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Hu Y, Shen C. Thermophilic-mesophilic temperature phase anaerobic co-digestion compared with single phase co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11967. [PMID: 38796540 PMCID: PMC11127933 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62998-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024] Open
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Anaerobic co-digestion is an effective method for addressing the issue of a single substrate not being able to achieve optimal conditions for anaerobic digestion. By adjusting the mixture ratio of sewage sludge and food waste to achieve the optimal carbon to nitrogen ratio, the effectiveness of thermophilic-mesophilic temperature phase anaerobic co-digestion (TPAcD) was evaluated in comparison to single phase mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion (MAcD) and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion (TAcD). The results indicated that TPAcD increased methane yield by 50.3% and 32.7% compared to MAcD and TAcD, respectively. The variation in VFA, pH, and ammonia nitrogen levels demonstrated that TPAcD combines the advantages of both MAcD and TAcD, with a higher hydrolysis rate in the early stage under thermophilic conditions (55 °C) and a suitable environment in the later stage under mesophilic conditions (35 °C). The kinetic parameters of anaerobic co-digestions also demonstrated that TPAcD performs better. Therefore, further research on TPAcD of sewage sludge and food waste is warranted due to its significant improvements in methane production rate, total methane yield, and system stability. Additionally, TPAcD contributes to reducing carbon emissions and supports the realization of "carbon neutrality".
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- Yangqing Hu
- Fair Friend Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing, Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
- Hangzhou Huaxin Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310030, China.
- College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- Hangzhou Huaxin Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310030, China
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Wang M, Chen H, Chang S. Impact of combined biological hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion temperatures on the characteristics of bacterial community and digestate quality in the treatment of wastewater sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 362:127796. [PMID: 35988857 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127796] [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: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This work investigated the impact of temperature on the digestate water quality and bacterial community in the treatment of wastewater sludge using biological hydrolysis (BH)-anaerobic digestion (AD). The results showed that the BH 55 °C followed by AD 35 °C or 42 °C was the optimal temperature combination in terms of methane yield and digestate water quality. High-throughput sequencing revealed the key differences in bacterial communities for different BH-AD temperature combinations. Microbial source tracking showed only minor microbial migration from raw sludge and BH pre-treated sludge to the AD stage. Strong correlations between the residual sCOD, BH-AD temperature conditions, and dominant bacteria were identified. Clostridiales, Bacteroidales, Cloacimonadales, Thermotogales, and Anaerolineales were closely related to the digestate water quality and methane yield. Overall, the results showed that AD temperature exerted a dominant impact on methane yield, digestate water quality, and bacterial compositions in the BH-AD of wastewater sludge.
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- Meiying Wang
- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Digested Sludge Quality in Mesophilic, Thermophilic and Temperature-Phased Anaerobic Digestion Systems. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13202839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology is commonly used to treat sewage sludge from activated sludge systems, meanwhile alleviating the energy demand (and costs) for wastewater treatment. Most often, anaerobic digestion is run in single-stage systems under mesophilic conditions, as this temperature regime is considered to be more stable than the thermophilic one. However, it is known that thermophilic conditions are advantageous over mesophilic ones in terms of methane production and digestate hygienisation, while it is unclear which one is better concerning the digestate dewaterability. Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) is a double-stage AD process that combines the above-mentioned temperature regimes, by operating a thermophilic digester followed by a mesophilic one. The aim of this study is to compare the digestate quality of single-stage mesophilic and thermophilic AD and TPAD systems, in terms of the dewaterability, pathogenic safety and lower calorific value (LCV) and, based on the comparison, consider digested sludge final disposal alternatives. The research is conducted in lab-scale reactors treating waste-activated sludge. The dewaterability is tested by two methods, namely, centrifugation and mechanical pressing. The experimental results show that the TPAD system is the most beneficial in terms of organic matter degradation efficiency (32.4% against 27.2 for TAD and 26.0 for MAD), producing a digestate with a high dewaterability (8.1–9.8% worse than for TAD and 6.2–12.0% better than for MAD) and pathogenic safety (coliforms and Escherichia coli were not detected, and Clostridium perfringens were counted up to 4.8–4.9 × 103, when for TAD it was only 1.4–2.5 × 103, and for MAD it was 1.3–1.8 × 104), with the lowest LCV (19.2% against 15.4% and 15.8% under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions, respectively). Regarding the final disposal, the digested sludge after TAD can be applied directly in agriculture; after TPAD, it can be used as a fertilizer only in the case where the fermenter HRT assures the pathogenic safety. The MAD digestate is the best for being used as a fuel preserving a higher portion of organic matter, not transforming into biogas during AD.
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Wang M, Chen H, Chang S. Linkage among the combined temperature-retention time condition, microbial interaction, community structure, and process performance in the hydrolysis of waste activated sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 331:125029. [PMID: 33831728 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Numerous studies have revealed the effect of temperature and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on microbiota in sludge biological hydrolysis (BH). However, few scholars have explored the combined effect of these two critical BH parameters. This study explored the BH performance and community structures over 12 combined temperatures-HRT conditions for temperatures from 35 °C to 55 °C and HRTs from 1.5 days to 6.0 days. Results showed that the 12 combined conditions formed only six distinct community structures with each of them relating to a distinctive range of volatile suspended solid reduction rates. The nonmetric multidimensional scaling and species-species association analysis on the DNA sequencing data revealed that the community structure was greatly driven by the microbial interactions (e.g., heterogeneous commensalism and competition) under the effect of temperature and HRT. This study established the linkages among the combined BH temperature-HRT conditions, microbial interaction, microbial community, and BH performance.
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- Meiying Wang
- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China.
