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Role of extracellular polymeric substances in methane production from waste activated sludge induced by conductive materials

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 853, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158510

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Anaerobic digestion; Waste activated sludge; Direct interspecies electron transfer; Extracellular polymeric substances; Conductive materials

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52270139, 52000147]
  2. Young Talent Promotion Program of Xi'an [095920211328]
  3. Key R&D Project of Shaanxi Province of China [2022SF-466]

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Conductive materials affect the extra-cellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in anaerobic digestion, leading to an increase or decrease in methane production and changes in the content, composition, and characteristics of EPSs. There is a positive correlation between the maximal methane production potential (Pmax) and the ratio of proteins to polysaccharides (PN/PS) in EPSs, as well as fluorescent substances. EPSs are also related to microbial communities in anaerobic digestion.
Conductive materials have been widely used to establish direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) for enhancing methane production potential from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS). However, the roles of extra -cellular polymeric substances (EPSs) affected by conductive materials on anaerobic digestion have been rarely reported. This study selected four widely used conductive materials, i.e., granular active carbon (GAC), biochar (BC), zero-valent iron (ZVI), and magnetite (Mag), to reveal the roles of EPSs. Results showed that methane production potentials were increased by BC, ZVI and Mag compared to that of control, with increase ratios of 13.4%, 22.2 %, and 12.2 %, while a decrease was observed by GAC. The contents, components and characteristics of EPSs were all affected by conductive materials. The contents of EPSs were increased by ZVI and Mag, while they were decreased by BC and GAC. The ratios between proteins and polysaccharides (PN/PS) in loosely bound EPSs (LB-EPSs) were reduced in all groups, while they were similar in tightly bound EPSs (TB-EPSs) of ZVI and Mag groups. In addition, the cytochrome C and redox properties were remarkably promoted in suspension rather than in LB-and TB-EPSs. It was found that the correlation relationships between the maximal methane production potential (Pmax) and PN/PS in EPSs were positive, as well as fluorescent substances, especially tyrosine-like and tryptophan-like substances, with R2 of 0.96 and 0.98. Furthermore, the correlation relationships also existed between EPSs and microbial communities. Clostridium and Methanobacterium, potential DIET partners, presented significant positive correlation relationships (P < 0.05) with Pmax, PN/PS and fluorescent substances in EPSs. The findings may provide some new insights for mechanism inves-tigation of anaerobic digestion induced by conductive materials.

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