玉米秸秆干式厌氧发酵乙酸产生规律及其对发酵的影响

为解决玉米秸秆干式厌氧发酵系统因乙酸积累而致发酵失败、工程运行不稳定等问题,利用气相色谱仪对玉米秸秆干式厌氧发酵过程中w(乙酸)和w(CH₄)进行检测,结合相关性分析和回归分析等方法,研究了乙酸动态产生趋势、w(TS)(TS为总固体)与w(乙酸)的相关性,以及w(乙酸)对CH₄产生的作用机制. 结果表明:发酵过程中w(乙酸)先增后降,w(TS)由20%增至30%,w(乙酸)增加的持续时间由5 d延至15 d. Pearson相关性分析结果表明,w(TS)与w(乙酸) 呈极显著负相关(R<-0.979,P<0.01). 一元线性回归分析得到拟合方程y=-1 214.8w(TS)+668.2,由斜率(-1 214.8)可知,w(TS)对产乙酸过程具有较明显的抑制作用. 玉米秸秆干式厌氧发酵系统内w(乙酸)为160~451 mg/g,随着w(乙酸)的增加,底物CH₄产率经历上升、稳定、下降后再稳定和下降4个阶段,其中w(乙酸)为212~312 mg/g时,底物CH₄产率(大于120 m3/t,以秸秆干质量计)最大,其次为w(乙酸)在>312~410 mg/g时的80~120 m3/t.      

投碱种类和氨吹脱对污泥碱性发酵产酸的影响

采用完全混合式厌氧反应器,比较了NaOH和Ca(OH)2 2种碱试剂对污泥厌氧发酵产酸的作用效果,结合氨吹脱作用考察了NH4+浓度的降低对各有机物水解酸化程度的影响.结果表明在pH值为10的条件下,以NaOH调节的体系中各种有机物尤其是挥发性脂肪酸(VFAs)的量明显高于以Ca(OH)2调节的体系.Ca(OH)2调节的体系中释放出的蛋白质有部分沉淀,磷酸盐含量也较低,小于40mg/L;氨吹脱的体系发酵液中氨氮含量减少了43%,增大了VFAs的积累量;在NaOH和氨吹脱的组合条件下,污泥水解酸化程度最好,SCOD为6732mg/L,蛋白质为2029mg/L,碳水化合物374mg/L,VFAs总量2545mg/L,且氨氮含量低于200mg/L;分析认为氨吹脱作用增大VFAs积累量的原因主要是NH4+浓度的减小,促进了产酸菌对于碳水化合物的发酵.     

固定化酵母重复发酵性能调控

以2.5%海藻酸钠(w/v)、2%氯化钙(w/v)、2%菌体添加量(w/v,细胞干重)包埋固定酿酒酵母,通过增殖活化和批次短周期发酵对固定化粒子的发酵性能进行调控,减缓循环发酵中固定化粒子发酵性能的退化,同时利用扫描电镜(SEM)对固定化粒子的结构和酵母细胞分布情况进行表征.结果表明:调控后,固定化粒子在葡萄糖浓度为80g/L,pH 4.0,35℃的条件下发酵,发酵性能得到明显改善.调控前,连续3批次发酵,平均乙醇生产强度为0.33g/(L·h);调控后,批次发酵周期由72h缩短为24h,连续5批次发酵,平均乙醇生产强度提高至1.22g/(L·h).     

NaCl对餐厨垃圾厌氧发酵产VFA浓度及组分的影响

通过间歇实验研究了最适反应条件(pH值为6.0、温度为35℃)下NaCl含量对餐厨垃圾厌氧发酵产挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)的影响.考察了NaCl含量为0.0,3.0,6.0,9.0,12.0g/L下的有机酸浓度及组成情况.结果表明,NaCl对厌氧发酵液中VFA浓度影响显著,随NaCl含量提高VFA浓度呈下降趋势,当NaCl含量达到12.0g/L时,VFA浓度在第114h达到最大值4.14g/L,仅为未添加NaCl条件下的10.1%.发酵液中各组分变化经历丁酸积累、乙酸积累与乙酸消耗3个阶段,NaCl对厌氧发酵类型影响不显著,各批次发酵均为丁酸型发酵,仅当NaCl含量超过6.0g/L时丁酸积累阶段时间延长.     

