Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 123, Issue -, Pages 439-444Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.001
Keywords
Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy; Anaerobic co-digestion (AD); Cattle dung (CD); Duck manure (DM); Fluorescence intensity ratio
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51078340, 50878201]
- research project of organic wastes treatment in rural area using novel technology and equipment [2012BAJ21B02]
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In this study, the removal of volatile solids (VSs) and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) by co-digesting cattle dung (CD) and duck manure (DM) was determined and compared with the reduction achieved with CD or DM digestion alone. Moreover, fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy was utilised to characterise the conversion mechanisms of organic nitrogen. It was found that the co-digestion provided 71% VS reduction compared with 58% for CD and 61% for DM. The amounts of COD removed were 28%, 23% and 31% for CD, DM and the mixture, respectively. Tyrosine-like/fulvic-like fluorescence intensity (FI) ratios increased during the initial 15 days of co-digestion and were associated with an increase in total nitrogen in the supernatant. After 15 days, CD and DM exhibited a lower tryptophan-like/fulvic-like FI ratio (0.8-1.6), whereas the co-digestion remained stable at a high level (3.0-3.6), rendering an improved microbial population and biochemical activity. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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