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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts2023

Potential of acetic acid to restore methane production in anaerobic reactors critically intoxicated by ammonia as evidenced by metabolic and microbial monitoring.

Sébastien Lemaigre, Patrick A Gerin, Gilles Adam, Dominika Klimek, Xavier Goux, Malte Herold, Zuzana Frkova, Magdalena Calusinska, Philippe Delfosse

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sébastien LemaigreEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg. sebastien.lemaigre@list.lu.
Patrick A GerinEarth and Life Institute, Bioengineering, Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, Box L7.05.19, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Gilles AdamEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Dominika KlimekEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Xavier GouxEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Malte HeroldEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Zuzana FrkovaEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Magdalena CalusinskaEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Rue du Brill 41, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Philippe DelfosseUniversité du Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Maison du Savoir, Avenue de l'Université 2, L-4365, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology · LUUCLouvain · BEUniversity of Luxembourg · LU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiogas and biomethane production from the on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) of animal manure and agri-food wastes could play a key role in transforming Europe's energy system by mitigating its dependence on fossil fuels and tackling the climate crisis. Although ammonia is essential for microbial growth, it inhibits the AD process if present in high concentrations, especially under its free form, thus leading to economic losses. In this study, which includes both metabolic and microbial monitoring, we tested a strategy to restore substrate conversion to methane in AD reactors facing critical free ammonia intoxication.

resultsThe AD process of three mesophilic semi-continuous 100L reactors critically intoxicated by free ammonia (> 3.5 g_N L

conclusionsDespite an extreme free ammonia intoxication, the proposed process recovery strategy allowed CH

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Anaerobic digestionFree ammonia nitrogen intoxicationMicrobial community monitoringProcess recoveryRestoration strategy

Identifiers

PMID38042839
PMCPMC10693713
OpenAlexW4389264219

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