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Amoohadi V, Pasalari H, Esrafili A, Gholami M, Farzadkia M. A comparative study on polyaluminum chloride (PACl) and Moringa oleifera (MO) chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) in enhanced biogas production: anaerobic digestion performance and the Gompertz model. RSC Adv 2023; 13:17121-17129. [PMID: 37304783 PMCID: PMC10251396 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02112b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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A comparative study was performed to estimate biogas production from sludge produced by organic and inorganic chemically enhanced primary treatments (CEPTs). To this end, the effects of two coagulants, polyaluminum chloride (PACl) and Moringa oleifera (MO), on CEPT and biogas production in anaerobic digestion were surveyed within an incubation period of 24 days. The optimal dosage and pH of PACl and MO were optimized in terms of sCOD, TSS and VS parameters in the CEPT process. Next, the digestion performance of anaerobic digestion reactors fed with sludge obtained from PACl and MO coagulants at a batch mesophilic reactor (37 ± 1 °C) was surveyed from the biogas production, volatile solid reduction (VSR) and Gompertz model. At the optimal conditions (pH = 7 and dosage = 5 mg L-1), the removal efficiency of COD, TSS and VS in CEPT assisted with PACL was 63, 81 and 56%, respectively. Moreover, CEPT assisted with MO led to the removal efficiency of COD, TSS and VS until 55, 68 and 25%, respectively. The highest methane yield (0.598 L gVS removed-1) was obtained in an anaerobic digestion reactor with sludge from the MO coagulant. The anaerobic digestion of CEPT sludge instead of primary sludge resulted in higher sCOD removal efficiency, and 43-50% of sCOD was observed compared with the removal of 32% for the primary sludge. Furthermore, the high coefficient of determination (R2) demonstrated the trustworthy predictive precision of the modified Gompertz model with actual data. The combination of CEPT and anaerobic digestion, especially using natural coagulants, provides a cost-effective and practical way to increase BMP from primary sludge.
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- Vida Amoohadi
- Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran +98218607941 +98218607941
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran +98218607941 +98218607941
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran +98218607941 +98218607941
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran +98218607941 +98218607941
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran +98218607941 +98218607941
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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Assis TI, Gonçalves RF. Valorization of food waste by anaerobic digestion: A bibliometric and systematic review focusing on optimization. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 320:115763. [PMID: 35932740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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As food waste gets acknowledged as a global potential source of biomass, its valorization through anaerobic digestion becomes an attractive strategy. This work describes the state-of-the-art on the valorization of food waste by anaerobic digestion and the optimization of the process. The methodology used was a bibliometric and systematic review of the optimization of the process from 66 articles selected. Bibliometric mapping allowed us to identify that, until now, most studies have been focused on the: i) anaerobic co-digestion strategy in order to stabilize the process, ii) interest in the generation of biofuels to replace non-renewable fuels, iii) study of metabolic processes for a better understanding of the system iv) reactor design optimization and others facilities to increase process efficiency. The systematic analysis showed that the operational parameters has been extensively studied to optimize the process. Therefore, co-digestion has been the main strategy to improve the process. In this sense, knowledge of the substrate and co-substrate is extremely important to operate the reactors. For methane production, the ideal operating conditions indicated were: pH of 7, solids content between 4.0 and 15%, C/N ratio of 25, hydraulic retention time from 25 to 40 days and alkalinity from 2850 to 2970.5mgCaCO3/L. In addition, the ideal OLR will vary mainly according to operating temperature, number of reactor stages, and raw material characteristics. This review indicates trends and knowledge gaps that are important to guide new research on the anaerobic digestion of food waste, pointing out the potential advantages, optimization strategies, by-products of interest and challenges of the process. The results were used for the development of references of ideal operating conditions for energy production, being able to guide the design and operation of reactors.
