Carbon-to-nitrogen and substrate-to-inoculum ratio adjustments can improve co-digestion performance of microalgal biomass obtained from domestic wastewater treatment

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2019-02-23

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Calicioglu, Ozgul
Demirer, Göksel Niyazi

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This study comparatively evaluated the effect of co-substrates on anaerobic digestion (AD) and biochemical methane potential of wastewater-derived microalgal biomass, with an emphasis on carbon-to-nitrogen (C:N) and substrate-to-inoculum (S:I) ratios. A semi-continuous photobioreactor was inoculated with Chlorella vulgaris and the nutrient recovery potential was investigated. Derived microalgal slurry was subjected to AD in the absence and presence of co-substrates; model kitchen waste (MKW) and waste activated sludge (WAS). The results revealed that up to 99.6% of nitrogen and 91.2% of phosphorus could be removed from municipal wastewater using C. vulgaris. Biomethane yields were improved by co-digestion with both MKW and WAS. The maximum biomethane yield was observed as 523 +/- 25.6 ml CH4 g VSadded-1, by microalgal biomass and MKW co-digestion in 50:50 ratio, at an initial chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration of 14.0 +/- 0.1 g l(-1), C:N ratio of 22.0, and S:I ratio of 2.2. The observed biomethane yield was 80.7% higher than that of the mono-digestion. The highest improvement achieved by 50:50 co-digestion of microalgal biomass and WAS was 15.5%, with biomethane yield of 272 +/- 11.3 ml CH4 g VSadded-1 at an initial COD concentration of 14.0 +/- 0.1 g l(-1), C:N ratio of 13.0, and S:I of 2.3.

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Waste Management and Disposal, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, General Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57355

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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2017.1398784

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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O. Calicioglu and G. N. Demirer, “Carbon-to-nitrogen and substrate-to-inoculum ratio adjustments can improve co-digestion performance of microalgal biomass obtained from domestic wastewater treatment,” ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, pp. 614–624, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57355.