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Title: Anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and fish waste: Methane production performance and mechanism analysis
First author: Wu, Yuqi; Song, Kang
Journal: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Years: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123678
Abstract: The performances of anaerobic co-digestion (AcD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) and fish waste (FW) were studied through mesophilic biochemical methane potential test. Mixtures of various compositions (0, 1.5, 3, 6 and 10% of FW on the volume basis) were tested as the AcD substrates. Experimental results showed that 1.5% and 3% of FW addition could enhance the cumulative methane production remarkably, increasing from 212.3 mL CH4/g VSfed (100% WAS) to 410.1 mL CH4/g VSfed and 683.8 mL CH4/g VSfed, respectively. However, methane producing was inhibited severely with more than 6% of FW addition, whose cumulative methane production dramatically decreased to approximately 51 mL CH4/g VSfed. Mechanism analysis showed that large amounts of fatty acids accumulation occurred during the AcD with FW addition above 6%, leading to methanogenesis process failure. Microbial community analysis showed that methane producing during AcD was dominated by hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogenesis pathways led by Methanobacterium and Methanomassiliicoccus. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.