Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7069166 | Bioresource Technology | 2018 | 35 Pages |
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of ethanol prefermentation (EP) on methane fermentation. Yeast was added to the substrate for EP in the sequencing batch methane fermentation of food waste. An Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing system was used to analyze changes in the microbial community. Methane production in the EP group (254Â mL/g VS) was higher than in the control group (35Â mL/g VS) because EP not only increased the buffering capacity of the system, but also increased hydrolytic acidification. More carbon source was converted to ethanol in the EP group than in the control group, and neutral ethanol could be converted continuously to acetic acid, which promoted the growth of Methanobacterium and Methanosarcina. As a result, the relative abundance of methane-producing bacteria was significantly higher than that of the control group. Kinetic modeling indicated that the EP group had a higher hydrolysis efficiency and shorter lag phase.
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Authors
Miao Yu, Chuanfu Wu, Qunhui Wang, Xiaohong Sun, Yuanyuan Ren, Yu-You Li,