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- Tatiana Izato Assis
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Full Address: Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, CEP 29.075-910, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Full Address: Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, CEP 29.075-910, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
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Zhang C, Yang X, Tan X, Wan C, Liu X. Sewage sludge treatment technology under the requirement of carbon neutrality: Recent progress and perspectives. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 362:127853. [PMID: 36037839 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the context of climate policies that advocate carbon neutrality, carbon emission reduction provides a new restriction in evaluating the waste activated sludge (WAS) treatment technologies and procedures. This review provides an overview of current researches and development efforts in WAS treatment, focusing on the dual attributes of WAS as contaminants and resources. Firstly, the improved technical requirements posed by heavy metals, micro(nano) plastics, or other emerging plastics in WAS are studied. Furthermore, in terms of carbon emission reduction, the applications and limitations of widely deployed WAS treatment technologies are discussed. Based on carbon neutrality requirements, the anaerobic co-digestion and co-pyrolysis technologies are comprehensively discussed from the views of pollutants removing efficiencies, enhancement methods, carbon emissions, and resource recovery. Finally, a workable new route for WAS treatment is proposed for future technological advancement and engineering innovation.
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- Chen Zhang
- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., LTD., Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., LTD., Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., LTD., Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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Petrovič A, Zirngast K, Predikaka TC, Simonič M, Čuček L. The advantages of co-digestion of vegetable oil industry by-products and sewage sludge: Biogas production potential, kinetic analysis and digestate valorisation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 318:115566. [PMID: 35779298 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The production of edible vegetable oils generates considerable amounts of energy-rich waste, which is usually not utilised fully. Besides, inefficient management of such wastes can have a negative impact on the environment. On the other hand, this waste can also serve as a raw material for the production of high value-added products, such is biogas. The mono-digestion of seven different by-products and wastes from the vegetable oil industry was investigated in this study: Pumpkin seeds press cake (PSPC), grape seeds press cake (GSPC), olive mill pomace (OMP), coconut oil cake (CC), filtration additive (FA), spent bleaching earth (SBE) and sludge from a vegetable oil industry (SOI) wastewater treatment plant. In addition, co-digestion of these substrates was performed with municipal sewage sludge (SS). Besides inoculum, rumen fluid was added to the reactors to enhance biogas production. The biogas production potential of the tested substrates was monitored by measuring various parameters. A kinetic analysis was later carried out and a growth test was performed on the digestates to evaluate their potential for agricultural use. The highest biogas yields in the mono-digestion test were obtained with the substrates with the highest fat content: 1402, 1288, 830 and 750 mL of biogas/gVS for SOI, FA, PSPC and CC substrate, respectively. Co-digestion of SS with by-products of vegetable oil industry such as FA, SBE, CC, SOI and PSPC increased the biogas yields by 94.9%, 74.1%, 30.8%, 27.4% and 23.6% compared to SS mono-digestion. Furthermore, the data for mono-digestion of PSPC, GSPC, and FA, and co-digestion of SS with these substrates, CC and SBE, have not been found in the literature to date. The maximum methane content ranged from 61 to 74 vol%, while the chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency ranged from 42 to 78%. Relatively high fatty acids contents and ammonium concentrations were measured in the reactors. Kinetic analysis showed the best fit to the experimental data for the Cone kinetic model (R2 > 0.98). The First order kinetic model, Monod, and the modified Gompertz model also exhibited high R2 values. The digestates obtained from co-digestion proved to be excellent in the cress seeds growth test at digestate concentrations of 5-10 wt%, while higher concentrations had a toxic effect.
