Sichuan Neautus Traditional Chinese Herb Limited Company, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610052, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, P. R. China
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Meena RAA, Rajesh Banu J, Yukesh Kannah R, Yogalakshmi KN, Kumar G. Biohythane production from food processing wastes - Challenges and perspectives. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 298:122449. [PMID: 31784253 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The food industry generates enormous quantity of food waste (FW) either directly or indirectly including the processing sector, which turned into biofuels for waste remediation. Six types of food processing wastes (FPW) such as oil, fruit and vegetable, dairy, brewery, livestock and finally agriculture based materials that get treated via dark fermentation/anaerobic digestion has been discussed. Production of both hydrogen and methane is daunting for oil, fruit and vegetable processing wastes because of the presence of polyphenols and essential oils. Moreover, acidic pH and high protein are the reasons for increased concentration of ammonia and accumulation of volatile fatty acids in FPW, especially in dairy, brewery, and livestock waste streams. Moreover, the review brought to forefront the enhancing methods, (pretreatment and co-digestion) operational, and environmental parameters that can influence the production of biohythane. Finally, the nature of feedstock's role in achieving successful circular bio economy is also highlighted.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda 151001, Punjab, India
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- Green Processing, Bioremediation and Alternative Energies Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Suksong W, Tukanghan W, Promnuan K, Kongjan P, Reungsang A, Insam H, O-Thong S. Biogas production from palm oil mill effluent and empty fruit bunches by coupled liquid and solid-state anaerobic digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 296:122304. [PMID: 31704604 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Biogas production of palm oil mill effluent (POME) and empty fruit bunches (EFB) was performed by coupled liquid (L-AD) and solid-state (SS-AD) anaerobic digestion processes. POME was fed to L-AD digester, while mixed of effluent from L-AD and EFB was fed to SS-AD digester. The maximum overall methane production of 60.9 m3-CH4·ton-1 waste was obtained at an optimal hydraulic retention time of 30 days and an organic loading rate of 1.66 gVS·L-1-reactor·d-1 for L-AD and 6.03 gVS·L-1-reactor·d-1 for SS-AD with L-AD effluent recycling rate of 16.7 mL·L-1-reactor·d-1. The bacterial community in the L-AD reactor was different from the SS-AD reactor, while the archaeal community was similar in both reactors. Synergistaceae, Caldicoprobacteraceae and Lachnospiraceae were increased in the SS-AD reactor. Coupling L-AD and SS-AD is able to increase energy production by 29% and 71% compared to the L-AD and SS-AD alone, respectively, with no outsource SS-AD inoculum required.
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- Wantanasak Suksong
- Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand
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- Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand
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- Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand
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- Chemistry Division, Department of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani 94000, Thailand
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Research Group for Development of Microbial Hydrogen Production Process from Biomass, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr., 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand; Research Center in Energy and Environment, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand.
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Yang G, Wang J, Shen Y. Antibiotic fermentation residue for biohydrogen production using different pretreated cultures: Performance evaluation and microbial community analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 292:122012. [PMID: 31442834 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Antibiotic fermentation residue produced from pharmaceutical plants has been listed as a "Hazardous Waste", however it contains various substrates which can be used for biofuel production. In this study, the possibility of biohydrogen production from antibiotic fermentation residue was evaluated, the process efficiency and microbial community dynamics with five different inoculum pretreatments (alkaline, γ-radiation, heat-shock, aeration and acid) were assessed. Results showed that alkaline pretreatment was most efficient for hydrogen fermentation, and the hydrogen yield, volatile solids (VS) removal and maximal hydrogen production rate reached 17.8 mL/g-VSadded, 17.8% and 3.79 mL/h, respectively. Different inoculum pretreatments led to a obvious variation in the fermentation pathway and microbial community structure. The highest content of hydrogen-producing bacteria, especially Clostridium, essentially contributed to the highest hydrogen fermentation efficiency for the system with alkaline pretreatment. This investigation suggested that antibiotic fermentation residue is a potential feedstock for hydrogen production through dark fermentation.
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- Guang Yang
- Tsinghua University-Zhang Jiagang Joint Institute for Hydrogen Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Tsinghua University-Zhang Jiagang Joint Institute for Hydrogen Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Antibiotic Residues, Yili Chuanning Biotechnology Company, Ltd., Xinjiang, 835007, PR China
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Gao P, Guo L, Sun J, Wang Y, She Z, Gao M, Zhao Y. Accelerating waste sludge hydrolysis with alkyl polyglucose pretreatment coupled with biological process of thermophilic bacteria: Hydrolytic enzyme activity and organic matters transformation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 247:161-168. [PMID: 31247363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A novel pretreatment method combining thermophilic bacteria (TB) with alkyl polyglucose (APG) was employed to pretreat waste sludge for enhancing the sludge hydrolysis. TB combined with APG pretreatment was effective in the releasing of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), protein and carbohydrate in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) when the dosage of APG was below 0.1 g/g TSS. The enhancement of SCOD, carbohydrates and protein in dissolved organic matter (DOM) was promoted by the synthetic effect of APG and TB, which provides more carbon and energy source to the subsequent biochemical processes in sludge digestion. Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that the combined pretreatment was beneficial for the decrease of non-biodegradable materials and the increase of biodegradable materials in DOM, resulting in the enhancement of the biodegradation of waste sludge. The combined use of TB and 0.4 g/g TSS APG achieved the maximal activities of protease (1.8) and α-glucosidase (1.9), and the activities of protease and α-glucosidase were positively correlated to the dosage of APG. The combined pretreatment was advantageous for the sludge reduction and sludge stabilization.
