Influence of operating conditions for volatile fatty acids enrichment as a first step for polyhydroxyalkanoate production on a municipal waste water treatment plant

被引:21
作者
Pittmann, Timo [1 ]
Steinmetz, Heidrun [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Sanit Engn Water Qual & Solid Waste Manageme, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
关键词
Acidification; Biopolymer; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Primary sludge; Volatile fatty acids; GLYCOGEN ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SUGAR-CANE MOLASSES; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) PRODUCTION; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE PRODUCTION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; RETENTION TIME; PHA PRODUCTION; SLUDGE; FERMENTATION; CULTURES;
D O I
10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.148
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
This work describes the generation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) as the first step of the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production cycle. Therefore four different substrates from a municipal waste water treatment plant (WWTP) were investigated regarding high VFA production and stable VFA composition. Due to its highest VFA yield primary sludge was used as substrate to test a series of operating conditions (temperature, pH, retention time (RT) and withdrawal (WD)) in order to find suitable conditions for a stable VFA production. The results demonstrated that although the substrate primary sludge differs in its consistence a stable composition of VFA could be achieved. Experiments with a semi-continuous reactor operation showed that a short RT of 4 d and a small WD of 25% at pH = 6 and around 30 degrees C is preferable for high VFA mass flow (MF = 1913 mg(VFA)/(L d)) and a stable VFA composition. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:270 / 276
页数:7
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