ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE

The lignocellulosic residues accumulated in municipal sold waste and agro-residues represent potential organic fractions preferably to be treated by anaerobic digestion in an energy recycle and/or value-added-product-type solid waste disposal system. Hydrolysis and acidification are predominant rea...

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Main Authors: Qi, B., Aldrich, Chris, Lorenzen, L., Wolfaardt, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis Inc 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17974
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Aldrich, Chris
Lorenzen, L.
Wolfaardt, G.
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Aldrich, Chris
Lorenzen, L.
Wolfaardt, G.
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description The lignocellulosic residues accumulated in municipal sold waste and agro-residues represent potential organic fractions preferably to be treated by anaerobic digestion in an energy recycle and/or value-added-product-type solid waste disposal system. Hydrolysis and acidification are predominant reactions in organic fermentation. Owing to the complicated physiochemical structures, the initial hydrolysis and acidification of the lignocullulosic residues into soluble forms are critical to the anaerobic digestion of the residues. This research focused on the promotion of solid-state acidogenic fermentation of two natural lignocellulosic residues in a pure form from the tobacco industry and urgan turf grass by a combined pretreatment and thermophilic co-digestion with concentrated activated sludge from a biological municipal wastewater treatment plant. Laboratory-scale experiments were conducted in a batch and semi-continuous mode, with and without leachate recirculation. The results showed that the mechanophysicochemical pretreatment (roll milling-freezing-thawing-alkali wetting agent), followed by thermophilic co-digesition with activated sludge, substantially increased the solubility and fermentation efficiency of the natural lignocellulosic residues, leading to value-added utilization of these residues. In addition, leachate recycling appeared to be beneficial to acidogenesis.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-179742017-05-30T07:58:26Z ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE Qi, B. Aldrich, Chris Lorenzen, L. Wolfaardt, G. Acidification Anaerobic digestion Lignocellulose The lignocellulosic residues accumulated in municipal sold waste and agro-residues represent potential organic fractions preferably to be treated by anaerobic digestion in an energy recycle and/or value-added-product-type solid waste disposal system. Hydrolysis and acidification are predominant reactions in organic fermentation. Owing to the complicated physiochemical structures, the initial hydrolysis and acidification of the lignocullulosic residues into soluble forms are critical to the anaerobic digestion of the residues. This research focused on the promotion of solid-state acidogenic fermentation of two natural lignocellulosic residues in a pure form from the tobacco industry and urgan turf grass by a combined pretreatment and thermophilic co-digestion with concentrated activated sludge from a biological municipal wastewater treatment plant. Laboratory-scale experiments were conducted in a batch and semi-continuous mode, with and without leachate recirculation. The results showed that the mechanophysicochemical pretreatment (roll milling-freezing-thawing-alkali wetting agent), followed by thermophilic co-digesition with activated sludge, substantially increased the solubility and fermentation efficiency of the natural lignocellulosic residues, leading to value-added utilization of these residues. In addition, leachate recycling appeared to be beneficial to acidogenesis. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17974 Taylor and Francis Inc restricted
spellingShingle Acidification
Anaerobic digestion
Lignocellulose
Qi, B.
Aldrich, Chris
Lorenzen, L.
Wolfaardt, G.
ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title_full ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title_fullStr ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title_full_unstemmed ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title_short ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE WITH ACTIVATED SLUDGE
title_sort acidogenic fermentation of lignocellulosic substrate with activated sludge
topic Acidification
Anaerobic digestion
Lignocellulose
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17974