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- Pengtao Gao
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Geological Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, United States
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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Yang G, Hu Y, Wang J. Biohydrogen production from co-fermentation of fallen leaves and sewage sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 285:121342. [PMID: 31005640 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The co-fermentation of fallen leaves and sewage sludge was performed for the production of hydrogen at different mixing ratios. The experimental results indicated that the optimal mixing ratio of sludge to leaves was 20:80 (volatile solids (VS) basis), and the co-fermentation process showed a synergistic effect on biohydrogen production at this mixing ratio. The biohydorgen yield reached 37.8 mL/g-VSadded at the mixing ratio of 20:80, which was higher compared to the mono-fermentation of sludge (10.3 mL/g-VSadded) or the leaves (30.5 mL/g-VSadded). The VS removal was also highest (15.7%) at the mixing ratio of 20:80, which was higher compared to sludge mono-fermentation (6.2%) or leaves mono-fermentation (12.8%). Meanwhile, the co-fermentation process enhanced the biohydrogen production rate and led to a more efficient fermentation pathway. Microbial community analysis showed that the co-fermentation system enriched much more Clostridium, Bacillus and Rummeliibacillus genera, which was responsible for the synergistic effect on biohydrogen production.
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- Guang Yang
- Tsinghua University-Zhang Jiagang Joint Institute for Hydrogen Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Tsinghua University-Zhang Jiagang Joint Institute for Hydrogen Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Tsinghua University-Zhang Jiagang Joint Institute for Hydrogen Energy and Lithium-Ion Battery Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Wastes Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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Zhang L, Loh KC, Zhang J, Mao L, Tong YW, Wang CH, Dai Y. Three-stage anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge: Identifying bacterial and methanogenic archaeal communities and their correlations with performance parameters. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 285:121333. [PMID: 31004947 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121333] [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: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A three-stage anaerobic digester setup was configured and evaluated for enhanced methane production during co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge and the corresponding bacterial and methanogen communities were characterized. Results showed that the average methane yield (0.496 L/gVS) in the three-stage digester was 13-52% higher than that of one- and two-stage digesters. Compared to controls, an increase of 12-47% in volatile solids reduction was achieved in the three-stage digester (69.3 ± 6.7%). Bacterial phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes dominated in one-, two- and three-stage digester while genera Pseudomonas, Tissierella, and Petrimonas were selectively enriched in the three-stage digester due to functional segregation. Taxonomic analysis identified 8 dominant methanogen genera, of which Methanosarcina, Methanosaeta, Methanobacterium and Methanolinea collectively accounted for 80%. With increasing OLR and digester stage number, the dominant methanogenic pathway shifted from hydrogenotrophic pattern to acetoclastic pattern and reached a final synergy of these two.
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- Le Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore; NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore 138602, Singapore.
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- China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore; NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore; NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Create Tower #15-02, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Effects of Two-Stage Operation on Stability and Efficiency in Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Waste Activated Sludge. ENERGIES 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/en12142748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD) technology attracts increasing attention due to its ability to collect both hydrogen and methane. A two-stage AD system feeding with food waste and waste activated sludge was investigated in order to achieve higher energy yield and organics removal. The two-stage process consists of a thermophilic H2-reactor and a mesophilic CH4-reactor, achieved the highest hydrogen and methane yields of 76.8 mL/g-VS and 147.6 mL/g-VS at hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 0.8 d and 6 d, respectively. The co-digestion process in this study required much less external alkalinity to maintain the pH values than sole food waste digestion in the literature. Compared with the single-stage mesophilic methane AD process, the two-stage AD system had better performance on operation stability, biogas and energy yields, organics removal and chemical oxygen demand (COD) conversion at high organic loading rates (OLRs). According to the TA-cloning analysis, the dominant bacteria in H2-reactor was closely related to Clostridium sp. strain Z6 and species Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum. The dominant methanogens in two-stage and single-stage CH4-reactor were recognized as acetotrophic methanogens and hydrogenotrophic methanogens, respectively. The presence of the genus Nitrososphaera in the two CH4-reactors might contribute to the low NH4+-N concentration in digestate and low CO2 content in biogas.
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Ohemeng-Ntiamoah J, Datta T. Perspectives on variabilities in biomethane potential test parameters and outcomes: A review of studies published between 2007 and 2018. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 664:1052-1062. [PMID: 30901780 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Biomethane Potential (BMP) test continues to be a useful and inexpensive assay to estimate the digestibility and maximum methane production of various organic substrates in anaerobic digestion or co-digestion processes. Despite its usefulness and several published efforts toward standardizing it, the BMP test still do not follow a universally accepted standard protocol. This makes the comparison of results among studies quite challenging. In this context, this paper analyzes 78 peer-reviewed BMP studies published between 2007 and 2018 that used the BMP test primarily to assess methane potential of commonly digested substrates, such as food waste, wastewater sludge and manure. We focused on the similarities and differences in the methodologies used and, where possible, the results obtained from these studies were compared and discussed. It was observed that many studies do not provide adequate information on salient aspects of the BMP methodology, and results are sometimes reported in different units of measurements. The inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR), substrate concentration and/or load should be clearly indicated in future studies, and positive controls should be included to validate BMP results. It is recommended that more studies assess the impact of nutrient addition, potential effects of continuous and intermittent mixing and mixing intensities and the influence of reactor size and headspace volume on BMP results.
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- Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah
- Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5033, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA
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- Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5033, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA.
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Abreu AA, Tavares F, Alves MM, Cavaleiro AJ, Pereira MA. Garden and food waste co-fermentation for biohydrogen and biomethane production in a two-step hyperthermophilic-mesophilic process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 278:180-186. [PMID: 30703635 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Co-fermentation of garden waste (GW) and food waste (FW) was assessed in a two-stage process coupling hyperthermophilic dark-fermentation and mesophilic anaerobic digestion (AD). In the first stage, biohydrogen production from individual substrates was tested at different volatile solids (VS) concentrations, using a pure culture of Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus as inoculum. FW concentrations (in VS) above 2.9 g L-1 caused a lag phase of 5 days on biohydrogen production. No lag phase was observed for GW concentrations up to 25.6 g L-1. In the co-fermentation experiments, the highest hydrogen yield (46 ± 1 L kg-1) was achieved for GW:FW 90:10% (w/w). In the second stage, a biomethane yield of 682 ± 14 L kg-1 was obtained using the end-products of GW:FW 90:10% co-fermentation. The energy generation predictable from co-fermentation and AD of GW:FW 90:10% is 0.5 MJ kg-1 and 24.4 MJ kg-1, respectively, which represents an interesting alternative for valorisation of wastes produced locally in communities.
