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Alrowais R, Said N, Mahmoud-Aly M, Helmi AM, Nasef BM, Abdel Daiem MM. Influences of straw alkaline pretreatment on biogas production and digestate characteristics: artificial neural network and multivariate statistical techniques. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:13638-13655. [PMID: 38253834 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31945-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Anaerobic digestion is one of the best options for producing valuable end products (biogas and biofertilizer). The aim of this study was to investigate the influences of thermoalkaline pretreatment of wheat straw on biogas production and digestate characteristics from codigestion with waste-activated sludge. Different alkaline conditions (NaOH, KOH and Na2CO3) and pretreatment durations (1, 3 and 5 h) were used for straw pretreatment. Batch anaerobic codigestion of sludge and pretreated straw was conducted under different pretreatment conditions. A feedforward neural network (FFNN) model, logistic model and statistical analysis were applied to the experimental data to predict biogas and investigate the significance and relationships among the variables. NaOH pretreatment for 5 h showed the best treatment conditions: biogas yield was 6.59 times higher than that without treatment. Moreover, the proportions of total solids, total volatile solids, chemical oxygen demand and microbial count removed reached 63.52%, 74.60%, 78.15% and 82.22%, respectively. The methane content was 67.50%, indicating that the biogas had a high quality. The thermoalkaline pretreatment significantly affected biogas production and digestate characteristics, allowing it to be used as a biofertilizer. Experimental data were successfully modelled for predicting biogas production using the applied models. The R2 values reached 0.985 and 0.999 for the logistic and FFNN models, respectively.
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- Raid Alrowais
- Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakakah, 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt
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- Plant Physiology Division, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Computer Engineering Department, Engineering and Information Technology College, Buraydah Private Colleges, Buraydah, 51418, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt
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- Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt
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- Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt.
- Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Shaqra University, 11911, Al-Duwadmi, Ar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Vieira Turnell Suruagy M, Ross AB, Babatunde A. Influence of microwave temperature and power on the biomethanation of food waste under mesophilic anaerobic conditions. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 341:117900. [PMID: 37150174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Food waste is an attractive feedstock for Anaerobic Digestion due to its high biodegradability and moisture content. Nevertheless, due to its complex structure and composition, methane yield is typically compromised with 50-60% of the theoretical maximum obtained. The well-known limitation of the hydrolysis step can be circumvented by adopting feedstock pre-treatments, such as microwave irradiation. It improves solubilization of various FW components making them more readily available for the microorganisms and reducing AD process duration. In this work different heating rates (7.8, 3.9 and 1.9 °C/min) and temperatures (85, 115, 145, 175 °C) were applied when pre-treating food waste as a substrate for AD. Increase in the solubilization of organic matter in the form of Soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand was the most significative change in FW characteristics after pre-treatment, with final temperature of 175 °C and heating rate of 3.9 °C showing a 73.19% increment. Nevertheless, process performance of AD of MW FW was optimum at 85 °C 7.8 ramp, showing no intermediate products accumulation, up to 77% more methane produced in the first week of digestion compared to the other conditions tested and reduction of 96.36% on the lag phase duration, compared to the control. On the other hand, samples treated at 175 °C, regardless of heating rate, consistently showed poor process performance, with low methane yield, possibly due to the formation of hard-to-digest compounds. This work underlines the importance of adjusting microwave temperature and power when pre-treating FW for biomethane production so the process is optimized.
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- Mariana Vieira Turnell Suruagy
- BioResource Systems Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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- School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Guan R, Yuan H, Yuan S, Yan B, Zuo X, Chen X, Li X. Current development and perspectives of anaerobic bioconversion of crop stalks to Biogas: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 349:126615. [PMID: 34954353 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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As one of the most abundant biomass resources, crop stalks are great potential feedstock available for anaerobic digestion (AD) to produce biogas. However, the specific physical properties and complex chemical structures of crop stalks form strong barriers to efficient AD bioconversion. To overcome these problems, many efforts have been made over the past few years. This paper reviewed recent research in the evolving field of anaerobic bioconversion of crop stalks and was focused on three critical aspects affecting AD performance: various pretreatment methods and their effects on the improvement of crop stalk biodegradability, determination of specific AD operation parameters for crop stalks, and development of AD technologies. Finally, recommendations on the future development of crop stalk AD were proposed.