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Chen H, Zhang W, Wu J, Chen X, Liu R, Han Y, Xiao B, Yu Z, Peng Y. Improving two-stage thermophilic-mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of swine manure and rice straw by digestate recirculation. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 274:129787. [PMID: 33540305 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The anaerobic co-digestion (coAD) of swine manure (SM) and rice straw (RS) is appealing for renewable energy recovery and waste treatment worldwidely. Improving its performance is very important for its application. In this study, long-term semi-continuous experiments were conducted to evaluate the improving effects of digestate recirculation on the performance, energy recovery, and microbial community of two-stage thermophilic-mesophilic coAD of swine manure (SM) and rice straw (RS). The experimental results indicated that the coAD systems of SM and RS (mixing ratio of 3:1) with or without digestate recirculation could not realize phase separation. The reactors of both coAD systems were characterized by pH values ranging from 7.74 to 7.85, methane production as 0.41 ± 0.02 and 0.44 ± 0.03 L/L/d, and stable operation. Notably, digestate recirculation increased total methane production, organic matter removal, and reaction rate of the coAD system by 9.92 ± 5.08, 5.22 ± 1.94, and 9.73-12.60%, respectively. Digestate recirculation improved the performance of the coAD by significantly increasing the abundance of Methanosarcina (from 4.1% to 7.5%-10.7% and 35.7%) and decreasing that of Methanothermobacter (from 94.2% to 87.3%-83.6% and 56.8%). Thus, the main methanogenesis pathway of the coAD system was changed by digestate recirculation and the methane production was effectively improved. Although the energy input of the coAD system increased by 30.26%, digestate recirculation improved the energy balance of the total system by 6.83%.
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- Hong Chen
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, School of Hydraulic Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, School of Hydraulic Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Textile and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, School of Hydraulic Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Hunan Animal and Veterinary Science Institute, Changsha, 410131, China
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Damtie MM, Shin J, Jang HM, Cho HU, Wang J, Kim YM. Effects of biological pretreatments of microalgae on hydrolysis, biomethane potential and microbial community. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 329:124905. [PMID: 33676351 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Parameters of temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) were varied to study their effects on hydrolysis, biomethane potential (BMP), and microbial diversity of microalgae biodegradation. Anaerobic pretreatments at 85 °C demonstrated the release of soluble carbohydrate and protein molecules under low microbial metabolic activity. However, at 55 °C, anaerobic pretreatments showed superior performance in methane yield, nutrient release, and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production due to dominant Clostridium. Furthermore, the highest destruction of volatile solids (VS) was observed during aerobic pretreatments at 55 °C under the influence of various quantities of these genera - Luteimonas, Symbiobacterium, Soehngenia, Thermobacillus, and Ureibacillus. Statistical analysis revealed that hydrolysis and BMP were not correlated. However, soluble nitrogen and phosphorous showed strong correlation with methane (r = 0.623 and 0.948, respectively) under thermo-anaerobic pretreatment, while VS removal and concentrations of acetic and butyric acids and lipids were positively correlated with each other under thermo-aerobic pretreatment.
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- Mekdimu Mezmir Damtie
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environment & Energy and Soil Environment Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabukdo 57896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyeong, Gyeongnam 53064, Republic of Korea
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- College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.
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Amodeo C, Hattou S, Buffiere P, Benbelkacem H. Temperature phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and digested sludge (DS): Effect of different hydrolysis conditions. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 126:21-29. [PMID: 33740710 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.049] [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: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrolysis is the most critical stage in high solids Temperature Phased Anaerobic Digestion (TPAD). In this paper two different Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) types were tested in co-digestion with Digested Sludge (DS) at different temperatures: 37, 55 and 65 °C. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs), soluble chemical oxygen demand (CODs) and Biochemical Methane Production (BMP) were measured and calculated after 0, 24, 48 and 72 h hydrolysis. The results showed that both the BMP and the methane production rate improved. A Solids Retention Time (SRT) of 72 h at a temperature of 55 °C gave the best results: the reaction rate constant k was 0.34 d-1 and the BMP was 250 mLCH4/gMV, which were 47% and 19% higher compared to the reference (0 h hydrolysis). The CODs and VFAs profiles during hydrolysis showed how OFMSW initial characteristics can affect the performance of temperature phased anaerobic digestion.
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- Corrado Amodeo
- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, DEEP, EA7429, 69621 Villeurbanne, France.
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- Arkolia Energies, 16 Rue des vergers, F34130 Mudaison, France
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- Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, DEEP, EA7429, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
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Wu LJ, Li XX, Zhou Q, Yang F, Ren RP, Lyu YK. Towards the understanding of hyperthermophilic methanogenesis from waste activated sludge at 70 °C: Performance, stability, kinetic and microbial community analyses. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 125:172-181. [PMID: 33689991 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.037] [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: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion is promising for waste activated sludge (WAS) degradation. However, conventional processes were generally stuck with limited hydrolysis and poor pathogen destruction. Hyperthermophilic digestion at 70 °C has drawn attention in overcoming those issues at a relatively low energy requirement and operating difficulties. In order to illuminate its operation characteristics, a single-stage hyperthermophilic digester was controlled at 70 °C and operated continuously to degrade WAS. 88.7 mL/g VSadded of methane yield could be achieved in the hyperthermophilic system, fourfold higher than that in the mesophilic system. Kinetic analysis revealed that hyperthermophilic digestion was advantageous in converting the non-degradable fraction. Consequently, hydrolysis under the hyperthermophilic condition was able to be significantly improved. Above 10 d was necessary for the hyperthermophilic system to gain such a high methane production. In the case of stability, the organic loading of higher than 10.2 g VS/L/d resulted in increasing limitation from methanogenesis and accumulation of propionic, butyric and valeric acids. In addition to the dominant acetoclastic genus Methanothrix for methane production in the hyperthermophilic system, two hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanospirillum and Methanothermobacter reached 18.84% and 8.31%, respectively. The genus Coprothermobacter, affiliated with the phylum Firmicutes, made more contribution to protein hydrolysis in the hyperthermophilic digester.
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- Li-Jie Wu
- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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Impacts of Temperature and Solids Retention Time, and Possible Mechanisms of Biological Hydrolysis Pretreatment on Anaerobic Digestion. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12113166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) has benefits in sludge management, energy recovery, and pathogen reduction. In order to better understand the mechanisms of biological hydrolysis (BH) pretreatment on AD, biochemical methane potential (BMP) and continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) tests were utilized to compare untreated municipal combined sludge with pilot-scale BH pretreated sludge. During the BH process, there was 15%, 30%, and 33% (w/w) volatile solids (VS) reduction after BH at 42 °C (BH42) for 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively; under BH61 (42 °C for 36 h and 61 °C for 6 h), and there was 10% and 30% (w/w) overall VS reduction after 36-h and 42-h hydrolysis, respectively. BMP results showed that BH42-pretreated sludge had 22.6% enhancement of methane yield compared to untreated sludge, and BH61 pretreated sludge had 29.4% enhancement of methane yield. Both temperature and solids’ retention time (SRT) contributed to the enhanced AD performance within 36 h, while temperature played more important roles after 36-h BH pretreatment. CSTR tests confirmed the acceleration of anaerobic digestion by BH pretreatment, and higher enhancement was observed when SRT of anaerobic digestion was shorter than 16 days. Through a literature review of BH-related studies, the possible mechanisms were highlighted for further optimization on the scale-up systems in order to reduce carbon footprint and operating expenditure for wastewater treatment plants.
