Indexed by:Journal Article

Date of Publication:2016-10-01

Journal:BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Included Journals:Scopus、PubMed、EI、SCIE

Volume:218

Page Number:505-511

ISSN:0960-8524

Key Words:Anaerobic digestion; Bioelectrochemical system; Hydrogenotrophic methanogens; Short HRT

Abstract:Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important energy strategy for converting organic waste to CH4. A major factor limiting the practical applicability of AD is the relatively long hydraulic retention time (HRT) which declines the treatment efficiency of digesters. A coupling process of anaerobic digestion and 'electrome thanogenesis' was proposed to enhance anaerobic digestion at a short HRT in this study. Microorganisms analysis indicated that the electric-biological reactor enriched hydrogenotrophic methanogens in both cathodic biofilm and suspended sludge, helping achieve the high organic removal (71.0% vs 42.3% [control reactor]) and CH4 production (248.5 mL/h vs 51.3 mL/h), while the additional electric input was only accounted for 25.6% of the energy income from the increased CH4 production. This study demonstrated that a bioelectrochemical enhanced anaerobic reactor could improve the CH4 production and organic removal at a short HRT, providing an economically feasible scheme to treat wastewater. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.