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ArticleScientific reports2024

Thermophilic-mesophilic temperature phase anaerobic co-digestion compared with single phase co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste.

Yangqing Hu, Ce Shen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Yangqing HuFair Friend Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing, Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College, Hangzhou, 310018, China. huyangqing@zju.edu.cn.
Ce ShenHangzhou Huaxin Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310030, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaerobic co-digestion is an effective method for addressing the issue of a single substrate not being able to achieve optimal conditions for anaerobic digestion. By adjusting the mixture ratio of sewage sludge and food waste to achieve the optimal carbon to nitrogen ratio, the effectiveness of thermophilic-mesophilic temperature phase anaerobic co-digestion (TPAcD) was evaluated in comparison to single phase mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion (MAcD) and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion (TAcD). The results indicated that TPAcD increased methane yield by 50.3% and 32.7% compared to MAcD and TAcD, respectively. The variation in VFA, pH, and ammonia nitrogen levels demonstrated that TPAcD combines the advantages of both MAcD and TAcD, with a higher hydrolysis rate in the early stage under thermophilic conditions (55 °C) and a suitable environment in the later stage under mesophilic conditions (35 °C). The kinetic parameters of anaerobic co-digestions also demonstrated that TPAcD performs better. Therefore, further research on TPAcD of sewage sludge and food waste is warranted due to its significant improvements in methane production rate, total methane yield, and system stability. Additionally, TPAcD contributes to reducing carbon emissions and supports the realization of "carbon neutrality".

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MethaneSewageTemperatureAnaerobiosisBioreactorsCarbonFoodFood Loss and WasteHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsNitrogenCarbonFood Loss and WasteMethaneNitrogenSewage

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PMID38796540
PMCPMC11127933

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