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WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION
卷 12, 期 12, 页码 6861-6873出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-021-01480-4
关键词
Volatile fatty acids; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Acidogenic fermentation; Oil cake
资金
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness: HIPATIA: Towards the implementation of the concept of biorefinery and energy self-sustainability in a urban wastewater treatment plant [CTQ2017-82404-R]
Acidogenic fermentation of wastes produces VFA-rich streams that can be used for PHA production. Heat-shock conditioning of inoculum proved to be more efficient for methanogens inhibition. The Winterization oil cake samples showed high propionic acid content, leading to significant PHA production without the need for additional carbon sources.
Acidogenic fermentation of wastes produces volatile fatty acid (VFA)-rich streams that can be used as low-cost carbon sources for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production. In this study, an inoculum collected from an anaerobic reactor of a municipal WWTP was conditioned to suppress methanogenic activity. The heat-shock conditioning method of the inoculum proved to be more efficient than acid and alkaline conditioning methods for methanogens inhibition. Then, the pre-conditioned inoculum was used to determine the acidogenic potential of different wastes: three waste activated sludge (WAS) samples generated at different sludge retention times (SRTs, 2, 7 and 14 days), olive mill wastewater (OMW), glycerol, apple pomace (AP) and winterization oil cake (WOC). Batch tests were performed in quintuplicate at 37 degrees C and pH 7. A higher degree of acidification was observed for high-rate activated sludge (2 days of SRT) (69%), followed by olive mill wastewater (OMW) (43%), while the lowest was for glycerol (16%). The results for the winterization oil cake (WOC) samples interestingly elucidated a high content of propionic acid with a high odd-to-even ratio (0.86) after fermentation. Feeding the VFA profile obtained from WOC into a PHA production system led to a significant production of 0.64 g PHA g(-1) C with 30% polyhydrobutyrate (PHB) to 69% polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV) as monomeric units of HB-co-HV, decoupling the need for a related carbon source for co-polymer production. [GRAPHICS] .
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