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Synergistic Co-Digestion of Microalgae and Primary Sludge to Enhance Methane Yield from Temperature-Phased Anaerobic Digestion. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13174547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A two-stage temperature-phased mesophilic anaerobic digestion assay was carried out to study the interaction between various biological pretreatment conditions and the possible synergistic co-digestion of microalgae and primary sludge. The study of growth kinetics of the biochemical methane potential test revealed that a maximum of 36% increase in methane yield was observed from co-digestion of a substrate pretreated by thermophilic aerobic conditions (55 °C and HRT = 2 days) and an 8.3% increase was obtained from the anaerobic pretreated substrate (55 °C and HRT = 3 days). Moreover, no synergistic effects on methane yields were observed in co-digesting the substrate pretreated with high temperature (85 °C). The study also identified specific conditions in which interaction between biological pretreatment and co-digestion might substantially reduce methane yield. Careful optimization of operating conditions, both aerobic and anaerobic pretreatment at moderate thermophilic conditions, can be used as a biological pretreatment to enhance methane yield from the co-digestion of microalgae and primary sludge.
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Gebreeyessus GD. Comparative evaluation of the biochemical methane potential of waste activated sludge acetic acid and cellulose substrates under mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03359-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Yang CX, Zhao S, Guo ZC, Liu WZ, Wang L, Yu SP, Liu BL, Cong X. Alkaline aided thermophiles pretreatment of waste activated sludge to increase short chain fatty acids production: Microbial community evolution by alkaline on hydrolysis and fermentation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 186:109503. [PMID: 32302867 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Adding alkaline into an anaerobic waste activated sludge (WAS) fermentation with thermophilic bacteria pretreatment could efficiently improve short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) accumulation to 3550 ± 120 mg COD/L. The acidification rate in combined test was 21.2%, while that was 15.6% and 10.7% in sole thermophilic bacteria pretreatment and control tests respectively. Four distinct groups of microbes could be identified with noticeable shifts using the combined pretreatments, and tremendous effects were analyzed on organic content especially of the soluble proteins and SCFAs concentrations. Particularly, alkaline addition would significantly change the functional microbial structures, including the decrease of Caloramator with the function of thermophilic proteolytic and the increase of Acidobacteria TM7 and Petrimonas sp. The results above suggested that alkaline addition could decrease the hydrolytic substances consume by thermotolerance bacteria and final improve SCFAs accumulation in fermentation process.
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- Chun-Xue Yang
- Heilongjiang Cold Region Wetland Ecology and Environment Research Key Laboratory, School of Geography and Tourism, Harbin University, Harbin, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Cold Region Wetland Ecology and Environment Research Key Laboratory, School of Geography and Tourism, Harbin University, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Cold Region Wetland Ecology and Environment Research Key Laboratory, School of Geography and Tourism, Harbin University, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Cold Region Wetland Ecology and Environment Research Key Laboratory, School of Geography and Tourism, Harbin University, Harbin, China
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Wee GN, Han I, Lee TK. Enhanced deflocculation of dehydrated sludge by rhamnolipid treatment coupled with thermal hydrolysis. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 110:66-73. [PMID: 32460106 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.04.054] [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: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The effect of a biosurfactant, rhamnolipid (RL), coupled with a thermal treatment was investigated to determine its impact on improving the deflocculation of dehydrated sludge from wastewater treatment processes. Results showed that the RL treatment positively impacted sludge conditioning to weak acidity and hydrolyzed the carbohydrates and proteins released from the matrix of the extracellular polymeric substance. When RL was coupled with high temperature thermal treatments (65 and 95 °C), soluble chemical oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand solubilization increased by 9.6-19.7 times and 13.4-29.3%, respectively. The RL treatment reduced antibiotic resistant bacteria by 5.4-98.4%, and antibiotic activity was further accelerated by high temperature thermal treatment. The combination of biosurfactant and thermal treatment can effectively deflocculate dehydrated sludge and should be considered an alternative technology for the sludge management process.
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- Gui Nam Wee
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Republic of Korea.
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Chen H, Chang S. Dissecting methanogenesis for temperature-phased anaerobic digestion: Impact of temperature on community structure, correlation, and fate of methanogens. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 306:123104. [PMID: 32172088 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study investigated the relationship between the temperature (35, 42, and 55 °C) used in temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) and fate of methanogens between the two anaerobic digestion (AD) phases. Methanogens were profiled by using next generation sequencing (NGS) and droplet digital PCR approaches. The results showed that optimal combined temperatures for methane production were 55 °C during biological hydrolysis (BH) and 35 or 42 °C during AD. BH exhibited much lower archaeal population and was more susceptible to changes in temperature, compared to the AD phase. Additionally, we demonstrated, for the first time, that the BH step could affect the subsequent AD phase by altering AD methanogen composition and improve the stability of the process by enriching the rapidly growing Methanosarcina in the BH-AD process. These results are significant for understanding the mechanisms and stability of methane production in TPAD systems.
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- Huibin Chen
- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Hülsen T, Lu Y, Rodríguez I, Segura Y, Martínez F, Puyol D, Batstone DJ. Anaerobic digestion of purple phototrophic bacteria - The release step of the partition-release-recover concept. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 306:123125. [PMID: 32197190 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) have been proposed as a high-growth, assimilative option for wastewater treatment. The original partition-release-recover concept proposal requires their near complete digestion and release (and subsequent recovery) of energy and nutrients in an anaerobic digester. While the growth (partition) step has been extensively assessed, no work has been done on their anaerobic digestion characteristics (release). Continuous mesophilic (20d) and thermophilic (10d) digestion could achieve around 55% volatile solids degradation (VSD), with 35% (mesophilic) and 20% (thermophilic) nitrogen solubilisation. Post digestion (with/without pretreatment) could increase the VSD to 70% and nitrogen solubilisation to 43%. A number of pretreatment options were tested, with high temperature and sonication being relatively effective, and chemical treatment, and temperature phased digestion being relatively ineffective vs controls. Overall, anaerobic digestion of PPB results in substantial residual particulate material, with an increased nitrogen content, and avenues to effectively utilise this residue should be identified.