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- A A Abreu
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Zhang M, Zhang Y, Li Z, Zhang C, Tan X, Liu X, Wan C, Yang X, Lee DJ. Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste/excess sludge: substrates - products transformation and role of NADH as an indicator. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 232:197-206. [PMID: 30472563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The process of anaerobic co-digestion is vital importance to resource recovery from organic solid wastes such as food waste and municipal sludge. However, its application is hindered by the limited understanding on the complex substrates-products transformation reactions and mechanisms therein. In this study, food waste (FW) and excess sludge (ES) from municipal wastewater treatment were mixed at various ratios (ES/FW 5:0, 4:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, w/w), and the co-digestion process was studied in a batch test. The consumption of substrates including soluble proteins and carbohydrates, the variation in the intermediates such as various volatile fatty acids, and the production of hydrogen and methane gases were monitored. The results suggested that 4:1 was likely the optimal ratio where substrates were consumed and biogas generated efficiently, whereas 1:2 and 1:4 caused severe inhibition. Fermentation of ES alone produced mainly acetic and propionic acid, while the addition of FW led to butyric acid type fermentation. Intermediates in the fermentation liquid were tentatively identified, and the levels of NADH quantified using 3D-excitation/emission fluorescence spectrometry. One class of the intermediates, tryptophan-like proteins were correlated to the butyric acid accumulation in ES/FW mixtures, and NADH level was proposed as an indicator of VFAs production activities.
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- Min Zhang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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De Vrieze J, Colica G, Pintucci C, Sarli J, Pedizzi C, Willeghems G, Bral A, Varga S, Prat D, Peng L, Spiller M, Buysse J, Colsen J, Benito O, Carballa M, Vlaeminck SE. Resource recovery from pig manure via an integrated approach: A technical and economic assessment for full-scale applications. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 272:582-593. [PMID: 30352731 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intensive livestock farming cannot be uncoupled from the massive production of manure, requiring adequate management to avoid environmental damage. The high carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of pig manure enables targeted resource recovery. Here, fifteen integrated scenarios for recovery of water, nutrients and energy are compared in terms of technical feasibility and economic viability. The recovery of refined nutrients with a higher market value and quality, i.e., (NH4)2SO4 for N and struvite for P, coincided with higher net costs, compared to basic composting. The inclusion of anaerobic digestion promoted nutrient recovery efficiency, and enabled energy recovery through electricity production. Co-digestion of the manure with carbon-rich waste streams increased electricity production, but did not result in lower process costs. Overall, key drivers for the selection of the optimal manure treatment scenario will include the market demand for more refined (vs. separated or concentrated) products, and the need for renewable electricity production.
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- Jo De Vrieze
- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Ahidra, Agua y Energía S.L., Carretera de Polinyà a Sentmenat 159, 1°1ª, 08213 Polinyà, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Colsen BV, Kreekzoom 5, 4561 GX Hulst, the Netherlands
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium; Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Department of Bioscience Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Department of Bioscience Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Colsen BV, Kreekzoom 5, 4561 GX Hulst, the Netherlands
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- Ahidra, Agua y Energía S.L., Carretera de Polinyà a Sentmenat 159, 1°1ª, 08213 Polinyà, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium; Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Department of Bioscience Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Wu C, Yu M, Huang Q, Ma H, Gao M, Wang Q, Sakai K. Stimulation of methane yield rate from food waste by aerobic pre-treatment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 261:279-287. [PMID: 29677655 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.006] [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: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Aerobic pre-treatment (AP) was applied to enhance methane yield from food waste through anaerobic digestion. Different AP durations (i.e. 2, 5 and 8 days) prior to anaerobic digestion were tested. The results indicated that AP of food waste led to no significant differences (p > 0.05) in methane yield potential (ca. 418 mL/g-VS). However, a suitable AP duration (5 days) increased methane yield rates (ca. 18 mL/d/g-VS; 22.0% higher than the control) by anticipating methane generation and shortening the methanogenic phase via volatile fatty acid reduction and pH increase. Although AP induced chemical oxygen demand loss to some extent (i.e. by 2.6%-9.9%) in the AP stage via aerobic degradation, the methane yield potential could be recovered by enhancing organic matter hydrolysis. Therefore, maximisation of hydrolysis should be used as a basis for determining a suitable AP duration for various types of organic matter.
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- Chuanfu Wu
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083, China.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083, China
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture Graduate School, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Li Q, Yuwen C, Cheng X, Yang X, Chen R, Wang XC. Responses of microbial capacity and community on the performance of mesophilic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge in a high-frequency feeding CSTR. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 260:85-94. [PMID: 29621685 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To understand the relationship between microbes and digester performance of high-frequency feeding CSTR, which could achieve stable CH4 production at high OLR by easing instantaneous feeding shock, attentions were paid on the variations of methanogenic capacity (MC) and microbial community with OLR increasing. Results showed that the MC for feedstock degradation could satisfy the need of effective conversion from feedstock to CH4 when the OLR remained below 16.4 g-TS/L/d. Furthermore, the MC for acetate, propionate and butyrate degradation increased by 73.8%, 303%, and 164%, respectively, with OLR increasing from 3.03 g-TS/L/d 12.6 g-TS/L/d. The evolution of both bacterial and archaeal communities provided additional information on the adaptation of functional microbes to environmental factors. The significant increase of abundance of Methanoculleus and Methanomassiliicoccus likely promoted the utilization of H2, thus facilitating syntrophic methanogenesis, and consequently ensuring efficient CH4 production in stable stage.
