An effective approach to improve ethanol productivity by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of rice straw

Fuel ethanol was produced using rice straw with the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) method. The influence of cellulose liquefaction pretreatment and Fe²⁺ quantity on ethanol productivity was investigated in detail. At the same time, the optimized conditions including fermentation temperature, Fe²⁺ amount, yeast inoculation quantity, and the inoculated cellulose enzyme dosage in the SSF process were systematically investigated by analyzing fuel ethanol yield. The result indicated that fuel ethanol yield was 0.319 g per gram rice straw by SSF approach when appropriate amount of Fe²⁺ was added into the reaction system. The optimal technology parameters were: fermenting temperature of 36°C, Fe²⁺ amount of 4 mg · g^?1, inoculating proportion of 20%, cellulose enzyme of 20 IU · g^?1, and Pachysolen tannophilu/saecharomyces cerevisiae of 1:2 ratio. The ethanol yield under the best conditions was larger than that of the control group. We hope that this research can facilitate to achieve large-scale comprehensive utilization for rice straw.     

产氢反应器内两种发酵类型细菌的种群结构与发酵特征

通过改变CSTR系统内pH值,启动发酵类型由乙醇型向丁酸型转化,研究了转化前后系统内产氢动态和细菌群落变迁.结果表明,在有机负荷不变的情况下,启动发酵类型转化15d后,系统内种群由乙醇型转化为丁酸型,消耗碱度量由350mg.L-1增至1720mg.L-1,平均比产氢速率由21.2mol.kg-.1d-1降低至11.1mol.kg-.1d-1.荧光原位杂交技术(FISH)对反应系统内3类微生物群的监测结果表明,未启动转化时,肠杆菌、梭菌Ⅰ、Ⅱ和梭菌Ⅺ的相对丰度分别为22%、48%和30%,转化结束后,3类细菌的相对丰度为19%、24%和55%.     

Microbial community structure and dynamics of starch-fed and glucose-fed chemostats during two years of continuous operation

The microbial community structures of two mesophilic anaerobic chemostats, one fed with glucose, the other with starch as sole carbon sources, were studied at various dilution rates (0.05–0.25 d^–1 for glucose and 0.025–0.1 d^–1 for starch) during two years continuous operation. In the glucose-fed chemostat, the aceticlastic methanogen Methanosaeta spp. and hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanoculleus spp. predominated at low dilution rates, whereas Methanosaeta spp. and the hydrogenotrophic Methanobacterium spp. predominated together when dilution rates were greater than 0.1 d^–1. Bacteria affiliated with the phyla Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, and Actinobacteria predominated at dilution rates of 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 d^–1, respectively, while Firmicutes predominated at higher dilution rates (0.2 and 0.25 d^–1). In the starch-fed chemostat, the aceticlastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens coexisted at all dilution rates. Although bacteria belonging to only two phyla were mainly responsible for starch degradation (Spirochaetes at the dilution rate of 0.08 d^–1 and Firmicutes at other dilution rates), different bacterial genera were identified at different dilution rates. With the exception of Archaea in the glucose-fed chemostat, the band patterns revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of the microbial communities in the two chemostats displayed marked changes during long-term operation at a constant dilution rate. The bacterial community changed with changes in the dilution rate, and was erratic during longterm operation in both glucose-fed and starch-fed chemostats.     

外源葡萄糖对麦秸厌氧发酵产沼气的影响

为进一步阐释混合厌氧发酵的内在机制,在中温(35±1)℃条件下,以麦秸为原料,以葡萄糖为外源易分解有机碳,采用批式发酵方式,进行了葡萄糖不同添加量和不同添加方式对秸秆厌氧发酵产沼气影响试验。结果表明,在试验初始添加葡萄糖可提高日产气量,但葡萄糖添加量太少对提高秸秆总固体(TS)产气量无促进作用,当葡萄糖添加量为秸秆TS质量的6%时获得最大秸秆TS产气量,为303.13 m L·g-1,继续增加葡萄糖添加量,秸秆TS产气量反而降低;在秸秆厌氧发酵日产气量下降阶段一次性或者分次添加葡萄糖对促进秸秆厌氧发酵产沼气均无效果,仅在试验初始一次性添加秸秆TS质量6%的葡萄糖时对秸秆厌氧发酵产沼气有促进作用,秸秆TS产气量较对照提高9.24%;添加葡萄糖对秸秆厌氧发酵过程产气中甲烷含量无明显影响,但提高累积产气中甲烷平均含量,且在日产气量下降后添加葡萄糖的效果更好,但这种促进效果与对照间差异并不显著。综合以上结果,在试验初始一次性添加秸秆TS质量6%的葡萄糖可以获得最佳的产气效果。     