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- Tim Hülsen
- Advanced Water Management Centre, Gehrmann Building, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (GIQA), University Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (GIQA), University Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (GIQA), University Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (GIQA), University Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán, s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, Gehrmann Building, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Huang C, Wang W, Sun X, Shen J, Wang L. A novel acetogenic bacteria isolated from waste activated sludge and its potential application for enhancing anaerobic digestion performance. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 255:109842. [PMID: 31759203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The development of anaerobic digestion (AD) for volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production from waste activated sludge (WAS) is arrested due to low hydrolysis and acidification efficiency. This study proposed to enhance WAS reduction and VFAs accumulation during AD process via bioaugmentation of acetate-producing bacteria. Four acetogens were firstly isolated from a temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) system. The acetate production efficiency of different isolates ranged from 15.8 to 73.7 mg acetate/g TOC, in which the bacterial strain NJUST19 was found to be the most effective strain. The results of morphological, biochemical characteristics as well as phylogenetic analysis showed that the isolate NJUST19 was Gram-positive and rod-shaped, catalase-negative, nitrate reduction-positive, methyl red-negative and capable of starch and gelatin hydrolysis, for which the name of Clostridium sp. NJUST19 was proposed. The optimal culture conditions (i.e. initial pH and temperature) were evaluated for their effects on microbe growth of selected NJUST19, and the maximum acetate production was observed at pH 9.0 and temperature of 40 °C. In the case of modified TPAD system inoculated with Clostridium sp. NJUST19, total suspended solids (TSS) removal rate and maximum VFAs accumulation increasing to 35.3% and 4200 mg/L, respectively, which was much higher than that of control (21.9% and 2894 mg/L). These results indicated that Clostridium sp. NJUST 19 is capable of enhancing digestion efficiency with a great benefit for VFAs production, offering potential prospects for bioaugmentation of WAS anaerobic digestion.
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- Cheng Huang
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212003, Jiangsu Province, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, Jiangsu Province, China
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Lu Q, Yu Z, Yu S, Liang Z, Li H, Sun L, Wang S. Organic matter rather than salinity as a predominant feature changes performance and microbiome in methanogenic sludge digesters. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 377:349-356. [PMID: 31173985 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Due to low digestibility and long retention time of anaerobic sludge digestion, pre-treatment with alkaline/acid has been widely employed to enhance the rate and extent of sludge digestion. Nonetheless, effects of gradient concentrations of alkaline/acid pre-treatments and resulting salinity on digestion performance and sludge microbiome remain poorly understood. To elucidate these effects, both batch- and reactor-experiments were setup with varied feeding sludge. Significant digestion improvement and sludge microbiome changes were observed with alkaline/acid sludge pre-treatment, compared to non-pretreatment controls, e.g., ˜88% increase of carbon removal in sludge digesters. Surprisingly, with the same concentration of influent sludge, no notable change in digestion performance and sludge microbiome was observed in digesters when increasing alkaline/acid concentrations from 0.25 to 0.8 mol/L, and in batch serum bottles with or without NaCl amendment. Consequently, organic compounds dissolved in sludge pre-treatment could be a predominant selective pressure driving the performance and microbiome changes. By contrast, salinity as a consequence of the alkaline/acid pre-treatment could only enrich specific lineages, without altering the overall community profile and function. Together, this study provided insights into specific impacts of major factors on digester performance and sludge microbiome, and shed lights on optimization of sludge digestion.
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- Qihong Lu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Environmental Microbiome Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Environmental Microbiome Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Environmental Microbiome Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Mahdy A, Wandera SM, Bi S, Song Y, Qiao W, Dong R. Response of the microbial community to the methanogenic performance of biologically hydrolyzed sewage sludge with variable hydraulic retention times. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 288:121581. [PMID: 31158775 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hyperthermophilic biological hydrolysis of sewage sludge was applied before long-term anaerobic digestion to investigate how shortening hydraulic retention times (HRT, 20-5d) affected methanogenic performances and microbial dynamics. Results indicated that although the three different HRTs provided a stable process with a steady-state of methane production, both methane yield (161 L kg-VSin-1, 25% higher) and volatile solids removal (VS, 50%, 2-fold higher) increased during longer HRTs. Redundancy analysis results indicated that Sporosarcina and Methnosarcina positively correlated to VS removal and methane yield, and negatively correlated to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) accumulation. The relative abundance of Coprothermobacter (>60%), syntrophic acetate oxidation bacteria (SAOB), and Methanospirillum (8-15%), increased during shorter HRTs. A slight shift to two-stage acetate conversion was observed during shorter HRTs. The results demonstrated that HRTs played a key role in shaping microbial structure, leading to a new steady-state of microbial community profiles and process performances at variable HRTs.
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- Ahmed Mahdy
- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, 44511 Zagazig, Egypt
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- 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, Beijing 100083, China
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- 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, Beijing 100083, China
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- 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, Beijing 100083, China
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- 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, Beijing 100083, China
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Ma KL, Li XK, Bao LL. Influence of organic loading rate on purified terephthalic acid wastewater treatment in a temperature staged anaerobic treatment (TSAT) system: Performance and metagenomic characteristics. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 220:1091-1099. [PMID: 33395796 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, a temperature staged anaerobic treatment (TSAT) system featured by thermophilic reactor (R1)-mesophilic reactor (R2) co-digestion was introduced to treat PTA wastewater. The process was successively conducted at three organic loading rates (OLRs): 3.34, 4.45, 6.68 kg COD/(m³·d), respectively (OLRs were R1 basis). The results indicated that TSAT system was highly efficient in PTA wastewater treatment at OLR lower than 4.45 kg COD/(m³·d). Miseq sequencing analysis demonstrated that R1 and R2 were predominated by hydrogenotrophic Methanolinea and acetotrophic Methanosaeta, separately. In addition, TA06, Caldisericia and Acetothermia associated groups were highly abundant in R1, whereas Chlorobiaceae and Syntrophobacteraceae were largely observed in R2. Tax4Fun analysis suggested that the important functional capabilities were significantly different between R1 and R2 (P < 0.05). The pathways related to aromatic compounds degradation mainly occurred in mesophilic stage, while the biosynthesis and metabolism pathways were more favored in thermophilic stage.
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- Kai-Li Ma
- School of Environment, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China; School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300000, China.