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- Aleksandra Petrovič
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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- IKEMA d.o.o., Institute for Chemistry, Ecology, Measurements and Analytics, Lovrenc na Dravskem polju 4, 2324 Lovrenc na Dravskem polju, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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Shi J, Li H, Jiang Z, Wang C, Sun L, Wang S. Impact of substrate digestibility on microbial community stability in methanogenic digestors: The mechanism and solution. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 352:127103. [PMID: 35378285 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127103] [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: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study investigated the temporal dynamics of digestion efficiency and community stability in digesters fed with waste activated sludge (WAS), straw (STR-AD), food waste (FW-AD) and mixture of straw-and-food waste (STR-FW-AD). Results showed that carbon removals of recalcitrant substrates (i.e., 48.2 ± 3.9% in WAS-AD and 57.8 ± 4.9% in STR-AD) were lower than that of labile substrates (i.e., 70.7 ± 4.0% in FW-AD). Nonetheless, carbon removal of recalcitrant substrates was largely improved through co-digestion (70.3 ± 3.2% in STR-FW-AD). In contrast to monopoly communities (e.g., the highly enriched Paludibacter) fed with the labile substrates, recalcitrant substrates supported highly diverse communities. Accordingly, the medians of negative/positive cohesions of communities in WAS-AD, STR-AD, STR-FW-AD and FW-AD decreased from 0.86 to 0.63, suggesting their decreasing community stability. Microbial source tracking analyses showed the major contribution of the STR-AD community to the co-digestion community. This study provided unprecedented mechanistic insight into stability improvement of substrate co-digestion on the methanogenic digestion microbiome.
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- Jiangjian Shi
- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Chen FQ, Chi YZ, Li KX, Zhang Y, Tian Z, Fei XN, Li YY. Comparison between thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by combined NaOH-microwave pretreatment. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:766-773. [PMID: 32731801 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1804465] [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: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of the thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digestion process (TADP, MADP) fed with NaOH-microwave pretreated waste activated sludge. The experiment was conducted in anaerobic CSTR reactors. During this experiment, the reactors were stable in operation and were not inhibited by ammonia. The methane production and reduction of organic matters from MADP were less than those from TADP. The dewatering performance of mesophilic sludge was better than that of the thermophilic sludge. The experimental results showed that the continuous TADP and MADP were effective, when the reactors were fed with the waste activated sludge pretreated by NaOH-microwave. MADP was more suitable to combine the NaOH-MW pretreatment process than TADP.
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- Fu-Qiang Chen
- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Water Resources Division, Public Works Department, City of Livermore, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Joint Research Centre for Protective Infrastructure Technology and Environmental Green Bioprocess, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Two-phase anaerobic digestion of food waste: Effect of semi-continuous feeding on acidogenesis and methane production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 346:126396. [PMID: 34822991 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In present investigation, effect of diverting acidogenic off-gas from leached bed reactor (LBR) to up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor during semi-continuous food waste (FW) anaerobic digestion was evaluated. In test LBR headspace pressure (3.3 psi) was maintained with intermittent headspace gas transfer into UASB. In control, same headspace pressure was maintained without gas transfer. The semi-continuous FW addition affected the characteristics and production of leachate in control and test LBR. The cumulative COD, total soluble products and methane yields were 1.26, 1.37 and 3 times higher in the test LBR than the control. The acetate and methane yields from test LBR were 697.8 g·kgVSadded-1 and 167.55 mL·gCOD-1feeding. Acidogenic gas transfer maintained low partial pressure of hydrogen and the hydrogen to carbon-di-oxide ratio in the headspace of LBR, which were thermodynamically favorable for microbial metabolism and concomitant high-rate production of acetate-rich volatile fatty acid and methane-rich biogas from FW.