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- Qian Li
- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China
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- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China
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- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China
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- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China
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- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China
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- International Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Engineering Technology Research Center for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Shaanxi, Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Shaanxi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No. 13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, China.
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Liu H, Wang L, Yin B, Fu B, Liu H. Deep exploitation of refractory organics in anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor for volatile fatty acids production from sludge fermentation: Performance and effect of protease catalysis. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 217:478-485. [PMID: 29631237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production from waste activated sludge fermentation could be improved in anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (ADMBR) by retaining residual organics within the reactor and prolonging their reaction time. However, the accumulation of refractory organics made it operate unstably. Therefore, protease catalysis was adopted to deeply exploit those refractory organics in sludge. By combining with dynamic membrane retention, protease catalysis indeed presented a good performance. VFAs yield was further enhanced by over 40% in ADMBR. Membrane fouling was slightly relieved due to protein and polysaccharide degradations in the sludge of dynamic membrane. It was also interestingly found that not only protease activity of sludge was improved from 5 to 21 U/ml, but also β-GLC activity was enhanced from 13 to 20 μmoL/L/h. Microbial community analysis showed protease addition could reduce bacterial richness and evenness in sludge, and accelerate the growth of polysaccharides-hydrolyzing bacteria, as well as inhibit some proteolytic bacteria.
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- Hongbo Liu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou 215011, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou 215011, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou 215011, PR China.
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Three-Stage Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor (ASBR) for Maximum Methane Production: Effects of COD Loading Rate and Reactor Volumetric Ratio. ENERGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/en11061543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Silva FMS, Mahler CF, Oliveira LB, Bassin JP. Hydrogen and methane production in a two-stage anaerobic digestion system by co-digestion of food waste, sewage sludge and glycerol. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 76:339-349. [PMID: 29486911 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, hydrogen and methane production from co-digestion of food waste (FW), sewage sludge (SS) and raw glycerol (GL) was evaluated in a two-stage acidogenesis-methanogenesis anaerobic system under mesophilic conditions (35 °C). The effect of glycerol addition (1 and 3% v/v) as co-substrate was assessed in ternary mixtures (FW + SS + GL), with the concentration of all substrates kept at 10 g VS/L. Besides contributing to reduce the lag phase of the acidogenic bacterial culture, the presence of GL increased the hydrogen production in all tested conditions and the maximum hydrogen yield was obtained for the FW + SS + 3%GL mixture (179.3 mL H2/g VS). On the other hand, the highest methane production (342 mL CH4/g VS) was achieved in the test supplemented with 1% GL. At 3% GL, abrupt reductions in the biogas CH4 content and pH values resulting from instability in methanogenesis process were noticed over the experiment. By taking into account the hydrogen and methane production stages, the highest energy yield (i.e., 15.5 kJ/g VS) was obtained with the ternary mixture containing 1% GL. Overall, the results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of using glycerol as co-substrate to increase the H2 and CH4 production efficiency in a two-stage anaerobic co-digestion process, allowing simultaneous treatment of three residues (FW, SS and GL) and energy production.
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- Fabrícia M S Silva
- Civil Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Civil Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Chemical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Zhang X, Li R. Variation of antibiotics in sludge pretreatment and anaerobic digestion processes: Degradation and solid-liquid distribution. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 255:266-272. [PMID: 29428781 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Degradation and solid-liquid distribution of antibiotics in three sludge pretreatments (ultrasonic, alkaline and thermal hydrolysis pretreatment) and subsequent anaerobic digestion processes were investigated. The contamination of fluoroquinolones (FQs) was most serious in the raw sludge, while sulfonamides (SAs) were negligible. Obvious solubilization of antibiotics was observed after sludge pretreatments. The intracellular antibiotics were released after thermal hydrolysis pretreatment, meanwhile tetracyclines (TCs) were thermally decomposed. Compared to TCs and macrolides (MLs), FQs were hardly degraded in anaerobic digestion with removal efficiencies lower than 42.02%, and the residual FQs were mostly adsorbed on the digested sludge. The limiting step for FQs reduction was the biodegradation, rather than desorption of adsorbed antibiotics. Addition of pretreatments had no obvious effect on the degradation and distribution of antibiotics in the anaerobic digested sludge, except that the thermal hydrolysis enhanced the migration of antibiotics to the liquid phase.
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- Xiangyu Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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The Effect of Temperature on the Methanogenic Activity in Relation to Micronutrient Availability. ENERGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/en11051057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang D, Duan Y, Yang Q, Liu Y, Ni BJ, Wang Q, Zeng G, Li X, Yuan Z. Free ammonia enhances dark fermentative hydrogen production from waste activated sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 133:272-281. [PMID: 29407708 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ammonium and/or free ammonia (the unionized form of ammonium) are generally thought to inhibit the activities of microbes involved in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. It was found in this work, however, that the presence of ammonium (NH4+-N) largely enhanced dark fermentative hydrogen production from alkaline pretreated-sludge. With the increase of initial NH4+-N level from 36 to 266 mg/L, the maximal hydrogen production from alkaline (pH 9.5) pretreated-sludge increased from 7.3 to 15.6 mL per gram volatile suspended solids (VSS) under the standard condition. Further increase of NH4+-N to 308 mg/L caused a slight decrease of hydrogen yield (15.0 mL/g VSS). Experimental results demonstrated that free ammonia instead of NH4+-N was the true contributor to the enhancement of hydrogen production. It was found that the presence of free ammonia facilitated the releases of both extracellular and intracellular constituents, which thereby provided more substrates for subsequent hydrogen production. The free ammonia at the tested levels (i.e., 0-444 mg/L) did not affect acetogenesis significantly. Although free ammonia inhibited all other bio-processes, its inhibition to the hydrogen consumption processes (i.e., homoacetogenesis, methanogenesis, and sulfate-reducing process) was much severer than that to the hydrolysis and acidogenesis processes. Further investigations with enzyme analyses showed that free ammonia posed slight impacts on protease, butyrate kinase, acetate kinase, CoA-transferase, and [FeFe] hydrogenase activities but largely suppressed the activities of coenzyme F420, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, and adenylyl sulfate reductase, which were consistent with the chemical analyses performed above.
