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Estévez-Alonso Á, Altamira-Algarra B, Arnau-Segarra C, van Loosdrecht MCM, Kleerebezem R, Werker A. Process conditions affect properties and outcomes of polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in municipal activated sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 364:128035. [PMID: 36182016 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128035] [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: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The developments of mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate production has been directed to maximize the biomass PHA content with limited attention to polymer quality. Direct comparison of PHA accumulation literature is challenging, and even regularly contradicting in reported results, due to underlying differences that are not well expressed. A study was undertaken to systematically compare the commonly reported process conditions for PHA accumulation by full-scale municipal activated sludge. A biomass acclimation step combined with a pulse-wise feeding strategy resulted in maximum average PHA contents and product yields. pH control and active nitrification did not result in observable effects on the PHA productivity. Under these conditions a high molecular weight polymer (1536 ± 221 kDa) can be produced. Polymer extraction recoveries were influenced by the PHA molecular weight. A standard protocol for an activated sludge PHA accumulation test including downstream processing and standardized extraction has been developed and is available as supplementary material.
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- Ángel Estévez-Alonso
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands; Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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Value-Added Products Derived from Waste Activated Sludge: A Biorefinery Perspective. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10050545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Influence of Feeding and Controlled Dissolved Oxygen Level on the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Copolymer by Cupriavidus sp. USMAA2-4 and Its Characterization. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 176:1315-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1648-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Revellame ED, Hernandez R, French W, Holmes WE, Benson TJ, Pham PJ, Forks A, Callahan II R. Lipid storage compounds in raw activated sludge microorganisms for biofuels and oleochemicals production. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra01078j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Liu HY, VanderGheynst JS, Darby JL, Thompson DE, Green PG, Loge FJ. Factorial experimental designs for enhancement of concurrent poly(hydroxyalkanoate) production and brewery wastewater treatment. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2011; 83:36-43. [PMID: 21291026 DOI: 10.2175/106143010x12681059116932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The influence of four main process parameters--solids retention time (SRT), hydraulic retention time (HRT), anoxic-oxic cycling, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio)--on poly(hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA) production, while treating brewery wastewater, was studied. Two sets of two-level, three-factor experimental designs were implemented to (1) determine the effects and interactions among process parameters, (2) assess their significance to PHA production, and (3) approximate optimal operational conditions. The HRT and SRT were found to be the crucial operational parameters affecting PHA production. The highest PHA content of 55% (on a cell-weight basis) was produced at a 4-day HRT and 4-day SRT, whereas a maximum PHA concentration of 907 mg/L was obtained at a 2-day HRT and 12-day SRT. The effect of anoxic conditions on PHA production was insignificant. The C/N ratio played a more important role in the PHA concentration in the system than in the PHA content in the biomass.
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Maeda T, Yoshimura T, Shimazu T, Shirai Y, Ogawa HI. Enhanced production of lactic acid with reducing excess sludge by lactate fermentation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2009; 168:656-663. [PMID: 19286312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The development of a facile technology for utilizing effectively and/or reducing excess sludge is one of the urgent problems since a large quantity of sewage sludge is formed by activated sludge processes. Excess sludge containing 50mM sucrose was fermented at 50 degrees C using endogenous bacteria in excess sludge, resulting in a high lactic acid production (8.45 g/L) and in an increased sludge reduction (38.2%). Conversion rate to lactic acid was up to 106.0% by standard fermentation at 50 degrees C compared to 43.8% at 30 degrees C and this phenomenon that conversion rate was higher was observed only at 50 degrees C as the fermentation at less or more than 50 degrees C had lower conversion rate than that at 50 degrees C. Lactic acid bacteria increased at 50 degrees C during 1-d fermentation whereas the number of total viable bacteria only increased slightly, indicating that lactic acid bacteria in sludge at 50 degrees C were preferentially able to utilize the sucrose for producing lactic acid. Finally, pH-vibration fermentation at 50 degrees C enabled to completely consume residual sucrose in the normal fermentation, resulting in the maximum production of lactic acid. Lactate fermentation by a purely cultured lactic acid bacterium TS1 with autoclaved excess sludge containing 50mM sucrose had more than 100% of conversion rate to lactic acid, indicating that a part of sludge was converted into lactic acid during the fermentation. Our technique is useful as a facile engineering for reducing excess sludge concomitantly with producing lactic acid by lactate fermentation.