城市生活垃圾有机组分厌氧发酵产氢和甲烷

为了提高能源回收效率,采用大米、土豆、生菜、瘦肉、花生油和榕树叶作为实验原料,模拟有机垃圾中普遍存在的淀粉、膳食纤维、蛋白质、脂肪和木质纤维类成分,进行厌氧发酵产氢以及对其剩余物厌氧发酵产甲烷.结果表明.在厌氧发酵产氢阶段,整个过程没有甲烷生成,大米、土豆、生菜、瘦肉、花生油和榕树叶的氢气产率分别为125、103、35、0、5和0 mL g-1(VS),能源回收效率分别为7.9%、6.8%、1.9%、0、0.1%和0.大米、土豆和生菜的氢气浓度分别为34%～59%、41%～56%和37%～70%,整个产氢阶段没有甲烷生成.在厌氧发酵产甲烷阶段,上述原料的甲烷产率分别为232、237、148、278、866和50 mL g-1(VS),生物气中甲烷含量分别为42%～70%、57%～71%、73%～77%、59%～73%、68%～80%和54%～74%.厌氧发酵联产氢气和甲烷整个过程上述原料的能源回收效率分别为56.3%、58.4%、28.8%、39.2%、81.2%和8.8%,总COD去除率分别为72.30%、81.70%、32.63%、47.59%、97.46%和11.29%.图4表5参35     

温度和溶菌酶敏感菌株的L-谷氨酸合成

用温度敏感型菌株发酵生产L-谷氨酸不存在生物素亚适量问题,因此该方法在国际上被广泛使用.通常采用对出发菌株进行传统诱变的方法获得温度敏感型菌株.以谷氨酸棒杆菌CICC 10226为出发菌株,先克隆其ItsA基因,然后通过基因敲除的方法构建了突变菌株Corynebacterium glutamicum WT ΔL,该菌株同时具有温度敏感性和溶菌酶敏感性.经透射式电子显微镜观察发现,于38℃培养的突变株细胞与在30℃培养的同一种细胞相比,细胞明显增大,而出发菌株无该现象.发酵试验表明,在生物素过量的情况下,在发酵进入细胞产酸期后通过将发酵温度从原来的30℃提高到38℃,温度敏感突变株的产酸量增加近5倍.如果在发酵培养基巾添加适量的琥珀酸和乙酸,该菌株与不添加的在30℃培养的对照相比,产酸量增加近6.5倍.对于野生型出发菌株而言,在生物素过量的情况下,无论是否采用变温发酵方法都几乎不产酸.说明温度敏感突变株即使在生物素过量的情况下也能通过变温发酵诱导其合成并分泌产生L-谷氨酸.图10表1参13     

High-solid anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: achievements and perspectives

• High-solid anaerobic digestion (HS-AD) of sewage sludge (SS) is overviewed. • Factors affecting process stability and performance in HS-AD of SS are revealed. • HS effect and knowledge gaps of current research on the HS-AD of SS are identified. • Future efforts on addressing knowledge gaps and improving HS-AD of SS are proposed. High-solid anaerobic digestion (HS-AD) has been applied extensively during the last few decades for treating various organic wastes, such as agricultural wastes, organic fractions of municipal solid wastes, and kitchen wastes. However, the application of HS-AD to the processing of sewage sludge (SS) remains limited, which is largely attributable to its poor process stability and performance. Extensive research has been conducted to attempt to surmount these limitations. In this review, the main factors affecting process stability and performance in the HS-AD of SS are comprehensively reviewed, and the improved methods in current use, such as HS sludge pre-treatment and anaerobic co-digestion with other organic wastes, are summarised. Besides, this paper also discusses the characteristics of substance transformation in the HS-AD of SS with and without thermal pre-treatment. Research has shown that the HS effect is due to the presence of high concentrations of substances that may inhibit the function of anaerobic microorganisms, and that it also results in poor mass transfer, a low diffusion coefficient, and high viscosity. Finally, knowledge gaps in the current research on HS-AD of SS are identified. Based on these, it proposes that future efforts should be devoted to standardising the definition of HS sludge, revealing the law of migration and transformation of pollutants, describing the metabolic pathways by which specific substances are degraded, and establishing accurate mathematical models. Moreover, developing green sludge dewatering agents, obtaining high value-added products, and revealing effects of the above two on HS-AD of SS can also be considered in future.     