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- Dongbo Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Griffith School of Engineering & Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, QLD, Australia.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Wu C, Huang Q, Yu M, Ren Y, Wang Q, Sakai K. Effects of digestate recirculation on a two-stage anaerobic digestion system, particularly focusing on metabolite correlation analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 251:40-48. [PMID: 29268149 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Single-stage (S-N treatment) and two-stage anaerobic digestion with (T-R treatment) and without digestate recirculation (T-N treatment) for methane production using food waste (FW) were comparatively evaluated to examine the effects of digestate recirculation on anaerobic digestion (AD). Digestate recirculation positively affected the methane yield and organic loading rate (OLR). Metabolite correlation analysis revealed that a systematic hydrolysis degree of greater than 75% is crucial to achieve the complete recoverable yield of methane from FW. Digestate recirculation also markedly increased the system alkalinity, maintaining an optimum pH for methanogens. However, the ammonium accumulated by T-R treatment would destroy the metabolic balance between the hydrolytic bacteria and methanogens, especially at a critical OLR. Therefore, the appropriate control of two-stage AD systems with digestate recirculation is limited not only to OLR regulation but also to the prevention of ammonium accumulation.
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- Chuanfu Wu
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083, China.
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture Graduate School, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Liu X, Han Z, Yang J, Ye T, Yang F, Wu N, Bao Z. Review of enhanced processes for anaerobic digestion treatment of sewage sludge. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/113/1/012039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ohemeng-Ntiamoah J, Datta T. Evaluating analytical methods for the characterization of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates in organic substrates for anaerobic co-digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:697-704. [PMID: 30060402 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study provides insights into the characterization of lipids, proteins and carbohydrate content in substrates for codigestion, and evaluates their effects on biogas yield. Among the analytical methods evaluated, the Bligh and Dyer, Hach Total Nitrogen and the Anthrone method were found to be most suitable for lipids, proteins and carbohydrates analysis, respectively. The co-digestibility of ten co-substrate mixes prepared using various volume-to-volume ratios of foodwaste (FW), fats, oils and grease (FOG), and waste activated sludge (WAS) were tested using biomethane potential assays. The three main substrates were mono-digested as well. WAS mono-digestion yielded the lowest methane yield of 118mL CH4/g VS, while a 50:50 mix of WAS and FOG, containing 85% lipid and 15% protein produced the highest methane yield of 1040mL CH4/g VS. In general, lipid-rich samples yielded more biogas than samples rich in proteins and carbohydrates. However, samples rich in proteins and carbohydrates had faster biogas production rates.
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- J Ohemeng-Ntiamoah
- Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5033, Cookeville, TN 38505, United States
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- Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5033, Cookeville, TN 38505, United States.
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Yang G, Wang J. Kinetics and microbial community analysis for hydrogen production using raw grass inoculated with different pretreated mixed culture. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:954-962. [PMID: 30060435 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, five pretreatment methods (heat shock, acid, base, aeration and gamma radiation) were applied for enriching hydrogen producers from anaerobically digested sludge, aiming to compare their hydrogen fermentation performance using raw ryegrass as substrate. Results showed that various pretreatment methods caused great variations on grass hydrogen fermentation performance. Acid pretreatment was most efficient compared with other tested pretreatment methods, with relevant hydrogen yield of 64.4mL/g dry grass and organics removal of 31.4%. Kinetics results showed that the first-order kinetic model fitted hydrogen evolution better than the modified Gompertz model. Microbiological analysis showed that various pretreatment methods caused great variations on microbial activity and microbial community composition. Clostridium and Enterococcus were two dominant genera, while relative abundances of these two genera varied greatly for different pretreated samples. Difference in microbial activity and microbial community distribution induced by the pretreatment methods might directly cause different ryegrass fermentation performance.
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- Guang Yang
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Wastes Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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Braguglia CM, Gallipoli A, Gianico A, Pagliaccia P. Anaerobic bioconversion of food waste into energy: A critical review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 248:37-56. [PMID: 28697976 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Camilla M Braguglia
- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca RM1, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy.
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- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca RM1, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca RM1, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca RM1, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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Algapani DE, Qiao W, di Pumpo F, Bianchi D, Wandera SM, Adani F, Dong R. Long-term bio-H 2 and bio-CH 4 production from food waste in a continuous two-stage system: Energy efficiency and conversion pathways. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 248:204-213. [PMID: 28596077 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion is a well-established technology for treating organic waste, but it is still under challenge for food waste due to process stability problems. In this work, continuous H2 and CH4 production from canteen food waste (FW) in a two-stage system were successfully established by optimizing process parameters. The optimal hydraulic retention time was 5d for H2 and 15d for CH4. Overall, around 59% of the total COD in FW was converted into H2 (4%) and into CH4 (55%). The fluctuations of FW characteristics did not significantly affect process performance. From the energy point view, the H2 reactor contributed much less than the methane reactor to total energy balance, but it played a key role in maintaining the stability of anaerobic treatment of food waste. Microbial characterization indicated that methane formation was through syntrophic acetate oxidation combined with hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis pathway.
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- Dalal E Algapani
- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Agricultural Technology and Fish Science, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; State R&D Center for Efficient Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Biobased Gaseous Fuels, Energy Authority, National Development, and Reform Committee (BGFuels), Beijing 100083, China.