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- Ruolin Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province 315100, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, PR China.
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Kunatsa T, Xia X. A review on anaerobic digestion with focus on the role of biomass co-digestion, modelling and optimisation on biogas production and enhancement. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126311. [PMID: 34780910 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The status, recent trends and future perspectives in modelling and optimisation of anaerobic co-digestion is investigated. Areas that can be focused on and those which need further research towards enhancing biogas production are pointed out. Co-digestion, modelling and optimisation of anaerobic digestion as well as techno-economic aspects are reviewed in this paper. It was noted that co-digestion requires more research into a variety of bio-resources and their specific blend proportions. Modelling and optimisation of co-digestion with substrate seasonal fluctuations has not been addressed in previous studies. Controlling key process factors including temperature, pH, and carbon to nitrogen ratio is critical in improving biogas yield. Biogas hybridisation is yet to be explored in depth. The majority of researches are focused on mono-digestion, feedstock co-digestion, modelling, and optimisation of anaerobic digestion needs significant further investigations. A multi-objective approach taking all technical and economic parameters in the modelling and optimization is essential.
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- Tawanda Kunatsa
- Center of New Energy Systems, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Department of Fuels and Energy, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe.
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- Center of New Energy Systems, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Monitoring of Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Performance: Conventional Co-Substrates vs. Unmarketable Biochar Additions. Foods 2021; 10:foods10102353. [PMID: 34681402 PMCID: PMC8535009 DOI: 10.3390/foods10102353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study proposed the selection of cost-effective additives generated from different activity sectors to enhance and stabilize the start-up, as well as the transitional phases, of semi-continuous food waste (FW) anaerobic digestion. The results showed that combining agricultural waste mixtures including wheat straw (WS) and cattle manure (CM) boosted the process performance and generated up to 95% higher methane yield compared to the control reactors (mono-digested FW) under an organic loading rate (OLR) range of 2 to 3 kg VS/m3·d. Whereas R3 amended with unmarketable biochar (UBc), to around 10% of the initial fresh mass inserted, showed a significant process enhancement during the transitional phase, and more particularly at an OLR of 4 kg VS/m3·d, it was revealed that under these experimental conditions, FW reactors including UBc showed an increase of 144% in terms of specific biogas yield (SBY) compared to FW reactors fed with agricultural residue. Hence, both agricultural and industrial waste were efficacious when it came to boosting either FW anaerobic performance or AD effluent quality. Although each co-substrate performed under specific experimental conditions, this feature provides decision makers with diverse alternatives to implement a sustainable organic waste management system, conveying sufficient technical details to draw up appropriate designs for the recovery of various types of organic residue.
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Kang YR, Su Y, Wang J, Chu YX, Tian G, He R. Effects of different pretreatment methods on biogas production and microbial community in anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:51772-51785. [PMID: 33990921 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14296-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The pretreatment of wheat straw has been recognized to be an essential step prior to anaerobic digestion, owing to the high abundance of lignocellulosic materials. In order to choose economical and effective techniques for the disposal of wheat straw, effects of five pretreatment methods including acid, alkali, co-pretreatment of acid and alkali, CaO2, and liquid digestate of municipal sewage sludge on anaerobic digestion of wheat straw were investigated by analyzing biogas production and organic matter degradation in the study. The results showed that among these pretreatment methods, the methane yield was highest in the liquid digestate pretreated-wheat straw with 112.6 mL gTS-1, followed by the acid, alkali, and CaO2 pretreatments, and the lowest was observed in the co-pretreatment of acid and alkali. Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the microbial communities in the anaerobic digesters revealed that the genera Ruminiclostridium including Ruminiclostridium and Ruminiclostridium 1, Hydrogenispora, and Capriciproducens were the main hydrolytic bacteria, acidogenic bacteria, and acetogenic bacteria, respectively, in the anaerobic digesters. Capriciproducens and Hydrogenispora dominated in the first and the later stages, respectively, in the anaerobic digesters, which could work as indicators of the anaerobic co-digestion stage of sludge and wheat straw. The total solid and SO42--S contents of the solid digestate and the NH4+-N concentration of the liquid digestate had a significant influence on the microbial community in the digesters. These findings indicated that liquid digestate pretreatment was a potential option to improve the anaerobic digestion of wheat straw, due to the low cost without additional chemical agents.