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Velu C, Karthikeyan OP, Brinkman DL, Cirés S, Heimann K. Biomass pre-treatments of the N 2-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 283:131246. [PMID: 34470734 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tolypothrix, a self-flocculating, fast growing, CO2 and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, can be cultivated in nutrient-poor ash dam waters of coal-fired power stations, converting CO2 emissions into organic biomass. Therefore, the biomass of Tolypothrix sp. is a promising source for bio-fertiliser production, providing micro- and macronutrients. Energy requirements for production could potentially be offset via anaerobic digestion (AD) of the produced biomass, which may further improve the efficiency of the resulting biofertilizer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-treatment conditions and subsequent methane (CH4) production of Tolypothrix under out-door cultivation conditions. Pre-treatments on biogas and methane production for Tolypothrix sp. biomass investigated were: (1) thermal at 95 °C for 10 h, (2) hydrothermal by autoclave at 121 °C at 1013.25 hPa for 20 min, using a standard moisture-heat procedure, (3) microwave at an output power of 900 W and an exposure time of 3 min, (4) sonication at an output power of 10 W for 3.5 h at 10 min intervals with 20 s breaks and (5) freeze-thaw cycles at -80 °C for 24 h followed by thawing at room temperature. Thermal, hydrothermal and sonication pre-treatments supported high solubilization of organic compounds up to 24.40 g L-1. However, higher specific CH4 production of 0.012 and 0.01 L CH4 g-1 volatile solidsadded. was achieved for thermal and sonic pre-treatments, respectively. High N- and low C-content of the Tolypothrix biomass affected CH4 recovery, while pre-treatment accelerated production of volatile acids (15.90 g L-1) and ammonia-N-accumulation (1.41 g L-1), leading to poor CH4 yields. Calculated theoretical CH4 yields based on the elemental composition of the biomass were ~55% higher than actual yields. This highlights the complexity of interactions during AD which are not adequately represented by elemental composition.
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- Chinnathambi Velu
- College of Science Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biology Autonoma de Madrid University, Madrid, ES-28049, Spain
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- Centre for Marine Bioproduct Development, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia.
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Johnravindar D, Wong JWC, Chakraborty D, Bodedla G, Kaur G. Food waste and sewage sludge co-digestion amended with different biochars: VFA kinetics, methane yield and digestate quality assessment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 290:112457. [PMID: 33895449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This work investigated the impact of the addition of different biochar types on mitigation of volatile fatty acid (VFA) accumulation, methane recovery and digestate quality in mesophilic food waste-sludge co-digestion. Four biochars derived from agricultural and sludge residues under different pyrolysis temperatures were compared. Specific biochar properties such as pH, surface area, chemical properties and presence of surface functional groups likely influenced biochar reactions during digestion, thereby resulting in a varying performance of different biochars. Miscanthus straw biochar addition led to the highest specific methane yield of 307 ± 0.3 mL CH4/g VSadded versus 241.87 ± 5.9 mL CH4/g VSadded from control with no biochar addition over 30 days of the co-digestion period. Biochar supplementation led to enhanced process stability which likely resulted from improved syntrophic VFA oxidation facilitated by specific biochar properties. Overall, a 21.4% increase in the overall methane production was obtained with biochar addition as compared to control. The resulting digestate quality was also investigated. Biochar-amended digester generated a digestate rich in macro- and micro-nutrients including K, Mg, Ca, Fe making biochar-amended digestate a potential replacement of agricultural lime fertilizer. This work demonstrated that the addition of specific biochars with desirable properties alleviated VFA accumulation and facilitated enhanced methane recovery, thereby providing a means to achieve process stability even under high organic loading conditions in co-digestions. Moreover, the availability of biochar-enriched digestate with superior characteristics than biochar-free digestate adds further merit to this process.