类芽孢杆菌产絮凝多糖发酵条件优化及成分分析

为提高微生物絮凝多糖的产量,应用响应面方法对一株高效产絮菌株A9〔类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus sp.)〕发酵产絮凝多糖的影响因素进行分析. 结果表明:①根据P-B(Plackett-Burman)法确定,影响A9产絮凝多糖的显著因子为装瓶量、ρ(MgSO₄·7H₂O)和ρ(可溶性淀粉);②通过Box-Behnken试验设计及响应面分析,确定了优化的培养基组成与培养条件,在ρ(可溶性淀粉)为17g/L,ρ(酵母膏)为3.0g/L,ρ(K₂HPO₄)为6g/L,ρ(MgSO₄·7H₂O)为0.2g/L,ρ(NaCl)为0.10g/L,装瓶量为51mL(250mL锥形瓶),pH为8的优化条件下,絮凝多糖实际产量为2.49g/L,与理论预测值(2.50g/L)接近;③利用红外光谱法检测A9产絮凝多糖的特征基团分别为—OH、—COO-、—C—O—C—和—NHCOCH₃等极性基团;④结合A9对不同碳源利用的单因素试验结果,推测A9产絮凝多糖的主要成分分别为含有α-吡喃型糖苷键的甘露糖和葡萄糖、酸性多糖和乙酰氨基多糖等.      

辣椒秸秆不同部位化学组分及厌氧发酵产沼气潜力

以辣椒苏椒16号为试验材料,调查统计了辣椒生物量和产废系数,并在实验室条件下,研究了辣椒秸秆不同部位理化特性及厌氧发酵产沼气潜力,及各部位对辣椒整株的影响.结果表明：辣椒秸秆生物量高达21t/hm²,产废系数为0.36.辣椒秸秆各部位间理化特性及产沼气潜力具有显著性差异（P<0.05）,产沼气潜力大小顺序为：叶（185.2mL/gVS）>茎（104.2mL/gVS）>根（68.9mL/gVS）.各部位对辣椒整株的影响主要表现在纤维素和碳水化合物的相对含量对其产沼气的影响.且根据经验分子式推测的理论产沼气量,对辣椒秸秆厌氧发酵产沼气转化率进行了评估,各部位转化率均较低,其原因有待进一步研究.     

Characterization of value-added chemicals derived from the thermal hydrolysis and wet oxidation of sewage sludge

• Hydrothermal treatment can greatly improve resource recovery from sewage sludge. • tCOD removal during WO was ~55% compared with ~23% after TH. • TOC solubilization during hydrothermal treatment followed first-order kinetics. • Solids and carbon balance confirmed loss of organics during thermal hydrolysis. • Reaction pathways for thermal hydrolysis and wet oxidation are proposed. We evaluated the effect of hydrothermal pretreatments, i.e., thermal hydrolysis (TH) and wet oxidation (WO) on sewage sludge to promote resource recovery. The hydrothermal processes were performed under mild temperature conditions (140°C–180°C) in a high pressure reactor. The reaction in acidic environment (pH= 3.3) suppressed the formation of the color imparting undesirable Maillard’s compounds. The oxidative conditions resulted in higher volatile suspended solids (VSS) reduction (~90%) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal (~55%) whereas TH caused VSS and COD removals of ~65% and ~27%, respectively at a temperature of 180°C. During TH, the concentrations of carbohydrates and proteins in treated sludge were 400–1000 mg/L and 1500–2500 mg/L, respectively. Whereas, WO resulted in solids solubilization followed by oxidative degradation of organics into smaller molecular weight carboxylic acids such as acetic acid (~400–500 mg/L). Based on sludge transformation products generated during the hydrothermal pretreatments, simplified reaction pathways are predicted. Finally, the application of macromolecules (such as proteins), VFAs and nutrients present in the treated sludge are also discussed. The future study should focus on the development of economic recovery methods for various value-added compounds.     