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- Gruppo Ricicla - DiSAA - University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Gruppo Ricicla - DiSAA - University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Gruppo Ricicla - DiSAA - University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; State R&D Center for Efficient Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Biobased Gaseous Fuels, Energy Authority, National Development, and Reform Committee (BGFuels), Beijing 100083, China
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Edwards J, Othman M, Crossin E, Burn S. Life cycle assessment to compare the environmental impact of seven contemporary food waste management systems. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 248:156-173. [PMID: 28651866 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Municipal food waste (FW) represents 35-45% of household residual waste in Australia, with the nation generating 1.6Tg annually. It is estimated that 91% of this FW ends up in landfill. This study used life cycle assessment to determine and compare the environmental impact of seven contemporary FW management systems for two real-life jurisdictions; incorporating the complete waste service and expanding the system to include inert and garden waste. Although, no system exhibited a best ranking across all impact categories, FW digestion based systems were all revealed to have a lower global warming potential than composting and landfilling systems. Mechanical biological treatment, anaerobic co-digestion, and home composting all demonstrated the lowest environmental impacts for two or more of the environmental impact categories assessed. The assessment included market and technological specific variables and uncertainties providing a framework for robust decision making at a municipality level.
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- Joel Edwards
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 3121, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia; Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton 3168, Australia
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Co-Digestion of Napier Grass and Its Silage with Cow Dung for Bio-Hydrogen and Methane Production by Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion Process. ENERGIES 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/en11010047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Guo Q, Dai X. Analysis on carbon dioxide emission reduction during the anaerobic synergetic digestion technology of sludge and kitchen waste: Taking kitchen waste synergetic digestion project in Zhenjiang as an example. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 69:360-364. [PMID: 28865905 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 08/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With the popularization of municipal sewage treatment facilities, the improvement of sewage treatment efficiency and the deepening degree of sewage treatment, the sludge production of sewage plant has been sharply increased. Carbon emission during the process of municipal sewage treatment and disposal has become one of the important sources of greenhouse gases that cause greenhouse effect. How to reduce carbon dioxide emissions during sewage treatment and disposal process is of great significance for reducing air pollution. Kitchen waste and excess sludge, as two important organic wastes, once uses anaerobic synergetic digestion technology in the treatment process can on the one hand, avoid instability of sludge individual anaerobic digestion, improve sludge degradation rate and marsh gas production rate, and on the other hand, help increase the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to a great extent. The paper uses material balance method, analyzes and calculates the carbon dioxide emissions from kitchen waste and sludge disposed by the anaerobic synergetic digestion technology, compares the anaerobic synergetic digestion technology with traditional sludge sanitary landfill technology and works out the carbon dioxide emission reductions after synergetic digestion. It takes the kitchen waste and sludge synergetic digestion engineering project of Zhenjiang city in Jiangsu province as an example, makes material balance analysis using concrete data and works out the carbon dioxide daily emission reductions. The paper analyzes the actual situation of emission reduction by comparing the data, and found that the synergetic digestion of kitchen waste and sludge can effectively reduce the carbon dioxide emission, and the reduction is obvious especially compared with that of sludge sanitary landfill, which has a certain effect on whether to promote the use of the technology.
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- Qia Guo
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; UNEP - Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Shanghai 200092, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; UNEP - Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Yang G, Wang J. Co-fermentation of sewage sludge with ryegrass for enhancing hydrogen production: Performance evaluation and kinetic analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 243:1027-1036. [PMID: 28764104 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The low C/N ratio and low carbohydrate content of sewage sludge limit its application for fermentative hydrogen production. In this study, perennial ryegrass was added as the co-substrate into sludge hydrogen fermentation with different mixing ratios for enhancing hydrogen production. The results showed that the highest hydrogen yield of 60mL/g-volatile solids (VS)added was achieved when sludge/perennial ryegrass ratio was 30:70, which was 5 times higher than that from sole sludge. The highest VS removal of 21.8% was also achieved when sludge/perennial ryegrass ratio was 30:70, whereas VS removal from sole sludge was only 0.7%. Meanwhile, the co-fermentation system simultaneously improved hydrogen production efficiency and organics utilization of ryegrass. Kinetic analysis showed that the Cone model fitted hydrogen evolution better than the modified Gompertz model. Furthermore, hydrogen yield and VS removal increased with the increase of dehydrogenase activity.
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- Guang Yang
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Wastes Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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Karthikeyan OP, Mehariya S, Chung Wong JW. Bio-refining of food waste for fuel and value products. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Zhang Z, Guo L, Li Q, Zhao Y, Gao M, She Z. Study on substrate metabolism process of saline waste sludge and its biological hydrogen production potential. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:16383-16395. [PMID: 28550631 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9222-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With the increasing of high saline waste sludge production, the treatment and utilization of saline waste sludge attracted more and more attention. In this study, the biological hydrogen production from saline waste sludge after heating pretreatment was studied. The substrate metabolism process at different salinity condition was analyzed by the changes of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), carbohydrate and protein in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and dissolved organic matters (DOM). The excitation-emission matrix (EEM) with fluorescence regional integration (FRI) was also used to investigate the effect of salinity on EPS and DOM composition during hydrogen fermentation. The highest hydrogen yield of 23.6 mL H2/g VSS and hydrogen content of 77.6% were obtained at 0.0% salinity condition. The salinity could influence the hydrogen production and substrate metabolism of waste sludge.