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- School of Environment, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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Mishra S, Singh PK, Dash S, Pattnaik R. Microbial pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biomethanation and waste management. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:458. [PMID: 30370199 PMCID: PMC6197294 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1480-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Biogas obtained from organic remains entails a developed technology and an appreciable methane yield, but its use may not be sustainable. The potential methane yield of various lignocellulose biomass and the operational conditions employed are inherently reviewed. Although of lower methane yields compared to conventional substrates, agricultural biomass is a cheap option. The major challenges encountered during its biogasification are its recalcitrance nature primarily due to the presence of crystalline cellulose and lignin. This necessitates an essential pretreatment step through physical, chemical or biological interventions for enhanced biomethanation potential. Various pretreatment-physical, chemical, and biological-strategies have been developed to overcome the inherent recalcitrance of lignocellulose to anaerobic degradation. Biological pretreatment approach, however, outcompete other pretreatments due to their application in milder conditions, little corrosiveness, and lower byproduct formation. Such pretreatment importantly aids in selectively reducing the lignin content and crystalline nature of the lignocellulosic biomass, which would evidently enhance the hydrolysis and production of monomers for their further anaerobic digestion (AD) for methanation. A variety of applied biological pretreatment strategies comprises microaerobic treatments, ensiling or composting, separation of digestion stages, and pretreatments using various lignocellulolytic fungi alongside. The net energy output through such approaches is substantially more and relatively inexpensive compared to other established chemical and mechanical approaches. The present review highlights the use of biological agents including bacterial, fungal and/or their enzymes which trigger biodegradation of wastes and utilization of lignocellulose for biofuel production. Additionally, the different physical, chemical, and biological pretreatment strategies for biogas yield enhancement are presented.
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- Snehasish Mishra
- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, 751 024 India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, 751 024 India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, 751 024 India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, 751 024 India
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Pre-treatments to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge: Elucidating the rate limiting step. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 36:1434-1469. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Buffière P, Dooms M, Hattou S, Benbelkacem H. The hydrolytic stage in high solids temperature phased anaerobic digestion improves the downstream methane production rate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 259:111-118. [PMID: 29549830 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.037] [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: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The role of the hydrolytic stage in high solids temperature phased anaerobic digestion was investigated with a mixture of cattle slurry and maize silage with variable ratios (100, 70 and 30% volatile solids coming from cattle slurry). It was incubated for 48 h at 37, 55, 65 and 72 °C. Soluble chemical oxygen demand and biochemical methane potential were measured at 0, 24 and 48 h. Higher temperatures improved the amount of solubilized COD, which confirmed previously reported results. Nevertheless, solubilization mostly took place during the first 24 h. The rate of methane production in post-hydrolysis BMPs increased after 48 h hydrolysis time, but not after 24 h. The first order kinetic constant rose by 40% on average. No correlation was observed between soluble COD and downstream methane production rate, indicating a possible modification of the physical structure of the particulate solids during the hydrolytic stage.
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- P Buffière
- Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, DEEP Laboratory - Wastes Water Environment Pollutions, EA 7429, 9 rue de la physique, F-69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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- Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, DEEP Laboratory - Wastes Water Environment Pollutions, EA 7429, 9 rue de la physique, F-69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; Arkolia Energies, 16 rue des vergers, F-34130 Mudaison, France
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- Arkolia Energies, 16 rue des vergers, F-34130 Mudaison, France
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- Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, DEEP Laboratory - Wastes Water Environment Pollutions, EA 7429, 9 rue de la physique, F-69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Dooms M, Benbelkacem H, Buffière P. High solid temperature phased anaerobic digestion from agricultural wastes: Putting several reactors in sequence. Biochem Eng J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chen Y, Xiao K, Jiang X, Shen N, Zeng RJ, Zhou Y. Long solid retention time (SRT) has minor role in promoting methane production in a 65°C single-stage anaerobic sludge digester. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:724-729. [PMID: 30060406 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, a thermophilic (65°C) single-stage wasted activated sludge (WAS) digester was established and the effects of solid retention time (SRT) on the reactor performance were investigated. The result showed that the optimum SRT was 6days with methane yield of 186.16mL/g VS. It was found that SRT had little effect on the hydrolysis and volatile solids (VS) destruction, and the high temperature employed seemed sufficient to achieve maximum hydrolysis and VS destruction performance. Longer SRT, however, promoted the release of recalcitrant compounds and impaired acidification, leading to the low methane yield. The microbial community analysis revealed that the dominant pathway for methane production was through syntrophic activity of acetate oxidizing bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogens while acetoclastic methanogens were absent in the system.
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- Yun Chen
- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore; CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore
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- School of Environmental Engineering and Science, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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Gatidou G, Arvaniti OS, Stasinakis AS, Thomaidis NS, Andersen HR. Using mechanisms of hydrolysis and sorption to reduce siloxanes occurrence in biogas of anaerobic sludge digesters. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 221:205-213. [PMID: 27639673 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hydrolysis of hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D3), octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5), dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) and dodecamethylcyclohexasilane (D6_silane) and their sorption to digested sludge was studied in batch experiments. Hydrolysis was affected by the type of the compound and the applied temperature, while the relevant half-life values ranged between 0.07±0.01d (D3, 55°C) and 48.4±17.1d (D6_silane, 4°C). D5 showed the greatest affinity for sorption to digested sludge (logKd: 3.84±3.42), the lowest LogKd value was found for D3 (1.46±0.95). Prediction of investigated compounds' fate in a single-stage anaerobic digestion system indicated that volatilization seems to be the major fate in both mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. The addition of a pre-digester with 3d retention time would significantly decrease the expected concentrations of all siloxanes in biogas, enhancing their removal through hydrolysis and sorption to sludge.
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- Georgia Gatidou
- Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
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- Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Miljøvej 115, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Jensen PD, Mehta CM, Carney C, Batstone DJ. Recovery of energy and nutrient resources from cattle paunch waste using temperature phased anaerobic digestion. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 51:72-80. [PMID: 26965211 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cattle paunch is comprised of partially digested cattle feed, containing mainly grass and grain and is a major waste produced at cattle slaughterhouses contributing 20-30% of organic matter and 40-50% of P waste produced on-site. In this work, Temperature Phased Anaerobic Digestion (TPAD) and struvite crystallization processes were developed at pilot-scale to recover methane energy and nutrients from paunch solid waste. The TPAD plant achieved a maximum sustainable organic loading rate of 1-1.5kgCODm(-3)day(-1) using a feed solids concentration of approximately 3%; this loading rate was limited by plant engineering and not the biology of the process. Organic solids destruction (60%) and methane production (230LCH4kg(-1) VSfed) achieved in the plant were similar to levels predicted from laboratory biochemical methane potential (BMP) testing. Model based analysis identified no significant difference in batch laboratory parameters vs pilot-scale continuous parameters, and no change in speed or extent of degradation. However the TPAD process did result in a degree of process intensification with a high level of solids destruction at an average treatment time of 21days. Results from the pilot plant show that an integrated process enabled resource recovery at 7.8GJ/dry tonne paunch, 1.8kgP/dry tonne paunch and 1.0kgN/dry tonne paunch.