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Yukesh Kannah R, Merrylin J, Poornima Devi T, Kavitha S, Sivashanmugam P, Kumar G, Rajesh Banu J. Food waste valorization: Biofuels and value added product recovery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kaur G, Wong JWC, Kumar R, Patria RD, Bhardwaj A, Uisan K, Johnravindar D. Value Addition of Anaerobic Digestate From Biowaste: Thinking Beyond Agriculture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s40518-020-00148-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Kaur G, Luo L, Chen G, Wong JWC. Integrated food waste and sewage treatment - A better approach than conventional food waste-sludge co-digestion for higher energy recovery via anaerobic digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 289:121698. [PMID: 31260933 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This work proposes a new treatment approach involving both food waste disposal and sewerage treatment called MOWFAST i.e. Municipal Organic Waste management by combined Food waste disposal and Sewerage Treatment. MOWFAST involves mixing of food waste directly with raw sewage instead of separate addition to sludge and their combined anaerobic digestion (AD). Compared to conventional sludge digestion, MOWFAST exhibited better digestion capability and allowed a greater degradation of organic material along with higher production of methanogenic-favourable products from the beginning of digestion. This resulted in producing higher specific methane yields (7.86 LCH4/kg VSadded versus 0.95 LCH4/kg VSadded) and 1.4-fold higher cumulative methane yield over sludge AD. Furthermore, compared with conventional food waste-sludge co-digestion, MOWFAST gave higher solubilization of organic material (0.82 g sCOD/g VSadded versus 0.23 g sCOD/g VSadded) and specific methane yields (7.86 LCH4/kg VSadded versus 3.2 LCH4/kg VSadded). This proves its feasibility for digestion and methane generation potential.
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- Guneet Kaur
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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Chakraborty D, Venkata Mohan S. Efficient resource valorization by co-digestion of food and vegetable waste using three stage integrated bioprocess. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 284:373-380. [PMID: 30954905 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During two-stage (Acidogenesis-Methanogenesis) process, solid organics and gaseous by-products are usually left unused. To increase resource recovery efficiency, a three stage process (Hydrolysis/Acidogenesis-Methanogenesis-Composting) was designed. Initially, co-digestion of food waste (FW) and vegetable waste (VW) was carried out in Leach Bed Reactor (LBR) for hydrolysis and acidogenesis, followed by airlift reactor (ALR) for methanogenesis for 21 days using two different feed stocks [2:3 FW:VW~FVW; FW alone]. Off gas from LBR was diverted to ALR to enhance methane recovery. Results depicted that volatile fatty acids (VFA) and biohydrogen production was more for FW fed system, while methane production was higher in FVW fed system. Three different functional zones in three separate chambers significantly accelerated organic removal rate while gas diversion increased overall methane recovery. In third stage, residual solid organic matter from LBR was subjected to aerobic composting and compost with N (%): 2.90 & 2.76; C/N ratio: 18.2 & 20.8 for FVW and FW was recovered. The three-stage process has advantages of zero waste generation and overall process stability, accounting for resource efficient circular loop.
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- Debkumar Chakraborty
- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India; Department of Food Technology, Center for Emerging Technology, Jain University, Bangalore 562112, India.
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India
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A New Adjustment Strategy to Relieve Inhibition during Anaerobic Codigestion of Food Waste and Cow Manure. SUSTAINABILITY 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/su11102819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A new adjustment strategy (controlling temperature, pH, inoculum dose, and liquid supernatant replacement in different digestion stages) was used to relieve volatile fatty acid (VFA) inhibition during anaerobic codigestion of FW and CM. Three digestion stages and groups were designed: initial stage (on days 1–5 the temperature was 45 °C), the second stage (on days 6–10 the temperature was 35 °C and inoculum was supplied), and the third stage (on days 11–50 the temperature was 35 °C and liquid supernatant was replaced). Groups A, B, and C had initial inoculums of 0, 100, and 200 mL and were supplied inoculums of 200, 100, and 0 mL, respectively. Results showed that in the initial stage, Group A had the highest VFA concentration (876.54 mg/L) and the lowest pH (3.6). In the second and third stages, pH (~5.5 and ~7.5) and VFA concentrations showed no significant differences in all groups. The highest VFA concentration (3248 mg/L), volatile solid (VS) removal rate (49.72%), and total methane production (TMP) (10,959 mL), the shortest λ (19.92 d), and the T90% (39.25 d) were obtained in Group B (pH 8.5). Group C had the highest chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate (96.91%). Group A obtained the maximal TBP of 25,626 mL (pH 8.0).