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- Ya-Ru Kang
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Environment, Resource, Soil and Fertilizer, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310012, China.
- College of Environmental and Resource Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Zhou L, Guo F, Pan S, Lu B, Du L, Wei Y. Synergistic digestion of banana pseudo-stems with chicken manure to improve methane production: Semi-continuous manipulation and microbial community analysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 328:124851. [PMID: 33611019 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124851] [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: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study aimed to investigate the interactions between banana pseudo-stems (BPS) and chicken manure (CM) during anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) in batch and semi-continuous experiments. The batch experiments results showed that the methane yield was the highest (193.7 mL/g VS) in AcoD with BPS: CM ratio of 4:1, which was increased by 57.2% and 66.1%, respectively. Semi-continuous experiments revealed that AcoD resulted in higher methane production. Monitoring of the system parameters indicated that AcoD could better adapt to the increasing organic loading rate, with better system stability and methane production efficiency. The microbial analysis illustrated that AcoD increased the relative abundance of hydrolytic bacteria such as Firmicutes, Patescibacteria, and Bacteroidetes. With regard to archaea, AcoD improved the abundance of Methanosaeta, the major acetoclastic methanogens. These changes in the microbial flora allowed AcoD to remain stable while efficiently producing methane and improved the BPS and CM processing efficiency.
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- Lang Zhou
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Microorganism and Enzyme Research Center of Engineering Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
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Yadav M, Vivekanand V. Combined fungal and bacterial pretreatment of wheat and pearl millet straw for biogas production - A study from batch to continuous stirred tank reactors. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 321:124523. [PMID: 33326923 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In present study, chitinolytic bacteria were employed to bioaugment the biogas production from fungal pretreated agricultural residues. The fungal pretreatment of wheat and pearl millet straw was done by Chaetomium globosporum. Pretreated straw were digested anaerobically at batch scale with and without the presence of chitinolytic bacteria. Contrary to untreated samples, the addition of chitionolytic bacteria with pretreated wheat and pearl millet straw provided 41 and 57% higher biogas yield. The study was further upscaled to continuous stirred tank reactors. At continuous scale too, wheat straw pretreated with Chaetomium globosporum combined with chitinolytic bacteria resulted in 16% higher biogas yield in contrast to untreated straw. Higher abundance of methanogens was detected in reactors running with pretreated wheat straw during microbial community analysis. The identified bacteria belonged mostly to Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria phyla.
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- Monika Yadav
- Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017, India
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- Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017, India.
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Biogas Production from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Spent Mushroom Substrate with Different Livestock Manure. ENERGIES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/en14030570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is defined as the biomass waste generated during industrial mushroom cultivation. Utilization of SMS has been extensively researched and has immense potential as a sustainable substrate for generating biogas that can offset fossil fuel use. This closed loop energy generation process that can be set up in mushroom plants will reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which will benefit the environment. Anaerobic co-digestion of SMS with different agricultural wastes such as livestock manure would result in enhanced biogas production. In this study, the anaerobic co-digestion of SMS was carried out by combing yellow back fungus SMS along with chicken, dairy and pig manure. SMS combined with chicken manure yielded a slightly higher cumulative methane yield when compared with the combination of dairy manure and pig manure. Factors such as the total solids (TS) and the relative ratio of manure to SMS loading had a significant impact on the cumulative methane yield, volatile solids removal, with a particularly prominent synergistic effect. The synergistic effect was also closely related to the C/N ratio, and under experimental conditions (TS = 15%, SMS relative ratio of 50% and C/N ratio = 25.6), the cumulative methane yield of SMS with chicken manure (CM) was increased by 414% compared with that obtained using SMS or CM separately. We carried out a multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis, a statistical technique that uses several explanatory variables to predict the outcome of a response variable. Our analysis concluded that by using operating conditions (TS = 15%, and SMS ratio = 38.9), we were able to achieve the maximum cumulative methane yield (CMY).