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- Paul D Jensen
- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Ge H, Batstone D, Keller J. Evaluation of anaerobic digestion processes for short sludge-age waste activated sludge combined with anammox treatment of digestate liquor. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2016; 73:1052-1060. [PMID: 26942526 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The need to reduce energy input and enhance energy recovery from wastewater is driving renewed interest in high-rate activated sludge treatment (i.e. short hydraulic and solids retention times (HRT and SRT, respectively)). This process generates short SRT activated sludge stream, which should be highly degradable. However, the evaluation of anaerobic digestion of short SRT sludge has been limited. This paper assesses anaerobic digestion of short SRT sludge digestion derived from meat processing wastewater under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions. The thermophilic digestion system (55°C) achieved 60 and 68% volatile solids destruction at 8 day and 10 day HRT, respectively, compared with 50% in the mesophilic digestion system (35°C, 10 day HRT). The digestion effluents from the thermophilic (8-10 day HRT) and mesophilic systems were stable, as assessed by residual methane potentials. The ammonia rich sludge dewatering liquor was effectively treated by a batch anammox process, which exhibited comparable nitrogen removal rate as the tests using a control synthetic ammonia solution, indicating that the dewatering liquor did not have inhibiting/toxic effects on the anammox activity.
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- Huoqing Ge
- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia E-mail:
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia E-mail:
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia E-mail: ; CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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Volume ratios between the thermophilic and the mesophilic digesters of a temperature-phased anaerobic digestion system affect their performance and microbial communities. N Biotechnol 2016; 33:245-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vanwonterghem I, Jensen PD, Rabaey K, Tyson GW. Temperature and solids retention time control microbial population dynamics and volatile fatty acid production in replicated anaerobic digesters. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8496. [PMID: 25683239 PMCID: PMC4329568 DOI: 10.1038/srep08496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Anaerobic digestion is a widely used technology for waste stabilization and generation of biogas, and has recently emerged as a potentially important process for the production of high value volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and alcohols. Here, three reactors were seeded with inoculum from a stably performing methanogenic digester, and selective operating conditions (37°C and 55°C; 12 day and 4 day solids retention time) were applied to restrict methanogenesis while maintaining hydrolysis and fermentation. Replicated experiments performed at each set of operating conditions led to reproducible VFA production profiles which could be correlated with specific changes in microbial community composition. The mesophilic reactor at short solids retention time showed accumulation of propionate and acetate (42 ± 2% and 15 ± 6% of CODhydrolyzed, respectively), and dominance of Fibrobacter and Bacteroidales. Acetate accumulation (>50% of CODhydrolyzed) was also observed in the thermophilic reactors, which were dominated by Clostridium. Under all tested conditions, there was a shift from acetoclastic to hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, and a reduction in methane production by >50% of CODhydrolyzed. Our results demonstrate that shortening the SRT and increasing the temperature are effective strategies for driving microbial communities towards controlled production of high levels of specific volatile fatty acids.
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- Inka Vanwonterghem
- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- Laboratory for Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Zero valent iron significantly enhances methane production from waste activated sludge by improving biochemical methane potential rather than hydrolysis rate. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8263. [PMID: 25652244 PMCID: PMC4317694 DOI: 10.1038/srep08263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Anaerobic digestion has been widely applied for waste activated sludge (WAS) treatment. However, methane production from anaerobic digestion of WAS is usually limited by the slow hydrolysis rate and/or poor biochemical methane potential of WAS. This work systematically studied the effects of three different types of zero valent iron (i.e., iron powder, clean scrap and rusty scrap) on methane production from WAS in anaerobic digestion, by using both experimental and mathematical approaches. The results demonstrated that both the clean and the rusty iron scrap were more effective than the iron powder for improving methane production from WAS. Model-based analysis showed that ZVI addition significantly enhanced methane production from WAS through improving the biochemical methane potential of WAS rather than its hydrolysis rate. Economic analysis indicated that the ZVI-based technology for enhancing methane production from WAS is economically attractive, particularly considering that iron scrap can be freely acquired from industrial waste. Based on these results, the ZVI-based anaerobic digestion process of this work could be easily integrated with the conventional chemical phosphorus removal process in wastewater treatment plant to form a cost-effective and environment-friendly approach, enabling maximum resource recovery/reuse while achieving enhanced methane production in wastewater treatment system.
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Wu J, Jiang Y, Cao ZP, Li ZH, Hu YY, Li HZ, Zuo JE, Wang KJ. Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge of low organic content in a novel digester. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2015; 72:966-973. [PMID: 26360757 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A novel digester, termed an internal circulation anaerobic digester (ICAD), was developed to intensify sludge digestion. It consists of reaction zone, settling zone, thickening zone, riser and downcomer. Internal circulation in the digester is intensified by backflow biogas. The mesophilic ICAD treating thermal pretreated waste activated sludge with volatile suspended solids (VSS)/suspended solids (SS) of 0.45-0.49 was conducted in this study to reduce and stabilize the low organic content sludge. The results showed that the VSS removal rate and biogas rate reached 46.0% and 0.72 m(3)/kg VSS(fed) at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 15 days. VSS/SS and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) of the effluent sludge ranged from 0.39 to 0.41 and 274 mg/L to 473 mg/L, respectively, under various HRTs from 10 to 27 days. The degradation ability of ICAD derived from the improved mass transfer by internal circulation and long solid retention time at short HRT is compared with continuous stirred tank reactor.