餐厨垃圾生物发酵液对黄土丘陵区土壤质量的影响试验

黄土广泛分布于我国西北地区,因气候干旱和暴雨侵蚀等因素,土壤养分贫瘠、微生物量稀缺且盐碱化严重,限制了土壤生态承载力,是区域土地荒漠化主要成因之一.餐厨垃圾发酵产生的生物发酵液含有大量的有机酸和氮、磷等营养元素,并且可工业化生产和配施,有望成为一种针对黄土特性的土壤调理剂.以我国黄土高原代表性的甘肃兰州地区黄土为研究对象,采集不同发酵液配施后的黄土进行理化性质和微生物分析,发现施用发酵液后,黄土中全氮、有效磷、速效钾和有机质含量分别提升363%、577%、308%和204%;结合白茎盐生草和苜蓿等植被种植后,土壤综合肥力进一步提升,土壤全盐含量年均分别下降2.3 g·kg^-1和1.2 g·kg^-1;黄土的结构得到改善;发酵液能够促进部分微生物生长,细菌和古菌生物量提升了22倍,真菌生物量提升了8.3倍,有利于进一步形成植物-微生物共生体系.餐厨垃圾生物发酵液结合耐盐碱植物种植,能够有效提升黄土地区生态环境质量.     

Effect of the addition of organic carbon sources on nitrous oxide emission in anaerobic-aerobic (low dissolved oxygen) sequencing batch reactors

The effect of additional organic carbon sources on the production of nitrous oxide (N₂O) in anaerobic-aerobic (low dissolved oxygen) real wastewater treatment system was investigated. In this paper, three laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) (SBR-1, SBR-2 and SBR-3) were operating under an anaerobic-aerobic (low dissolved oxygen, 0.15–0.45 mg·L^-1) configuration. The SBRs were ‘long-term cultured’ respectively with a single municipal wastewater sample, sodium acetate, and a waste-activated sludge alkaline fermentation liquid as the additional carbon sources of real wastewater. Off-gas analysis showed that N₂O was emitted into the atmosphere during the aerobic (low dissolved oxygen) period in the three SBRs, and the order of N₂O emission rate was SBR-2>SBR-1>SBR-3. It was observed that the higher poly-β-hydroxyvalerate fraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates, the lower glycogen transformation and less nitrite accumulation was in SBR-3, while the opposite behavior was observed in SBR-2. Further research indicated that the interaction of the factors above potentially affected the N₂O emission in the anaerobic-aerobic (low dissolved oxygen) system.     

富磷污泥厌氧发酵过程中乙酸浓度对磷释放的影响

以强化生物除磷(EBPR)污泥为研究对象,考察了不同初始乙酸浓度条件下富磷污泥厌氧发酵过程中磷及相关指标的变化,并探讨释磷机制.结果表明:初始乙酸浓度对污泥最大释磷量影响不大,(73.1±2.2)%的污泥总磷量(TP)以磷酸盐的形式释放到液相中,其主要来自聚磷的分解.聚磷的分解途径包括:1)聚磷菌(PAOs)通过吸收乙酸贮存聚β-羟基烷酸酯(PHA)的厌氧生物释磷机制释放磷酸盐;2)PAOs的维持作用导致的聚磷直接分解过程.当初始乙酸浓度不充足时,生物释磷过程受限制,聚磷以相对较慢的速率直接分解;随着乙酸浓度的增大,生物释磷速率增快,同时随之增加的PHA含量能促进污泥的水解酸化.上清液中PO43--P和Mg2+浓度在达到最大值后出现了下降的现象,其可能形成鸟粪石等沉淀.根据试验数据,本文提出了从富磷污泥中回收磷的策略,即可在厌氧消化开始前向污泥中投加一定量碳源,并在发酵24h内分离上清液进行磷回收,这样不仅可以快速大量地从上清液中回收磷并减少沉淀引起的管道堵塞等问题,还可消除高浓度磷酸盐对厌氧消化的影响.