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Liu Y, Lin C, Jia H, Yong X, Xie X, Wu X, Zhou J, Wei P. Effects of amino-modified biofilm carriers on biogas production in the anaerobic digestion of corn straw. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2020; 41:2806-2816. [PMID: 30767709 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1583290] [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: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This paper studied the property of three different biofilm carriers added into the anaerobic digestion systems, a granular activated carbon, a polyacrylonitrile, and a polyacrylonitrile modified with diethylenetriamine (PAN-NH2). The PAN-NH2 system kept the maximum biogas and methane production, which were 42.69% and 37.29% higher than the control system, respectively. The value of pH and chemical oxygen demand, the content of total solid and volatile solid, volatile fatty acids concentration, coenzyme F420 concentration, and microbial community analysis were investigated during the anaerobic digestion process. The PAN-NH2 system had the highest removal efficiency of the pollutants and regulated the pH of the system better than other systems. The result of high-throughput sequencing analysis showed that the addition of biofilm carriers and mediation with amino-groups adjusted system pH and improved biogas and CH4 production by reducing the relative abundance of bacteria in the hydrolysis/acidogenesis stages. Methanosarcina gradually replaced other methanogens during the experimental runs and was the dominant methanogen at the end of the anaerobic digestion process.
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- Yongdi Liu
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Gaballah ES, Abomohra AEF, Xu C, Elsayed M, Abdelkader TK, Lin J, Yuan Q. Enhancement of biogas production from rape straw using different co-pretreatment techniques and anaerobic co-digestion with cattle manure. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 309:123311. [PMID: 32289661 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The present study investigated the possibility of valorizing rape straw through anaerobic digestion and the possibility of improving biomethane yield by pretreatment with H2SO4, combined H2SO4 with steam explosion (SE) and SE combined with superfine grinding (SFG). To evaluate the pretreatment method efficiency, several analytical techniques were applied. Additionally, the performance of co-digesting of cattle manure (CM) with pretreated rape straw (PRS) at different ratios was evaluated. The results showed that combined pretreatment could dissolve the lignocellulosic fiber structure, which positively stimulated methane yield. The highest cumulative CH4 yield (CMY) of 305.7 mLg-1VS was achieved by combined SE at 180 °C for 5 min with SFG, which was 77.84% higher than the untreated. The CMY was further improved by 11.4-59% higher than the control (CM) using co-digestion. This study confirmed that, under optimal parameters of AD, pretreatment with SEG180 could significantly boost the CMY from co-digestion of CM and PRS.
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- Eid S Gaballah
- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 63514 Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, PR China; Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 63514 Fayoum, Egypt
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Equipment in Mid-lower Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
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Wang J, Cui H, Xie G, Liu B, Cao G, Xing D. Co-treatment of potassium ferrate and peroxymonosulfate enhances the decomposition of the cotton straw and cow manure mixture. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 724:138321. [PMID: 32408465 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Since there is high lignocellulose content in the cotton straw and cow manure mixture (MCC), the appropriate MCC pretreatment is important to promote the anaerobic digestion (AD) hydrolysis. This study mainly explored the effect of potassium ferrate (PF) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) pretreatments on MCC decomposition. PMS + PF co-treatment showed a higher reduction of total solid and volatile solid than PF pretreatment and PMS pretreatment. Hydrolysis of treated MCC indicated that the PF pretreatment was more effective to the release of organics than the PMS pretreatment and the PMS + PF co-treatment. However, the PMS + PF co-treatment resulted in a higher lignin removal rate (40.4%-50.5%) than the PMS pretreatment (30.8%) and the PF pretreatment (21.4%). The PMS1 + PF2 co-treatment (molar ratio of 1:2) acquired the optimal lignin removal rate and the release of organics among the PMS + PF co-treatment with different dosing ratio. Potential mechanism was that PF reduction products activated PMS to produce free radicals (SO4-, OH), which attacked lignocellulosic components and promoted MCC decomposition. The PMS1 + PF2 co-treatment was deduced to be the optimal pretreatment method when considering MCC decomposition, biodegradability, and mass transfer in the bioreactor.
