Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages 232-240Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.046
Keywords
Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion; Municipal wastewater sludge; Grease waste; Microbial dynamics; Reactor performance
Funding
- EPCOR Water Services Inc.
- CRD grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [CRDPJ 401343 - 10]
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Linkage between reactor performance and microbial community dynamics was investigated during mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of restaurant grease waste (GTW) with municipal wastewater sludge (MWS) using 10 L completely mixed reactors and a 20 day SRT. Test reactors received a mixture of GTW and MWS while control reactors received only MWS. Addition of GTW to the test reactors enhanced the biogas production and methane yield by up to 65% and 120%, respectively. Pyrosequencing revealed that Methanosaeta and Methanomicrobium were the dominant acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogen genera, respectively, during stable reactor operation. The number of Methanosarcina and Methanomicrobium sequences increased and that of Methanosaeta declined when the proportion of GTW in the feed was increased to cause an overload condition. Under this overload condition, the pH, alkalinity and methane production decreased and VFA concentrations increased dramatically. Candidatus cloacamonas, affiliated within phylum Spirochaetes, were the dominant bacterial genus at all reactor loadings. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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