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Integration of biological pre-treatment methods for increased energy recovery from paper and pulp biosludge. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 160:93-100. [PMID: 30890400 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The paper and pulp industry (PPI) produces high quantities of solid and liquid discharge and is regarded as the most polluting industry in the world causing adverse effects to environments and human beings. Hence changes in the way PPI sludge and waste materials are treated is urgently required. Nearly, 10 million tons of waste is generated per year, however PPI waste is enriched with many organic chemicalscontaining a high percentage of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose which can be used as valuable raw materials for the production of bioenergy and value-added chemicals. Pretreatment of complex lignocellulosic materials of PPI waste is difficult because of the cellulose crystallinity and lignin barrier. At present most of this waste is recycled in a conventional treatment approach through biological and chemical processes, incurring high cost and low returns. Henceefficient pretreatment techniques are required by which complete conversion of PPI waste is possible. Therefore, the present chapter provides the scope of integration of pretreatment methods through which bioenergy recovery is possible during the PPI waste treatment. Detailed information is presented on the various pre-treatment techniques (chemical, mechanical, enzymatic and biological) in order to increase the efficiency of PPI waste treatment and energy recovery from PPI waste. Along with acid and alkali based efficient chemical treatment process, physical methods (i.e. shearing, high-pressure homogenization, etc.), biochemical techniques (whole cell-based and enzyme-based) and finally biological techniques (e.g. aerobic and anaerobic treatment) are discussed. During each of the treatment processes, scope of energy recovery and bottlenecks of the processes were elaborated. The review thus provides systemic insight into developing efficient pretreatment processes which could increase carbon recovery and treatment efficiency of PPI waste.
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Zhang M, Zhang Y, Li Z, Zhang C, Tan X, Liu X, Wan C, Yang X, Lee DJ. Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste/excess sludge: substrates - products transformation and role of NADH as an indicator. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 232:197-206. [PMID: 30472563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The process of anaerobic co-digestion is vital importance to resource recovery from organic solid wastes such as food waste and municipal sludge. However, its application is hindered by the limited understanding on the complex substrates-products transformation reactions and mechanisms therein. In this study, food waste (FW) and excess sludge (ES) from municipal wastewater treatment were mixed at various ratios (ES/FW 5:0, 4:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, w/w), and the co-digestion process was studied in a batch test. The consumption of substrates including soluble proteins and carbohydrates, the variation in the intermediates such as various volatile fatty acids, and the production of hydrogen and methane gases were monitored. The results suggested that 4:1 was likely the optimal ratio where substrates were consumed and biogas generated efficiently, whereas 1:2 and 1:4 caused severe inhibition. Fermentation of ES alone produced mainly acetic and propionic acid, while the addition of FW led to butyric acid type fermentation. Intermediates in the fermentation liquid were tentatively identified, and the levels of NADH quantified using 3D-excitation/emission fluorescence spectrometry. One class of the intermediates, tryptophan-like proteins were correlated to the butyric acid accumulation in ES/FW mixtures, and NADH level was proposed as an indicator of VFAs production activities.
