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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 358, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131983
Keywords
Lactic acid; Microbial electrodes; Electrochemical degradation; Anaerobic digestion; Methane
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- National Key Research and Devel-opment Program-China [2016YFE0117900]
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Research and Development Program-China [2017C04001]
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Microbial electrodes were used to enhance electron transfer in lactic acid anaerobic digestion system, reducing the inhibition effect of propionic acid on methane production. Excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy analysis showed that electrochemical treatment changed the intercellular electron transfer pathway and reduced the content of humic acids. The abundance of electron-producing bacteria Firmicutes and hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanoculleus increased, leading to more electron generation and methane production.
To address the severe inhibition effect of propionic acid derived from lactic acid degradation on methane production, microbial electrodes were used to enhance electron transfer in lactic acid anaerobic digestion system. Excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy analysis revealed that electrochemical treatment reduced the content of humic acids, which implied that intercellular electron transfer pathway changed from extracellular polymer transfer to more efficient microbial electrode transfer. The electron-producing bacteria Firmicutes with increased abundance from 51.5% to 59.7% provided more electrons on anode by degrading acetates for methanogenesis, while hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanoculleus with increased abundance from 66.5% to 77.2% produced more methane on cathode from H2 and CO2. The microorganisms formed stable biofilms on anode and cathode surfaces at 0.8 V, resulting in a 27.4% increase in methane yield to 477.1 mL CH4/g total volatile solids.
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