Sludge fermentation liquid addition attained advanced nitrogen removal in low C/N ratio municipal wastewater through short-cut nitrification-denitrification and partial anammox

• Sludge fermentation liquid addition resulted in a high NAR of 97.4%. • Extra NH₄⁺-N from SFL was removed by anammox in anoxic phase. • Nitrogen removal efficiency of 92.51% was achieved in municipal wastewater. • The novel system could efficiently treat low COD/N municipal wastewater. Biological nitrogen removal of wastewater with low COD/N ratio could be enhanced by the addition of wasted sludge fermentation liquid (SFL), but the performance is usually limited by the introducing ammonium. In this study, the process of using SFL was successfully improved by involving anammox process. Real municipal wastewater with a low C/N ratio of 2.8–3.4 was treated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). The SBR was operated under anaerobic-aerobic-anoxic (AOA) mode and excess SFL was added into the anoxic phase. Stable short-cut nitrification was achieved after 46d and then anammox sludge was inoculated. In the stable period, effluent total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) was less than 4.3 mg/L with removal efficiency of 92.3%. Further analysis suggests that anammox bacteria, mainly affiliated with Candidatus_Kuenenia, successfully reduced the external ammonia from the SFL and contributed approximately 28%–43% to TIN removal. Overall, this study suggests anammox could be combined with SFL addition, resulting in a stable enhanced nitrogen biological removal.     

Enhanced nitrogen removal and microbial analysis in partially saturated constructed wetland for treating anaerobically digested swine wastewater

Anaerobically digested swine wastewater was treated by a novel constructed wetland. Tidal operation was better for total nitrogen removal than intermittent flow. Mechanism of nitrogen removal by biozeolite-based constructed wetland was discussed. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification were determined in zeolite layer. Nitrogen removal of wastewater containing high-strength ammonium by the constructed wetlands (CWs) has been paid much attention. In this study, the ability of a partially saturated CW to treat anaerobically-digested decentralized swine wastewater under varying operating parameters from summer to winter was investigated. The partially saturated CW achieved better NH₄⁺-N and TN removal by tidal flow than intermittent flow. With surface loading rates of 0.108, 0.027, and 0.029 kg/(m²·d) for COD, NH₄⁺-N, and TN, the partially saturated CW by tidal operation achieved corresponding removal efficiencies of 85.94%, 61.20%, and 57.41%, respectively, even at 10°C. When the rapid-adsorption of NH₄⁺-N and the bioregeneration of zeolites reached dynamically stable, the simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in the aerobic zeolite layer was observed and accounted for 58.82% of the total denitrification of CW. The results of Illumina high-throughput sequencing also indicated that nitrifiers (Nitrospira and Rhizomicrobium) and denitrifiers (Rhodanobacter and Thauera) simultaneously existed in the zeolite layer. The dominant existence of versatile organic degraders and nitrifiers/denitrifiers in the zeolite layer was related to the removal of most COD and nitrogen in this zone. The contribution of the possible nitrogen removal pathways in the CW was as follows: nitrification-denitrification (86.55%)>substrate adsorption (11.70%)>plant uptake (1.15%)>microbial assimilation (0.60%).     

Treatment of biologically treated effluents from baker's yeast industry by membrane and ozone technologies

This paper presents pilot‐scale membrane treatment results performed on biologically treated effluents from fermentation industry and ozone oxidation on concentrates from the same membrane treatment system. The results obtained from the ultrafiltration (UF) and/or the reverse osmosis (RO) systems indicate that membrane treatment are very effective for COD, Color, NH₃‐N and conductivity removal. Ozone oxidation of the membrane concentrates was tested to increase biodegradability of the wastes. The initial ratios of Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD₅) to Chemical oxygen demand (COD) were increased significantly by applying chemicaloxidation with O₃ and O₃ + H₂O₂.