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- Jing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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Li L, Kong Z, Qin Y, Wu J, Zhu A, Xiao B, Ni J, Kubota K, Li YY. Temperature-phased anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and paper waste with and without recirculation: Biogas production and microbial structure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 724:138168. [PMID: 32247142 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138168] [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: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) systems (55 °C in the first reactor and 35 °C in the second reactor) with and without recirculation were operated in parallel for the co-digestion of food waste and paper waste. A long-term experiment was carried out for these two systems with the paper waste ratios elevated from 0 to 50%. The removal efficiencies of COD, TS, VS, carbohydrate and protein in the recirculated TPAD system were higher than those of the non-recirculated system. The successful acclimation of thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacteria in the first reactor (RT1), partly due to recirculation, ensured the effective degradation of cellulose when the paper waste ratio was higher than 40%, resulting in the production of large amounts of hydrogen in reactor RT1. In the absence of recirculation, the main substance produced in the first reactor of the non-recirculated system (T1) was lactic acid. This gradually led to over-acidification and a low degradation efficiency and no methane or hydrogen was produced in T1. Recirculation helped to establish a stable bacterial community capable of producing bio-hydrogen in reactor RT1. The relatively low pH of 5.5 in the RT1 inhibited the activity of hydrogenotrophic archaea without consuming hydrogen, facilitating high hydrogen production levels.
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- Lu Li
- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.
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Liu T, Zhou X, Li Z, Wang X, Sun J. Effects of liquid digestate pretreatment on biogas production for anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 280:345-351. [PMID: 30780094 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this study, the effects of liquid digestate pretreatment of wheat straw on its biogas production efficiency and anaerobic digestion were investigated using a laboratory-scale biochemical methane potential test. Scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to analyze the changes in main compositions and physico-chemical structure of wheat straw after different pretreatment durations (3 days, 5 days, and 7 days). The results evidenced that liquid digestate pretreatment can dissolve the lignocellulosic structure, which positively promoted anaerobic biogas production. Liquid digestate pretreatment achieved a satisfactory anaerobic digestion efficiency with wheat straw as the substrate. Furthermore, the production of biogas and methane were also found to increase after pretreatment. Thus, it was concluded that a duration of 5-day liquid digestate pretreatment was optimal as it yielded 39.76% more biogas production, and 49.58% more biomethane yield, in 35.71% shorter digestion time (T80) as compared to raw wheat straw. The modified Gompertz model was able to explain the kinetic behavior during anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. Based on the aforementioned experimental observations, a comparison between effects of equivalent NH4+-N concentration of ammonia solution and liquid digestate pretreatment was conducted, which indicated that ammonolysis played crucial role in the enhancement of biogas production process by pretreated liquid digestate.
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- Ting Liu
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
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Biogas Production by Co-Digestion of Canteen Food Waste and Domestic Wastewater under Organic Loading Rate and Temperature Optimization. ENVIRONMENTS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/environments6020016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The objective of this study was to characterize biogas production performance from the co-digestion of food waste and domestic wastewater under mesophilic (35 ± 1 °C) and thermophilic (55 ± 1 °C) conditions. The food waste used as a co-substrate in this study was collected from a main canteen at the Hatyai campus of Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The optimum co-digestion ratio and temperature conditions in a batch experiment were selected for a semi-continuous experiment. Organic loading rates (OLRs) of 0.66, 0.33, and 0.22 g volatile solid (VS) L−1 d−1 were investigated in a semi-continuous experiment by continuously stirring a tank reactor (CSTR) for biogas production. The highest biomethane potential (BMP, 0.78 ml CH4 mg−1 VS removal) was achieved with a ratio of food waste to domestic wastewater of 10:90 w/v at a mesophilic temperature. An OLR of 0.22 g VS L−1 d−1 of co-digestion yielded positive biogas production and organic removal. The findings of this study illustrate how biogas production can be used for operating feed conditions and control for anaerobic co-digestion of domestic wastewater and food waste from a university canteen.