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- Min Zhang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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Kraft Lignin Grafted with Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Novel Microbial Carrier in Biogas Production. ENERGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/en11123246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The objective of this study was to verify the effect of kraft lignin as a microbial carrier on biogas/methane yield. An anaerobic co-digestion test process was carried out, in which confectionery waste was used with sewage sludge. At the first stage of the study pure lignin and lignin combined with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were subjected to an extensive physicochemical analysis. Their morphology, dispersion and adsorption properties were determined. The two materials were also subjected to thermal, spectroscopic and elementary analysis. The anaerobic digestion of the two substrates was carried out with and without the addition of the carrier, under mesophilic conditions and in periodic operation. The monitoring and analysis of the two essential parameters, i.e., pH and volatile fatty acids/total alkalinity (VFA/TA) ratio, revealed that the process was stable in both tests. Microbial and biochemical analyses showed intensified proliferation of eubacteria and increased dehydrogenase activity in samples prepared with the lignin + PVP material. The cell count increased by 46% in the stuffed wafers (WAF) + sewage sludge (SS) variant with the carrier, whereas the enzyme activity increased by 43%. Cell immobilisation noticeably improved the process efficiency. The biogas production increased from 722 m3 Mg−1 VS to 850 m3 Mg−1 VS (VS – volatile solids), whereas the methane production increased from 428 m3 Mg−1 VS to 503 m3 Mg−1 VS (by about 18%). The research proved that lignin could be used as a very effective microbial carrier in anaerobic digestion (AD).
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Wong JWC, Kaur G, Mehariya S, Karthikeyan OP, Chen G. Food waste treatment by anaerobic co-digestion with saline sludge and its implications for energy recovery in Hong Kong. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 268:824-828. [PMID: 30064901 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Potential of methane production by co-digestion of food waste with saline sludge produced from sewage receiving seawater toilet flushing was investigated to determine its suitability for food waste management in Hong Kong by making use of excess design capacity of sludge digesters. High salinity of saline sludge (12.8 mS/cm) affected degradation of organic compounds resulting in an increase in sCOD by 135% as compared to an increase by 283% in treatments with non-saline sludge (4.2 mS/cm) co-digestion. This inhibitory effect was also evident by lower VS removal efficiency of 32.65% for saline versus 54.23% for non-saline sludge based co-digestion. Furthermore, non-saline sludge gave a 3.4-fold higher methane yield than saline sludge co-digestion. It is concluded that co-digestion of food waste with both sludges could be adopted as a potential strategy to make use of excess digestion capacity of existing wastewater treatment facilities but is more viable for non-saline sludge.
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- Jonathan W C Wong
- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Technology Center, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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Mehariya S, Patel AK, Obulisamy PK, Punniyakotti E, Wong JWC. Co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge for methane production: Current status and perspective. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 265:519-531. [PMID: 29861300 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Food waste (FW) is a valuable resource which requires sustainable management avenues to reduce the hazardous environmental impacts and add-value for better economy. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is still reliable, cost-effective technology for waste management. Conventional AD was originally designed for sewer sludge digestion, is not effective for FW due to mainly high organics and volatile fatty acid (VFA) accumulation, hence better technical aptitudes and biochemical inputs are required for optimal biogas production. Besides, to overcome these challenges, FW co-digestion with complementary organic waste e.g. sewage sludge (SS) mixed which complement each other for better process design. The main aim of this article is to summarize the recent updates and review different holistic approaches for efficient anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) of FW and SS to provide a comprehensive review on the topic. Moreover, to demonstrate the status and perspectives of AcoD at present scenario for Hong Kong and rest of the world.
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- Sanjeet Mehariya
- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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Winde L, Berghoff A, Schories G, Mahro B. Comparative evaluation of sludge surface charge as an indicator of process fluctuations in a biogas reactor. Eng Life Sci 2018; 18:484-491. [PMID: 32624929 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201700164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The current political situation imposes high demands on the economic feasibility of biogas plants. High prizes for biogas substrates and a trend to reduced feed-in tariffs generated an increasing need to optimize substrate exploitation and operation conditions. This includes a comprehensive and reliable biogas process monitoring. For that purpose a number of different process monitoring methods like CH4 production rate, FOS/TAC (ratio of organic acid/total inorganic carbon alkalinity), pH or (auto)fluorescence are successfully applied. This paper will evaluate whether the surface charge - a parameter, which has not been in use so far - might also be suitable for biogas process monitoring. Since it is known that the surface charge is correlated with the adherence and floc formation capability of microbial cells, a change in surface charge might also reflect a change in the biogas process efficiency, or vice versa. To test this hypothesis, samples for the investigations were taken from a continuously stirred laboratory-scale tank biogas reactor with continuously increased substrate load. The impact of the load change was measured with both, surface charge and a number of more established monitoring parameters as given above. It was found that the "surface charge" reflected well short-term process changes (within hours) caused by an increasing substrate load in the reactor, though the highest short-term monitoring sensitivity was obtained with the "FOS/TAC" monitoring. Different from other monitoring parameters like CH4, pH, or FOS/TAC the value of the parameter "surface charge" decreased with every feeding, eventually indicating a continuous deterioration of the biogas process conditions. Surface charge might therefore be of particular use as a complementary tool especially for the long-term monitoring of biogas process conditions.