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- Zengshuai Zhang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
- Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental and Ecology, Ministry of Educatin, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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Ma H, Liu H, Zhang L, Yang M, Fu B, Liu H. Novel insight into the relationship between organic substrate composition and volatile fatty acids distribution in acidogenic co-fermentation. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:137. [PMID: 28559928 PMCID: PMC5446719 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0821-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Co-fermentation is an attractive technology for improving volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production by treatment of solid organic wastes. However, it remains unclear how the composition of different organic matters in solid waste influences the VFAs distribution, microbial community structure, and metabolic pathway during acidogenic co-fermentation. In this study, different organic wastes were added into waste activated sludge (WAS) as co-fermentation substrates to explore the impact of organic matter composition on VFAs pattern and the microbiological mechanism . RESULTS Acetate was the most dominant VFA produced in all fermentation groups, making up 41.3-57.6% of the total VFAs produced during acidogenic co-fermentation under alkaline condition. With the increased addition of potato peel waste, the concentrations of propionate and valerate decreased dramatically, while ethanol and butyrate concentrations increased. The addition of food waste caused gradual decreases of valerate and propionate, but ethanol increased and butyrate was relatively stable. Some inconsistency was observed between hydrolysis efficiency and acidification efficiency. Our results revealed that starch was mainly responsible for butyrate and ethanol formation, while lipids and protein favored the synthesis of valerate and propionate. Microbial community analysis by high-throughput sequencing showed that Firmicutes had the highest relative abundance at phylum level in all fermentation groups. With 75% potato peel waste or 75% food waste addition to WAS, Bacilli (72.2%) and Clostridia (56.2%) were the dominant respective classes. In fermentation using only potato peel waste, the Bacilli content was 64.1%, while the Clostridia content was 53.6% in the food-only waste fermentation. CONCLUSIONS Acetate was always the dominant product in acidogenic co-fermentation, regardless of the substrate composition. The addition of carbon-rich substrates significantly enhanced butyrate and ethanol accumulation, while protein-rich substrate substantially benefited propionate and valerate generation. Potato peel waste substantially favored the enrichment of Bacilli, while food waste dramatically increased Clostridia content in the sludge.
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- Huijun Ma
- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, Wuxi, 214122 China
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Edwards J, Othman M, Crossin E, Burn S. Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal food waste and sewage sludge: A comparative life cycle assessment in the context of a waste service provision. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 223:237-249. [PMID: 27794271 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study used life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impact of anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) and compared it against the current waste management system in two case study areas. Results indicated AcoD to have less environmental impact for all categories modelled excluding human toxicity, despite the need to collect and pre-treat food waste separately. Uncertainty modelling confirmed that AcoD has a 100% likelihood of a smaller global warming potential, and for acidification, eutrophication and fossil fuel depletion AcoD carried a greater than 85% confidence of inducing a lesser impact than the current waste service.
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- Joel Edwards
- Department of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia; Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton, 3169, Australia.
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- Department of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia
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- Department of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia
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- Department of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia; Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton, 3169, Australia
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Wang J, Yin Y. Pretreatment of Organic Wastes for Hydrogen Production. BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM ORGANIC WASTES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4675-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fang W, Wei Y, Liu J, Kosson DS, van der Sloot HA, Zhang P. Effects of aerobic and anaerobic biological processes on leaching of heavy metals from soil amended with sewage sludge compost. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 58:324-334. [PMID: 27478020 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The risk from leaching of heavy metals is a major factor hindering land application of sewage sludge compost (SSC). Understanding the change in heavy metal leaching resulting from soil biological processes provides important information for assessing long-term behavior of heavy metals in the compost amended soil. In this paper, 180days aerobic incubation and 240days anaerobic incubation were conducted to investigate the effects of the aerobic and anaerobic biological processes on heavy metal leaching from soil amended with SSC, combined with chemical speciation modeling. Results showed that leaching concentrations of heavy metals at natural pH were similar before and after biological process. However, the major processes controlling heavy metals were influenced by the decrease of DOC with organic matter mineralization during biological processes. Mineralization of organic matter lowered the contribution of DOC-complexation to Ni and Zn leaching. Besides, the reducing condition produced by biological processes, particularly by the anaerobic biological process, resulted in the loss of sorption sites for As on Fe hydroxide, which increased the potential risk of As release at alkaline pH.
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- Wen Fang
- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Algapani DE, Qiao W, Su M, di Pumpo F, Wandera SM, Adani F, Dong R. Bio-hydrolysis and bio-hydrogen production from food waste by thermophilic and hyperthermophilic anaerobic process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 216:768-777. [PMID: 27295255 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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High-temperature pretreatment plays a key role in the anaerobic digestion of food waste (FW). However, the suitable temperature is not yet determined. In this work, a long-term experiment was conducted to compare hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and hydrogen production at 55°C and 70°C, using real FW in CSTR reactors. The results obtained indicated that acidification was the rate-limiting step at both temperatures with similar process kinetics characterizations. However, the thermophilic pretreatment was more advantageous than the hyperthermophilic with suspended solids solubilization of 47.7% and 29.5% and total VFA vs. soluble COD ratio of 15.2% and 4.9%, for thermophilic and hyperthermophilic treatment, respectively, with a hydrolytic reaction time (HRT) of 10days and an OLR of 14kgCOD/m(3)d. Moreover, stable hydrogen yield (70.7ml-H2/gVSin) and content in off gas (58.6%) was achieved at HRT 5days, pH 5.5, and temperature of 55°C, as opposed to 70°C.
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- Dalal E Algapani
- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; College of Agricultural Technology and Fish Science, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; State R&D Center for Efficient Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Biobased Gaseous Fuels, Energy Authority, National Development and Reform Committee (BGFeuls), Beijing 100083, China.
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Gruppo Ricicla - DiSAA - University of Milan, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Gruppo Ricicla - DiSAA - University of Milan, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Biomass Engineering Center, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; State R&D Center for Efficient Production and Comprehensive Utilization of Biobased Gaseous Fuels, Energy Authority, National Development and Reform Committee (BGFeuls), Beijing 100083, China
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Hou G, Hao X, Zhang R, Wang J, Liu R, Liu C. Tetracycline removal and effect on the formation and degradation of extracellular polymeric substances and volatile fatty acids in the process of hydrogen fermentation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 212:20-25. [PMID: 27070285 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Many research indicate antibiotics show adverse effect on methane fermentation, while few research focus on their effect on hydrogen fermentation. The present study aimed to gain insight of the effect of antibiotics on hydrogen fermentation with waste sludge and corn straw as substrate. For this purpose, tetracycline, as a model, was investigated with regard to tetracycline removal, hydrogen production, interaction with extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) of substrate and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) on concentration and composition. Results show that tetracycline could be removed efficiently by hydrogen fermentation, and relative low-dose tetracycline (200mg/l) exposure affects little on hydrogen production. While tetracycline exposure could change hydrogen fermentation from butyric acid-type to propionic acid-type depending on tetracycline level. Based upon three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy and UV-vis tetracycline changed the component and content of EPSs, and static quenching was the main mechanism between EPSs with tetracycline.