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Wang NX, Lu XY, Tsang YF, Mao Y, Tsang CW, Yueng VA. A comprehensive review of anaerobic digestion of organic solid wastes in relation to microbial community and enhancement process. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2019; 99:507-516. [PMID: 30144051 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Organic solid wastes (OSWs) should be regarded as valuable resources rather than dead-end landfill waste that causes public health and odor concerns. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an ideal approach for managing organic solid waste issues and involves using a group of anaerobic microorganisms to transform OSWs into useful products. In this review, over 100 publications related to AD of OSWs have been compiled, discussed, and analyzed. A comprehensive analysis of the environmental and safety impacts of AD, its key environmental factors, co-digestion, and pretreatment, as well as the AD of OSWs by various anaerobic microbes uncovered by high throughput sequencing-based approaches, is presented. The purpose of this review is to provide an outline of the current knowledge of AD processes from a multi-angle perspective. A comprehensive understanding of AD of OSWs and genome-enabled biology development could be helpful for providing up-to-date knowledge of AD, developing it, overcoming its drawbacks and, ultimately, improving global waste control for more efficient environmental management. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Neng-Xiong Wang
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecological Remediation, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, China
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Zou H, Chen Y, Shi J, Zhao T, Yu Q, Yu S, Shi D, Chai H, Gu L, He Q, Ai H. Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of residual sludge with different lignocellulosic wastes in the batch digester. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 268:371-381. [PMID: 30096645 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Co-digestion of residual sludge (RS) and different lignocellulosic wastes (LWs) including greening waste (GW), decocted Chinese herbs waste (DCHW) and sugarcane bagasse waste (SCBW) was investigated in batch digester. Results show that the application of GW presented the highest specific methane yield (161 mL CH4/g VSadded) due to its high carbohydrate fraction and more balanced C/N ratio in co-substrate mixture. Buswell equation was applied and it is found that biodegradability index (BI) for co-digestion varied from 68.1% to 74.2% (53.0% for RS mono-digestion) depending on the lignin fractions of the LWs. Variation of pH, VFAs, alkalinity and ammonia throughout the digestion were also examined. The addition of LWs induced VFAs formation, as well as their conversion to methane. The higher microbial diversity in RS/LWs co-digestion further confirmed the positive effect of LWs addition in co-digestion.
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- Huijing Zou
- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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Lu X, Wang H, Ma F, Zhao G, Wang S. Improved process performance of the acidification phase in a two-stage anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste: Effects of an iron oxide-zeolite additive. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 262:169-176. [PMID: 29705608 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Improvement of the acidification phase is an attractive alternative to break through the rate-limiting step in the two-phase anaerobic digestion of complex organic wastes. An additive named iron oxide-zeolite was introduced into the acidification phase at mesophilic and room temperature. By virtue of the additive supplemented, significantly improved hydrolysis/fermentation in regard to higher soluble chemical oxygen demand (sCOD) concentration (21.53-27.30%) and better lignocellulosic degradation at both temperatures has been obtained. Furthermore, an optimized volatile fatty acid formation type (more favorable acetate and less undesired propionate) has been achieved. The favorable environment of the acidogenic effluent facilitated the subsequent methanogenesis. The increased microbial community abundances of some hydrolytic, acetogenic and cellulolytic bacteria may provide the explanation on the promoted hydrolysis/acidogenesis. The results in this study suggested that supplementation of the iron oxide-zeolite into the acidification phase is a valuable alternative to improve hydrolysis/acidogenesis of the complex substrates.
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- Xiaofei Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Liaoning 121001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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Li Y, Li L, Sun Y, Yuan Z. Bioaugmentation strategy for enhancing anaerobic digestion of high C/N ratio feedstock with methanogenic enrichment culture. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 261:188-195. [PMID: 29660660 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To investigate whether bioaugmentation could improve the digestion performance of high C/N ratio feedstock without co-digestion with nitrogen-rich substrate, different forms of enriched methanogenic culture were introduced to the continuous feed digesters. The performance efficiency of bioaugmentation on digestion improvement was compared. The effect of bioaugmentation on microbial community composition was revealed as well. Results demonstrated that routine bioaugmentation with liquid culture (containing the microbes and the medium remains) showed the best performance, with the organic loading rate (OLR), methane percentage, volumetric methane production (VMP) and volatile solid methane production (VSMP) higher at 1.0 g L-1 d-1, 24%, 0.22 L L-1 d-1 and 0.23 L g-1 VS d-1 respectively, compared to the non-bioaugmentation control. Whole genome pyrosequencing analysis suggested that consecutive microbial consortium addition could reconstruct the methanogens community by increasing the populations of acetoclastic methanogens Methanothrix, which could accelerate the degradation of acetate and methane production.
