A system using a two-phase anaerobic configuration (mesophilic/thermophilic) was tested by feeding waste activated sludge (WAS). The first acidogenic stage presented a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3 days, while the second methanogenic stage had an HRT of 10 days. Both raw and ultrasonically pretreated WAS samples were utilized for the experiment. Previous Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) observations, revealed that in the thermophilic phase, the acetoclastic methanogenesis was likely replaced by a nonacetoclastic pathway, namely, syntrophic acetate oxidation (SAO). A modified version of Anaerobic Digestion Model n°1 (ADM1), accounting for the SAO pathway, was implemented and calibrated. The proposed model addressed the relationship between the hydrogen concentration and Gibbs free energy and showed the thermodynamic feasibility of the SAO pathway, while simultaneously highlighting the role played by hydrogenotrophic methanogens in maintaining a sufficiently low hydrogen partial pressure so that the SAO was energetically feasible. The estimated energy loss was estimated to be approximately 20% due to the switch of the microbial pathway from acetoclastic methanogenesis to SAO.

Syntrophic acetate oxidation during the two-phase anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: Microbial population, Gibbs free energy and kinetic modelling / Montecchio, Daniele; Esposito, Giovanni; Gagliano, Maria Cristina; Gallipoli, Agata; Gianico, Andrea; Braguglia, Camilla M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION. - ISSN 0964-8305. - 125:(2017), pp. 177-188. [10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.09.017]

Syntrophic acetate oxidation during the two-phase anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: Microbial population, Gibbs free energy and kinetic modelling

Esposito, Giovanni;
2017

Abstract

A system using a two-phase anaerobic configuration (mesophilic/thermophilic) was tested by feeding waste activated sludge (WAS). The first acidogenic stage presented a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3 days, while the second methanogenic stage had an HRT of 10 days. Both raw and ultrasonically pretreated WAS samples were utilized for the experiment. Previous Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) observations, revealed that in the thermophilic phase, the acetoclastic methanogenesis was likely replaced by a nonacetoclastic pathway, namely, syntrophic acetate oxidation (SAO). A modified version of Anaerobic Digestion Model n°1 (ADM1), accounting for the SAO pathway, was implemented and calibrated. The proposed model addressed the relationship between the hydrogen concentration and Gibbs free energy and showed the thermodynamic feasibility of the SAO pathway, while simultaneously highlighting the role played by hydrogenotrophic methanogens in maintaining a sufficiently low hydrogen partial pressure so that the SAO was energetically feasible. The estimated energy loss was estimated to be approximately 20% due to the switch of the microbial pathway from acetoclastic methanogenesis to SAO.
2017
Syntrophic acetate oxidation during the two-phase anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: Microbial population, Gibbs free energy and kinetic modelling / Montecchio, Daniele; Esposito, Giovanni; Gagliano, Maria Cristina; Gallipoli, Agata; Gianico, Andrea; Braguglia, Camilla M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION. - ISSN 0964-8305. - 125:(2017), pp. 177-188. [10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.09.017]
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