Journal
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 342, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.012
Keywords
Thermal hydrolysis; High solid anaerobic digestion; Organic matter; Microbes; Functional genes
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51678429, 51308402, 51538008]
- key projects of National Water Pollution Control and Management of China [2013ZX07315-001]
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Two lab-scale high solid anaerobic digesters fed with untreated sludge (R1) and thermally hydrolyzed sludge (R2) were operated to investigate the influence of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) on the degradation of individual macromolecular organic components (MOCs), as well as the functional and metabolic responses of microbes during anaerobic digestion (AD). The degradation of MOCs was improved by THP at different rates, in which improved degradation of proteins (by 49.0%) and hemicelluloses (by 25.0%) were the main factors contributing to the increase in volatile solids (VS) reduction. However, no enhancement of final degradation extent of MOCs was observed. With a more densified microbial population, R2 was also enriched in genes involved in amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism, reflected in the enhanced degradation of proteins and carbohydrates. After THP, the methanogenic pathway shifted from strict acetoclastic methanogenesis to acetoclastic/hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, consistent with the enhanced methane production and the increase of methane content. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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