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- Toshinari Maeda
- Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Mengmeng C, Hong C, Qingliang Z, Shirley SN, Jie R. Optimal production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in activated sludge fed by volatile fatty acids (VFAs) generated from alkaline excess sludge fermentation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2009; 100:1399-405. [PMID: 18945612 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2008] [Revised: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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To reduce the production cost of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and disposal amount of excess sludge simultaneously, the feasibility of using fermentative volatile fatty acids (VFAs) as carbon sources to synthesize PHA by activated sludge was examined. At pH 11.0, 60 degrees C and fermentative time of 7d, the VFAs yield was 258.65 mgTOC/gVSS. To restrain cell growth during PHA production, the released phosphorus and residual ammonium in the fermentative VFAs was recovered by the formation of struvite precipitation. Acetic acid was the predominant composition of the fermentative VFAs. PHA accumulation in excess sludge occurred feeding by fermentative VFAs with aerobic dynamic feeding process. The maximum PHA content accounted for 56.5% of the dry cell. It can be concluded from this study that the VFAs generated from excess sludge fermentation were a suitable carbon source for PHA production by activated sludge.
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- Cai Mengmeng
- School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
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Liu HY, Hall PV, Darby JL, Coats ER, Green PG, Thompson DE, Loge FJ. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate during treatment of tomato cannery wastewater. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2008; 80:367-372. [PMID: 18536488 DOI: 10.2175/106143007x221535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production was achieved using tomato cannery waste coupled with a mixed microbial culture during wastewater treatment. The two-stage PHA production process comprised a sequencing batch reactor (SBR), operating under a periodic feast-famine regime, to accomplish simultaneously wastewater treatment and selection of PHA-accumulating microbes, followed by a batch reactor for the production of PHA-rich biomass. The SBRs were efficient at removing soluble carbon (84%), ammonia (100%), and phosphorus (76%). Meanwhile, PHA-accumulating microbes were enriched under the SBR operating conditions, and PHA content on a cell-weight basis was within the range 7 to 11% in nonfiltered wastewater and 2 to 8% in filtered wastewater. Subsequently, batch studies were implemented with varying loading rates, ranging from 0.4 to 3.2 food-to-microorganism ratios. A maximum 20% PHA content on a cell-weight basis was obtained. Based on the experimental results, a PHA biosynthesis-degradation kinetic model was developed to (1) aid in the design of a pilot- or full-scale PHA production process coupled with wastewater treatment and (2) determine optimal conditions for harvest of PHA-rich biomass.
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- Hsin-ying Liu
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
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Chua ASM, Takabatake H, Satoh H, Mino T. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) by activated sludge treating municipal wastewater: effect of pH, sludge retention time (SRT), and acetate concentration in influent. WATER RESEARCH 2003; 37:3602-11. [PMID: 12867326 DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1354(03)00252-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this paper, the production of biodegradable plastics polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) by activated sludge treating municipal wastewater was investigated. The effect of three operational factors, i.e. the acetate concentration in influent, pH, and sludge retention time (SRT) were studied. Sludge acclimatized with municipal wastewater supplemented with acetate could accumulate PHA up to 30% of sludge dry weight, while sludge acclimatized with only municipal wastewater achieved 20% of sludge dry weight. It was found that activated sludge with an SRT of 3 days possessed better PHA production capability than sludge with an SRT of 10 days. Sludge acclimatized under pH 7 and 8 conditions in sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) exhibited similar PHA production capability. However, in PHA production batch experiments, pH value influenced significantly the PHA accumulation behavior of activated sludge. When pH of batch experiments was controlled at 6 or 7, a very low PHA production was observed. The production of PHA was stimulated when pH was kept at 8 or 9.
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- Adeline S M Chua
- Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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