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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 61-66Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.12.015
Keywords
Food waste; Microbial electrolysis cell; VFAs; Hydrogen recovery; Solid reduction
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- Science and Technology Planning Project of the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province [2018C37057]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51878611]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LQ17E080002]
- Xinmiao Talent Project of Zhejiang Province [2018R408076]
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Increased generation of food waste (FW) poses significant risks to the social environment, and therefore it is critical that efficient technology be developed for effective waste valorization. This study used an integrated reactor to combine single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) treatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) to achieve efficient hydrogen recovery using FW as substrate. Hydrogen production during continuous AD-MEC operation (511.02 ml H-2 g(-1) VS) was higher than that achieved by AD (49.39 ml H-2 g(-1) VS). The hydrogen recovery and electrical energy recovery in AD-MEC were as high as 96% and 238.7 +/- 5.8%, respectively. To explore the mechanism of hydrogen production increase, the main components of FW [lipids, volatile fatty acids (VFAs), carbohydrates, and protein] were analyzed to investigate the utilization of organic matter. Compared with AD treatment, the removal rates of carbohydrates and proteins in the soluble phase in AD-MEC were increased by 4 times and 2.3 times, respectively. The removal of VFAs by AD-MEC was increased by 4.7 times, which indicated that the AD reactor coupled with MEC technology improved the utilization of the main organic components and thus increased hydrogen production. This study demonstrates the possibilities of reducing FW quantities along with the production of bio-hydrogen. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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