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- Ying Li
- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New andw Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New andw Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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Zhang E, Li J, Zhang K, Wang F, Yang H, Zhi S, Liu G. Anaerobic digestion performance of sweet potato vine and animal manure under wet, semi-dry, and dry conditions. AMB Express 2018; 8:45. [PMID: 29569050 PMCID: PMC5864579 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-018-0572-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Sweet potato vine (SPV) is an abundant agricultural waste, which is easy to obtain at low cost and has the potential to produce clean energy via anaerobic digestion (AD). The main objectives of this study were to reveal methane production and process stability of SPV and the mixtures with animal manure under various total solid conditions, to verify synergetic effect in co-digestion of SPV and manure in AD systems, and to determine the kinetics characteristics during the full AD process. The results showed that SPV was desirable feedstock for AD with 200.22 mL/g VSadded of methane yield in wet anaerobic digestion and 12.20 Lmethane/Lworking volume in dry anaerobic digestion (D-AD). Synergistic effects were found in semi-dry anaerobic digestion and D-AD with each two mixing feedstock. In contrast with SPV mono-digestion, co-digestion with manure increased methane yield within the range of 14.34–49.11% in different AD digesters. The values of final volatile fatty acids to total alkalinity (TA) were below 0.4 and the values of final pH were within the range of 7.4–8.2 in all the reactors, which supported a positive relationship between carbohydrate hydrolysis and methanogenesis during AD process. The mathematical modified first order model was applied to estimate substrate biodegradability and methane production potential well with conversion constant ranged from 0.0003 to 0.0953 1/day, which indicated that co-digestion increased hydrolysis efficiency and metabolic activity. This work provides useful information to improve the utilization and stability of digestion using SPV and livestock or poultry manure as substrates.
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Shen F, Li H, Wu X, Wang Y, Zhang Q. Effect of organic loading rate on anaerobic co-digestion of rice straw and pig manure with or without biological pretreatment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 250:155-162. [PMID: 29169089 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this study, rice straw (RS) and pig manure (PM) mixtures with or without bio-pretreatment were used as the substrates and digested in a 9 L of anaerobic reactor at Organic loading rates (OLRs) of 0.4-3.1 kg COD/(m3 d). The volumetric methane production rate (VMPR), methane yield and anaerobic stability were comparatively investigated. The results showed the co-anaerobic digestion processes of RS and PM mixture after biological pretreatment were very stable at OLRs of 0.4-2.5 kg COD/(m3 d), and its optimal VMPR and methane yield could reach 0.64 L CH4/(L d) and 0.4557 L CH4/g CODremoved at OLR of 2.5 kg COD/(m3 d), which were 62.4% and 37.8% higher than those of the control under the same OLR condition. This study indicated the biological pretreatment with a cellulolytic microbial consortium own great potential in improving the methane yield and productivity of RS and PM wastes.
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- Fei Shen
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources, Nanchang 330045, PR China; Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Fungal Resources, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources, Nanchang 330045, PR China; Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Fungal Resources, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources, Nanchang 330045, PR China; Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Fungal Resources, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources, Nanchang 330045, PR China; Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Fungal Resources, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Agricultural Microbial Resources, Nanchang 330045, PR China; Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Fungal Resources, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China.
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Zhou J, Yang J, Yu Q, Yong X, Xie X, Zhang L, Wei P, Jia H. Different organic loading rates on the biogas production during the anaerobic digestion of rice straw: A pilot study. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 244:865-871. [PMID: 28847074 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 07/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The aim of this work was to investigate the mesophilic methane fermentation of rice straw at different organic loading rates (OLRs) in a 300m3 bioreactor. It was found that biogas production increased when the OLR was below 2.00kg VSsubstrate/(m3·d). The average volumetric biogas production reached 0.86m3/(m3·d) at an OLR of 2.00kg VSsubstrate/(m3·d). Biogas production rate was 323m3/t dry rice straw over the whole process. The pH, chemical oxygen demand, volatile fatty acid, and NH4+-N concentrations were all in optimal range at different OLRs. High-throughput sequencing analysis indicated that Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres, and Spirochaetes predominated in straw samples. Chloroflexi, Proteobacteria, and Planctomycetes were more abundant in the slurry. The hydrogenotrophic pathway was the main biochemical pathway of methanogenesis in the reactor. This study provides new information regarding the OLR and the differences in the spatial distribution of specific microbiota in a rice straw biogas plant.
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- Jun Zhou
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; Bioenergy Research Institute, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, China.
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