An experimental study on fermentative H2 production from food waste as affected by pH

被引：64

作者：

Cappai, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

De Gioannis, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Friargiu, M. ^{[1
]}

Massi, E. ^{[3
]}

Muntoni, A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Polettini, A. ^{[3
]}

Pomi, R. ^{[3
]}

Spiga, D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cagliari, DICAAR Dept Civil & Environm Engn & Architecture, Cagliari, Italy

[2] IGAG CNR Environm Geol & Geoengn Inst Natl Res Co, Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Rome, Italy

来源：

WASTE MANAGEMENT | 2014年 / 34卷 / 08期

关键词：

Biological hydrogen production; Food waste; pH; Substrate concentration; Inoculum; BIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID-WASTES; BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION; DARK FERMENTATION; MIXED CULTURES; ORGANIC FRACTION; THERMOPHILIC ACIDOGENESIS; SEWAGE-SLUDGE; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.wasman.2014.04.014

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Batch dark fermentation experiments were performed on food waste and mixtures of food waste and wastewater activated sludge to evaluate the influence of pH on biological H-2 production and compare the process performance with and without inoculum addition. The effect of a preliminary thermal shock treatment of the inoculum was also investigated as a means to harvest the hydrogenogenic biomass. The best performance in terms of both H-2 generation potential and process kinetics was observed at pH = 6.5 under all experimental conditions (no inoculum, and untreated or thermally treated inoculum added). H-2 production from food waste was found to be feasible even without inoculum addition, although thermal pre-treatment of the inoculum notably increased the maximum production and reduced the lag phase duration. The analysis of the fermentation products indicated that the biological hydrogen production could be mainly ascribed to a mixed acetate/butyrate-type fermentation. However, the presence of additional metabolites in the digestate, including propionate and ethanol, also indicated that other metabolic pathways were active during the process, reducing substrate conversion into hydrogen. The plateau in H-2 generation was found to mirror the condition at which soluble carbohydrates were depleted. Beyond this condition, homoacetogenesis probably started to play a role in the degradation process. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1510 / 1519

页数：10

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