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- Lars Winde
- Department of Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency TTZ Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Germany.,Institute of Applied Biology and Environmental Engineering Bremen University of Applied Sciences Bremen Germany
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- Department of Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency TTZ Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Germany
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- Department of Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency TTZ Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Germany
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- Institute of Applied Biology and Environmental Engineering Bremen University of Applied Sciences Bremen Germany
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Chakraborty D, Venkata Mohan S. Effect of food to vegetable waste ratio on acidogenesis and methanogenesis during two-stage integration. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 254:256-263. [PMID: 29413931 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The mixing ratio of food waste (FW) to vegetable waste (VW) (2:3 FW:VW ∼ 152.51 g VS and 2:1 FW:VW ∼ 137.03 gVS) was optimized using two-stage (LBR-UASB) experimental process depending upon volatile solid (VS) load. The effect of FW to VW ratio was studied in Leach Bed Reactor (LBR) towards leachate production. Results revealed that hydrolysis rate (73.11%), sCOD (3294.3 g/KgVS) and tVFA (2664 g/KgVS) yield was higher in 2:1 FW:VW ratio. Acetate, propionate, lactate and methane yield for 2:3 FW:VW (420 g/KgVS, 87 g/KgVS, 180 g/KgVS and 226.86 ml/gVS respectively) was different from 2:1 FW:VW (340 g/KgVS, 247 g/KgVS, 340 g/KgVS and 218.54 ml/gVS respectively). 2:3 FW:VW ratio depicted higher VS (53.96%) and COD (54.1%) removal than 2:1 FW:VW ratio 46.34% and 41.8% respectively. VW addition regulated pH, restricted propionate and lactate production with enhanced methanogenesis by improving acetate production in two-stage AD process which further boosted process stability and efficiency.
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- Debkumar Chakraborty
- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, EEFF Department, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India; Department of Food Technology, Center of Emerging Technology, Jain University, Bangalore 562112, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, EEFF Department, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India.
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Parthiba Karthikeyan O, Trably E, Mehariya S, Bernet N, Wong JWC, Carrere H. Pretreatment of food waste for methane and hydrogen recovery: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 249:1025-1039. [PMID: 29111164 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Food waste (FW) management by biological process is more attractive and eco-friendly approach than thermo-chemical conversion or landfilling. However, FW composition and physico-chemical and biological characteristics affect the overall biological process in terms of product yield and degradation rate. To overcome this major bottle-neck, the pretreatment of FW is proposed. Therefore this review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the importance of pretreatment of FW with respect to FW management by anaerobic digestion (AD) and dark fermentation (DF). It also reviews the existing knowledge gaps and future research perspectives for better integration of FW pretreatments for AD and DF, which should include (i) the preservation of carbon mass through freeze and thaw, or drying; and (ii) improve the carbon accessibility through particle size reduction and thermal pretreatments for high-rate bioenergy recovery.
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- Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan
- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- LBE, INRA, Univ Montpellier, Narbonne, France
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- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
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Oh YK, Park CH, Han GB. Enhancement of anaerobic co-digestion in acidogenic (ACIDO-DR) and methanogenic (METHA-DR) digester system. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2017.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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