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- J Wu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail: ; Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- Laboratory of Reactions and Process Engineering, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, 1, rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy cedex, France
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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Zeb BS, Mahmood Q, Ping Z, Lin Q, Lu HF, Tingting C, Abbas G. Assessment of toxicity of volatile fatty acids to Photobacterium phosphoreum. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714050294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Wang Q, Ye L, Jiang G, Hu S, Yuan Z. Side-stream sludge treatment using free nitrous acid selectively eliminates nitrite oxidizing bacteria and achieves the nitrite pathway. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 55:245-55. [PMID: 24607525 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Nitrogen removal via nitrite (i.e. the nitrite pathway) is beneficial for carbon-limited biological wastewater treatment plants. This study presents a novel strategy for achieving the nitrite pathway, which involves recirculating a portion of the activated sludge through a side-stream sludge treatment unit, where the sludge is subject to treatment with free nitrous acid (FNA i.e. HNO2). The strategy is proposed based on a novel discovery reported in this work that in the concentration range of 0.24-1.35 mg HNO2(-)-N/L, FNA is substantially more biocidal to nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) than to ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB). Two sequencing batch reactors (SBR) treating synthetic domestic wastewater were used to demonstrate the concept, with one serving as an experimental reactor and the other as a control. In the experimental system, 22% of the sludge from the SBR was transferred to the side-stream treatment unit each day, and was subject to FNA treatment at 1.35 mg N/L for 24 h and then returned to the SBR. The nitrite pathway was rapidly (in 15 d) established in the experimental reactor with an average nitrite accumulation ratio (NO2(-)-N/(NO2(-)-N + NO3(-)-N) × 100%) of above 80%. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization demonstrated that the NOB population in the experimental reactor was 80% lower than that in the control reactor, indicating that the majority of NOB were eliminated from the experimental reactor. The FNA-based strategy for establishing the nitrite pathway substantially improved total nitrogen removal, and did not increase N2O emission or deteriorate sludge settleability. The strategy can be easily integrated with a previously demonstrated strategy, which enhances methane production through pre-treatment of secondary activated sludge, to enable maximum energy recovery while achieving improved nitrogen removal.
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- Qilin Wang
- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia; School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Characteristics, process parameters, and inner components of anaerobic bioreactors. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:841573. [PMID: 24672798 PMCID: PMC3920971 DOI: 10.1155/2014/841573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The anaerobic bioreactor applies the principles of biotechnology and microbiology, and nowadays it has been used widely in the wastewater treatment plants due to their high efficiency, low energy use, and green energy generation. Advantages and disadvantages of anaerobic process were shown, and three main characteristics of anaerobic bioreactor (AB), namely, inhomogeneous system, time instability, and space instability were also discussed in this work. For high efficiency of wastewater treatment, the process parameters of anaerobic digestion, such as temperature, pH, Hydraulic retention time (HRT), Organic Loading Rate (OLR), and sludge retention time (SRT) were introduced to take into account the optimum conditions for living, growth, and multiplication of bacteria. The inner components, which can improve SRT, and even enhance mass transfer, were also explained and have been divided into transverse inner components, longitudinal inner components, and biofilm-packing material. At last, the newly developed special inner components were discussed and found more efficient and productive.
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A Review on Optimization Production and Upgrading Biogas Through CO2 Removal Using Various Techniques. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 172:1909-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0652-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ge H, Batstone DJ, Keller J. Operating aerobic wastewater treatment at very short sludge ages enables treatment and energy recovery through anaerobic sludge digestion. WATER RESEARCH 2013; 47:6546-6557. [PMID: 24045213 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Conventional abattoir wastewater treatment processes for carbon and nutrient removal are typically designed and operated with a long sludge retention time (SRT) of 10-20 days, with a relatively high energy demand and physical footprint. The process also generates a considerable amount of waste activated sludge that is not easily degradable due to the long SRT. In this study, an innovative high-rate sequencing batch reactor (SBR) based wastewater treatment process with short SRT and hydraulic retention time (HRT) is developed and characterised. The high-rate SBR process was shown to be most effective with SRT of 2-3 days and HRT of 0.5-1 day, achieving >80% reduction in chemical oxygen demand (COD) and phosphorus and approximately 55% nitrogen removal. A majority of carbon removal (70-80%) was achieved by biomass assimilation and/or accumulation, rather than oxidation. Anaerobic degradability of the sludge generated in the high-rate SBR process was strongly linked to SRT, with measured degradability extent being 85% (2 days SRT), 73% (3 days), and 63% (4 days), but it was not influenced by digestion temperature. However, the rate of degradation for 3 and 4 days SRT sludge was increased by 45% at thermophilic conditions compared to mesophilic conditions. Overall, the treatment process provides a very compact and energy efficient treatment option for highly degradable wastewaters such as meat and food processing, with a substantial space reduction by using smaller reactors and a considerable net energy output through the reduced aerobic oxidation and concurrent increased methane production potential through the efficient sludge digestion.
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- Huoqing Ge
- AWMC, Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Methanosarcinaceae and acetate-oxidizing pathways dominate in high-rate thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:6491-500. [PMID: 23956388 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01730-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study investigated the process of high-rate, high-temperature methanogenesis to enable very-high-volume loading during anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge. Reducing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) from 15 to 20 days in mesophilic digestion down to 3 days was achievable at a thermophilic temperature (55°C) with stable digester performance and methanogenic activity. A volatile solids (VS) destruction efficiency of 33 to 35% was achieved on waste-activated sludge, comparable to that obtained via mesophilic processes with low organic acid levels (<200 mg/liter chemical oxygen demand [COD]). Methane yield (VS basis) was 150 to 180 liters of CH4/kg of VS(added). According to 16S rRNA pyrotag sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the methanogenic community was dominated by members of the Methanosarcinaceae, which have a high level of metabolic capability, including acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. Loss of function at an HRT of 2 days was accompanied by a loss of the methanogens, according to pyrotag sequencing. The two acetate conversion pathways, namely, acetoclastic methanogenesis and syntrophic acetate oxidation, were quantified by stable carbon isotope ratio mass spectrometry. The results showed that the majority of methane was generated by nonacetoclastic pathways, both in the reactors and in off-line batch tests, confirming that syntrophic acetate oxidation is a key pathway at elevated temperatures. The proportion of methane due to acetate cleavage increased later in the batch, and it is likely that stable oxidation in the continuous reactor was maintained by application of the consistently low retention time.
