Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 99, Issue 15, Pages 7083-7090Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.008
Keywords
pharmaceuticals; inhibition; ADMI; acetogenesis; methanogenesis
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In this study, the widely used anaerobic digestion model (ADMI) was used in order to simulate the inhibition of three pharmaceuticals, propranolol hydrochloride, ofloxacin and diclofenac sodium, on two groups of microorganisms, acetogens and acetoclastic methanogens, the most sensitive microorganisms groups involved in the anaerobic digestion process. The specific maximum consumption rate and saturation constant of acetate and propionate degraders were estimated through fitting the model to experimental data taken from continuous and batch experiments. A modified non-competitive inhibition function was used, and the inhibition constants were estimated using data from Batch experiments conducted at various concentrations of pharmaceuticals using enriched cultures with propionate and acetate degraders. It was found that propranolol hydrochloride was the most inhibitory pharmaceutical to both microorganisms groups. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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