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- Guangying Hou
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
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Cheng HH, Whang LM, Chung MC, Chan KC. Biological hydrogen and methane production from bagasse bioethanol fermentation residues using a two-stage bioprocess. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 210:49-55. [PMID: 26774443 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study investigated the recovery of H2 and CH4 from bagasse bioethanol fermentation residues (bagasse BEFR) using a two-stage bioprocess. In the hydrogen fermentation bioreactor (HFB), carbohydrate removal efficiency was maintained at 82-93% and the highest hydrogen yield was 8.24mL/gCOD at volumetric loading rate (VLR) of 80kgCOD/m(3)/day. The results indicated a positive correlation between hydrogen yield and butyrate-to-acetate ratio, which might be due to the mechanisms of lactate/acetate utilization for hydrogen production and acetogenesis occurring in the HFB. Remaining volatile fatty acids and alcohols in the HFB effluent were further utilized for methane production in methane fermentation bioreactor (MFB), in which the highest methane yield of 345.2mL/gCOD was attained at VLR of 2.5kgCOD/m(3)/day. Overall, the two-stage bioprocess achieved a maximum COD removal of 81% from bagasse BEFR, and converted 0.3% and 72.8% of COD in the forms of H2 and CH4, respectively.
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- Hai-Hsuan Cheng
- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Sustainable Environment Research Laboratory (SERL), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy (RCETS), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No. 1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Zhang Y, Wang XC, Cheng Z, Li Y, Tang J. Effect of fermentation liquid from food waste as a carbon source for enhancing denitrification in wastewater treatment. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 144:689-696. [PMID: 26408975 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Food wastes were used for anaerobic fermentation to prepare carbon sources for enhancing nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment. Under anaerobic conditions without pH adjustment, the fermentation liquid from food wastes (FLFW) with a high organic acid content was produced at room temperature (25 °C) and initial solid concentration of 13%. Using FLFW as the sole carbon source of artificial wastewater for biological treatment by sequence batch operation, maximized denitrification (with a denitrification rate of V(DN) = 12.89 mg/gVSS h and a denitrification potential of P(DN) = 0.174 gN/gCOD) could be achieved at a COD/TN ratio of 6. The readily biodegradable fraction in the FLFW was evaluated as 58.35%. By comparing FLFW with glucose and sodium acetate, two commonly used chemical carbon sources, FLFW showed a denitrification result similar to sodium acetate but much better than glucose in terms of total nitrogen removal, V(DN), P(DN), organic matter consumption rate (V(COD)) and heterotrophy anoxic yield coefficient (Y(H)).
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- Yongmei Zhang
- Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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- Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China.
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- Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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Voelklein MA, Jacob A, O' Shea R, Murphy JD. Assessment of increasing loading rate on two-stage digestion of food waste. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 202:172-180. [PMID: 26708485 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A two-stage food waste digestion system involved a first stage hydrolysis reactor followed by a second stage methanogenic reactor. Organic loading rates (OLR) were increased from 6 to 15 g VS L(-1) d(-1) in the hydrolysis reactor and from 2 to 5 g VS L(-1) d(-1) in the methanogenic reactor. The retention time was fixed at 4 days (hydrolysis reactor) and 12 days (methane reactor). A single-stage digester was subjected to similar loading rates as the methanogenic reactor at 16 days retention. Increased OLR resulted in higher quantities of liquid fermentation products from the first stage hydrolysis reactor. Solubilisation of chemical oxygen demand peaked at 47% at the maximum loading. However, enhanced hydrolysis yields had no significant impact on the specific methane yields. The two-stage system increased methane yields up to 23% and enriched methane content by an average of 14% to levels of 71%.
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- M A Voelklein
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; School of Engineering, UCC, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; School of Engineering, UCC, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; School of Engineering, UCC, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; School of Engineering, UCC, Ireland.
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Kong X, Xu S, Liu J, Li H, Zhao K, He L. Enhancing anaerobic digestion of high-pressure extruded food waste by inoculum optimization. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2016; 166:31-37. [PMID: 26468605 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The inoculation for extruded food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) was optimized to improve methane (CH4) yield. The inoculum of acclimated anaerobic sludge resulted in high biodegradability, producing CH4 yields from 580 mLCH4 g(-1)·VSadded to 605 mLCH4 g(-1)·VSadded, with corresponding BDCH4 ranging from 90% to 94%. We also investigated inoculum to substrate ratios (ISRs). With regards to digested slurry as inoculum, we found that a decrease in ISR improved CH4 yield, while a lower ISR prolonged the lag time of the initial AD stage due to lipid inhibition caused by excessive food waste. These results demonstrate that minimal inocula are required to start the AD system for high-pressure extruded food waste because it is easily biodegraded. High ammonia concentration had a negative effect on CH4 production (i.e., when free ammonia nitrogen [FAN] increased from 20 to 30 mg L(-1) to 120-140 mg L(-1), the CH4 yield decreased by 25%), suggesting that FAN was a significant inhibitor in CH4 yield reduction. In terms of CH4 yield and lag time of the AD process, the optimal inoculation of digested slurry for the extruded food waste had an ISR of 0.33 with CH4 yield of 505 mLCH4 g(-1)VSadded, which was 20% higher than what was found for higher ISR controls of 2, 1 and 0.5.
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- Xin Kong
- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, Ministry of Education of China, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, Ministry of Education of China, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, Ministry of Education of China, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Shenzhen Environmental Microbial Application and Risk Control Key Laboratory, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- BESG Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing Environment Sanitation Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100101, China.
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- BESG Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing Environment Sanitation Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100101, China
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Effect of food to microbe ratio variation on anaerobic co-digestion of petrochemical wastewater with manure. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2015.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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