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Ji JY, Xing YJ, Ma ZT, Zhang M, Zheng P. Acute toxicity of pharmaceutical wastewaters containing antibiotics to anaerobic digestion treatment. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 91:1094-1098. [PMID: 23415489 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In the present study, a method for prediction of the toxicity of pharmaceutical wastewaters containing antibiotics to microbial communities in anaerobic digestion treatment was developed. Luminescent bacterium assay was carried out with Vibrio fischeri as indicator. The individual and joint toxicities of antibiotics and anaerobic digestion metabolites were investigated by using the 15-min half inhibitory concentration (15 min-IC50) at pH 7.00±0.05. The results showed that the 15 min-IC50 of Amoxicillin, Kanamycin, Lincomycin and Ciprofloxacin were 3.99, 5.11, 4.32 and 5.63 g L(-1) respectively, and the toxicity descended in the order of Amoxicillin, Lincomycin, Kanamycin and Ciprofloxacin. Using equitoxic ratio mixing method, the joint toxicities of four anaerobic digestion intermediates, the four intermediates together with Amoxicillin, Ciprofloxacin, Kanamycin or Lincomycin were determined, which displayed that their interactions were additive, additive, synergistic, synergistic and synergistic respectively. Finally the joint effect of all intermediates and antibiotics was synergistic. The method has promising applications in evaluating the joint toxicity of anaerobic digestion intermediates and antibiotics, and has laid the foundations for assessing the feasibility of anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater containing antibiotics.
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- Jun-Yuan Ji
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Doolette CL, McLaughlin MJ, Kirby JK, Batstone DJ, Harris HH, Ge H, Cornelis G. Transformation of PVP coated silver nanoparticles in a simulated wastewater treatment process and the effect on microbial communities. Chem Cent J 2013; 7:46. [PMID: 23497481 PMCID: PMC3636095 DOI: 10.1186/1752-153x-7-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Manufactured silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are one of the most commonly used nanomaterials in consumer goods and consequently their concentrations in wastewater and hence wastewater treatment plants are predicted to increase. We investigated the fate of AgNPs in sludge that was subjected to aerobic and anaerobic treatment and the impact of AgNPs on microbial processes and communities. The initial identification of AgNPs in sludge was carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. The solid phase speciation of silver in sludge and wastewater influent was then examined using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The effects of transformed AgNPs (mainly Ag-S phases) on nitrification, wastewater microbial populations and, for the first time, methanogenesis was investigated. Results Sequencing batch reactor experiments and anaerobic batch tests, both demonstrated that nitrification rate and methane production were not affected by the addition of AgNPs [at 2.5 mg Ag L-1 (4.9 g L-1 total suspended solids, TSS) and 183.6 mg Ag kg -1 (2.9 g kg-1 total solids, TS), respectively]. The low toxicity is most likely due to AgNP sulfidation. XAS analysis showed that sulfur bonded Ag was the dominant Ag species in both aerobic (activated sludge) and anaerobic sludge. In AgNP and AgNO3 spiked aerobic sludge, metallic Ag was detected (~15%). However, after anaerobic digestion, Ag(0) was not detected by XAS analysis. Dominant wastewater microbial populations were not affected by AgNPs as determined by DNA extraction and pyrotag sequencing. However, there was a shift in niche populations in both aerobic and anaerobic sludge, with a shift in AgNP treated sludge compared with controls. This is the first time that the impact of transformed AgNPs (mainly Ag-S phases) on anaerobic digestion has been reported. Conclusions Silver NPs were transformed to Ag-S phases during activated sludge treatment (prior to anaerobic digestion). Transformed AgNPs, at predicted future Ag wastewater concentrations, did not affect nitrification or methanogenesis. Consequently, AgNPs are very unlikely to affect the efficient functioning of wastewater treatment plants. However, AgNPs may negatively affect sub-dominant wastewater microbial communities.
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- Casey L Doolette
- School of Agriculture Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia ; CSIRO Land and Water, Environmental Biogeochemistry Program, Advanced Materials Transformational Capability Platform-Nanosafety, Waite Campus, Waite Road, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Environmental Biogeochemistry Program, Advanced Materials Transformational Capability Platform-Nanosafety, Waite Campus, Waite Road, Urrbrae, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, Göteborg, 41296, Sweden
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Ji JY, Zheng K, Xing YJ, Zheng P. Hydraulic characteristics and their effects on working performance of compartmentalized anaerobic reactor. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 116:47-52. [PMID: 22609654 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Revised: 04/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The compartmentalized anaerobic reactor (CAR) is a patent novel high-rate reactor and shows a great potential for its application. The hydraulic characteristics and their effects on the working performance of CAR were investigated. The flow pattern tended to plug flow at normal organic loading rate (OLR) and completely mixed flow at high OLRs. The relation of hydraulic dead space (HDS or V(h)) with hydraulic loading rate (HLR or L) and biogas production rate (BPR or G) was V(h) = 3.75 L + 0.19 G-9.47. The hydraulic efficiency of CAR was good or near to good. Both HLR and BPR had significant effects on the hydraulic efficiency, but their effect became less at super-high OLR. They also had a slight influence on the effective volume ratios of CAR, but the influence of BPR almost disappeared at super-high OLR. The good working performance of CAR was ascribed to the improved reactor configuration.
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- Jun-yuan Ji
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Bolzonella D, Cavinato C, Fatone F, Pavan P, Cecchi F. High rate mesophilic, thermophilic, and temperature phased anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: a pilot scale study. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 32:1196-201. [PMID: 22305642 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The paper reports the findings of a two-year pilot scale experimental trial for the mesophilic (35°C), thermophilic (55°C) and temperature phased (65+55°C) anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. During the mesophilic and thermophilic runs, the reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 2.2 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 20 days. In the temperature phased run, the first reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 15 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 2 days while the second reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 2.2 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 18 days (20 days for the whole temperature phased system). The performance of the reactor improved with increases in temperature. The COD removal increased from 35% in mesophilic conditions, to 45% in thermophilic conditions, and 55% in the two stage temperature phased system. As a consequence, the specific biogas production increased from 0.33 to 0.45 and to 0.49 m(3)/kgVS(fed) at 35, 55, and 65+55°C, respectively. The extreme thermophilic reactor working at 65°C showed a high hydrolytic capability and a specific yield of 0.33 g COD (soluble) per gVS(fed). The effluent of the extreme thermophilic reactor showed an average concentration of soluble COD and volatile fatty acids of 20 and 9 g/l, respectively. Acetic and propionic acids were the main compounds found in the acids mixture. Because of the improved digestion efficiency, organic nitrogen and phosphorus were solubilised in the bulk. Their concentration, however, did not increase as expected because of the formation of salts of hydroxyapatite and struvite inside the reactor.
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- David Bolzonella
- University of Verona, Department of Biotechnology, Strada Le Grazie, 15, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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Hydrolysis kinetics in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge enhanced by α-amylase. Biochem Eng J 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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