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Biohydrogen is a promising clean fuel but with a low yield. This study aims to enhance biohydrogen production from synthetic swine wastewater by employing crude enzymes obtained from different fruit peels (orange, mandarin, and banana) to improve the biohydrogen-formation processes of dark fermentation. Results indicated that dosing with crude enzymes affected volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and biogas composition insignificantly, while increased biohydrogen yield from 1.62 ± 0.00 (blank) to 1.90 ± 0.08 (orange peel), 2.01 ± 0.00 (mandarin peel), and 1.96 ± 0.01 (banana peel) mol H2/mol glucose, respectively. Banana peel crude enzyme was the most effective additive, with 1 g/L protein improving 97.41 ± 3.72 % of biohydrogen yield. The crude enzymes wielded less influence on acetic acid and butyric acid pathways but enhanced other biohydrogen production pathways. These observations demonstrated that fruit peel-based crude enzymes as additives are advantageous to improving biohydrogen yield towards higher biohydrogen production.
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Frutas , Águas Residuárias , Animais , Suínos , Fermentação , Frutas/metabolismo , Hidrogênio/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos VoláteisRESUMO
This study investigated the production of major volatile fatty acid (VFA) components in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to treat low-strength synthetic wastewater. No selective inhibition was applied for methane production and solvent-extraction method was used for VFA extraction. The results showed acetic and propionic acid were the predominant VFA components at pH 7.0 and 6.0 with concentrations of 1.444⯱â¯0.051 and 0.516⯱â¯0.032â¯mili-mol/l respectively. At pH 12.0 isobutyric acid was the major VFA component with a highest concentration of 0.712⯱â¯0.008â¯mili-mol/l. The highest VFA yield was 48.74⯱â¯1.5â¯mgâ¯VFA/100â¯mgâ¯CODfeed at pH 7.0. At different pH, AnMBR performance was evaluated in terms of COD, nutrient removal and membrane fouling rate. It was observed that the membrane fouled at a faster rate in both acidic and alkaline pH conditions, the slowest rate in membrane fouling was observed at pH 7.0.
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Reatores Biológicos , Ácidos Graxos Voláteis/biossíntese , Anaerobiose , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Águas Residuárias/químicaRESUMO
This study aims to investigate the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from low strength wastewater at various hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) in a continuous anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) using glucose as carbon source. This experiment was performed without any selective inhibition of methanogens and the reactor pH was maintained at 7.0⯱â¯0.1. 48, 24, 18, 12, 8 and 6â¯h-HRTs were applied and the highest VFA concentration was recorded at 8â¯h with an overall VFA yield of 48.20⯱â¯1.21â¯mg VFA/100â¯mg CODfeed. Three different ORLs were applied (350, 550 and 715â¯mg CODfeed) at the optimum 8â¯h-HRT. The acetic and propanoic acid concentration maximums were (1.1845⯱â¯0.0165 and 0.5160⯱â¯0.0141â¯mili-mole/l respectively) at 550â¯mg CODfeed. The isobutyric acid concentration was highest (0.3580⯱â¯0.0407â¯mili-mole/l) at 715â¯mg CODfeed indicating butyric-type fermentation at higher organic loading rate.