A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Suppression of methanogenesis in hydrogen fermentation by intermittent feeding
This study investigated whether intermittent feeding by using a concentrated carbon source is an appropriate method for selective enrichment of hydrogenesis by means of methanogen suppression. In a conventional reactor fed continuously for 10 d, methanogens increased from 2.8 × 107 to 1.1 × 109 gene copy number (GCN)/mg-cell dry weight, and methane concentration in the resulting biogas was 5.8%. However, when a carbon source was intermittently supplied for 10 d to the reactor, the number of methanogens was reduced 98.9% from 2.77 × 107 to 1.2 × 103 GCN/mg-cell dry weight, and methane was not detected during this period of intermittent feeding. Intermittent feeding shifted the dominants in the reactor from Clostridiaceae (70.5%) and Lactobacillaceae (11.0%) to Acetobacteraceae (62.0%) and Clostridiaceae (38.0%). In the reactor operated in continuous feeding mode after intermittent feeding, methane concentration was below 0.3% and the portion of methanogens in the bacterial community was maintained below 0.2%. These results suggest that the intermittent feeding of a carbon source during hydrogen production processes is a suitable method to suppress the activity of methanogens.
Suppression of methanogenesis in hydrogen fermentation by intermittent feeding
This study investigated whether intermittent feeding by using a concentrated carbon source is an appropriate method for selective enrichment of hydrogenesis by means of methanogen suppression. In a conventional reactor fed continuously for 10 d, methanogens increased from 2.8 × 107 to 1.1 × 109 gene copy number (GCN)/mg-cell dry weight, and methane concentration in the resulting biogas was 5.8%. However, when a carbon source was intermittently supplied for 10 d to the reactor, the number of methanogens was reduced 98.9% from 2.77 × 107 to 1.2 × 103 GCN/mg-cell dry weight, and methane was not detected during this period of intermittent feeding. Intermittent feeding shifted the dominants in the reactor from Clostridiaceae (70.5%) and Lactobacillaceae (11.0%) to Acetobacteraceae (62.0%) and Clostridiaceae (38.0%). In the reactor operated in continuous feeding mode after intermittent feeding, methane concentration was below 0.3% and the portion of methanogens in the bacterial community was maintained below 0.2%. These results suggest that the intermittent feeding of a carbon source during hydrogen production processes is a suitable method to suppress the activity of methanogens.
Suppression of methanogenesis in hydrogen fermentation by intermittent feeding
Yun, Jeonghee (author) / Kim, Tae Gwan (author) / Cho, Kyung-Suk (author)
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A ; 50 ; 1458-1467
2015-12-06
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Suppression of methanogenesis in hydrogen fermentation by intermittent feeding
| Online Contents | 2015
Suppression of Hydrogen Consuming Bacteria in Anaerobic Hydrogen Fermentation
| British Library Online Contents | 2005
| American Chemical Society | 2024