Sepehr Shakeri Yekta1,2, Tong Liu3,4, Thuane Mendes Anacleto5, Mette Axelsson Bjerg6,3, Luka Šafarič6,3, Xavier Goux7, Anna Karlsson3,8, Annika Björn6,3, Anna Schnürer3,4. 1. Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. sepehr.shakeri.yekta@liu.se. 2. Biogas Research Center, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. sepehr.shakeri.yekta@liu.se. 3. Biogas Research Center, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. 4. Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden. 5. Post Graduate Program in Plant Biotechnology and Bioprocesses, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Brazil. 6. Department of Thematic Studies-Environmental Change, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. 7. Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg. 8. Scandinavian Biogas Fuels AB, 11160, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Slow degradation kinetics of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) and their accumulation in anaerobic digesters disrupt methanogenic activity and biogas production at high loads of waste lipids. In this study, we evaluated the effect of effluent solids recirculation on microbial LCFA (oleate) degradation capacity in continuous stirred-tank sludge digesters, with the overall aim of providing operating conditions for efficient co-digestion of waste lipids. Furthermore, the impacts of LCFA feeding frequency and sulfide on process performance and microbial community dynamics were investigated, as parameters that were previously shown to be influential on LCFA conversion to biogas. RESULTS: Effluent solids recirculation to municipal sludge digesters enabled biogas production of up to 78% of the theoretical potential from 1.0 g oleate l-1 day-1. In digesters without effluent recirculation, comparable conversion efficiency could only be reached at oleate loading rates up to 0.5 g l-1 day-1. Pulse feeding of oleate (supplementation of 2.0 g oleate l-1 every second day instead of 1.0 g oleate l-1 every day) did not have a substantial impact on the degree of oleate conversion to biogas in the digesters that operated with effluent recirculation, while it marginally enhanced oleate conversion to biogas in the digesters without effluent recirculation. Next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons of bacteria and archaea revealed that pulse feeding resulted in prevalence of fatty acid-degrading Smithella when effluent recirculation was applied, whereas Candidatus Cloacimonas prevailed after pulse feeding of oleate in the digesters without effluent recirculation. Combined oleate pulse feeding and elevated sulfide level contributed to increased relative abundance of LCFA-degrading Syntrophomonas and enhanced conversion efficiency of oleate, but only in the digesters without effluent recirculation. CONCLUSIONS: Effluent solids recirculation improves microbial LCFA degradation capacity, providing possibilities for co-digestion of larger amounts of waste lipids with municipal sludge.
BACKGROUND: Slow degradation kinetics of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) and their accumulation in anaerobic digesters disrupt methanogenic activity and biogas production at high loads of waste lipids. In this study, we evaluated the effect of effluent solids recirculation on microbial LCFA (oleate) degradation capacity in continuous stirred-tank sludge digesters, with the overall aim of providing operating conditions for efficient co-digestion of waste lipids. Furthermore, the impacts of LCFA feeding frequency and sulfide on process performance and microbial community dynamics were investigated, as parameters that were previously shown to be influential on LCFA conversion to biogas. RESULTS: Effluent solids recirculation to municipal sludge digesters enabled biogas production of up to 78% of the theoretical potential from 1.0 g oleate l-1 day-1. In digesters without effluent recirculation, comparable conversion efficiency could only be reached at oleate loading rates up to 0.5 g l-1 day-1. Pulse feeding of oleate (supplementation of 2.0 g oleate l-1 every second day instead of 1.0 g oleate l-1 every day) did not have a substantial impact on the degree of oleate conversion to biogas in the digesters that operated with effluent recirculation, while it marginally enhanced oleate conversion to biogas in the digesters without effluent recirculation. Next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons of bacteria and archaea revealed that pulse feeding resulted in prevalence of fatty acid-degrading Smithella when effluent recirculation was applied, whereas Candidatus Cloacimonas prevailed after pulse feeding of oleate in the digesters without effluent recirculation. Combined oleate pulse feeding and elevated sulfide level contributed to increased relative abundance of LCFA-degrading Syntrophomonas and enhanced conversion efficiency of oleate, but only in the digesters without effluent recirculation. CONCLUSIONS: Effluent solids recirculation improves microbial LCFA degradation capacity, providing possibilities for co-digestion of larger amounts of waste lipids with municipal sludge.
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