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ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 1648-1657Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05420
Keywords
Chlorhexidine (CHD); Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HTAB); Waste activated sludge (WAS); Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs); Hydrolysis; Active microorganisms
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51708171]
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation [PCRRF17019]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M630508]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), China
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Anaerobic technology is an efficient and sustainable approach for disposing waste activated sludge (WAS), but the performance is easily affected by environmental conditions. In this study, the potential impacts of chlorhexidine (CHD) and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HTAB), two highly detected biocides in WAS, on the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) generation during anaerobic fermentation were explored. The experimental results indicated that the biocides promoted SCFAs generation unexpectedly, particularly for acetic acid. The accumulation of SCFAs increased from 567.3 mg COD/L in the control to 2144.5 and 3400.0 mg COD/L with low CHD and HTAB exposure (SO mg/L), respectively. However, the enhancing effects were weakened in reactors with high loads of biocides or CHD and HTAB coexistence. Mechanisms exploration revealed that the CHD and HTAB first enhanced the extracellular polymeric substances disruption and then simultaneously accelerated both the hydrolysis and acidification processes while inhibiting the methanogensis. The relative activities of hydrolases, acidogenic enzymes, and bioenergy involved in SCFAs production were significantly enhanced with low biocide dosage. Moreover, the abundances of active microorganisms that participated in the biological hydrolysis and acidification processes were highly enriched in biocide reactors while the acetoclastic methanogens were reduced. This work might be of significance to regulate the WAS fermentation for better resource recovery.
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