Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 298-303Publisher
KOREAN SOC BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-014-0651-y
Keywords
acidification; ethanol-type fermentation; fruit and vegetable waste; pH; anaerobic digestion
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50978146, 51278271]
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The effect of pH (4.0, 5.0, and 6.0) on acidification and fermentation of fruit and vegetable wastes was investigated using batch and semi-continuous experiments under mesophilic condition. Results showed that fermentation types change with pH variation. The pH of acidification system containing fruit and vegetable wastes could automatically decrease to 3.0 similar to 4.0. At this pH range, a stable ethanol production was observed, at which ethanol-type fermentation was obtained. Based on the results, the fermentation types were classified into ethanol-type, mixed acid-type, propionic acid-type, and butyric acid-type fermentations, which occurred at pH 4.0 similar to 4.5, 4.5 similar to 5.0, 5.0 similar to 5.5, and 5.5 similar to 6.5, respectively.
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