TY - JOUR
T1 - Acetic acid inhibition on methanogens in a two-phase anaerobic process
AU - Xiao, K. K.
AU - Guo, C. H.
AU - Zhou, Y.
AU - Maspolim, Y.
AU - Wang, J. Y.
AU - Ng, W. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Singapore National Research Foundation for providing funding for the project “Wastewater Treatment Plants as Urban Eco Power Stations”.
PY - 2013/6/5
Y1 - 2013/6/5
N2 - The inhibitory effect of acetic acid on methanogens in a two-phase anaerobic process was evaluated. The results in this study showed that some methanogens still existed in the acidogenic phase although their dominance in the total microbial community was only 1% compared to 9.6% in the methanogenic phase. The inhibition threshold of acetic acid on acidogenic phase methanogens was, however, higher than that on methanogenic phase methanogens. At pH 6.00, acetic acid inhibition on methanogenic phase methanogens was observed when acetic acid concentration was higher than 1619.47mg HAc/L although there was no obvious inhibition on acidogenic phase methanogens in the range of 1646.47-2781.19mg HAc/L. There was also no acetic acid inhibition on acidogenic phase methanogens at pH 5.50, 6.00 and 6.50 in the range of 565.29-2781.19mg HAc/L. However, for methanogenic phase methanogens, the inhibition was obvious and a second order substrate inhibition model, qs=qmS/[Ks+S+(S2/Ki)], could be adapted to describe the inhibition kinetics and mechanism of undissociated acetic acid on methanogenic phase methanogens. The results showed substrate saturation constant Ks, substrate inhibition constant Ki, and maximum specific utilization rate of acetic acid qm, were 1.66mg unHAc/L, 145.17mg unHAc/L, and 3.53mgHAc/LgMLVSSh, respectively.
AB - The inhibitory effect of acetic acid on methanogens in a two-phase anaerobic process was evaluated. The results in this study showed that some methanogens still existed in the acidogenic phase although their dominance in the total microbial community was only 1% compared to 9.6% in the methanogenic phase. The inhibition threshold of acetic acid on acidogenic phase methanogens was, however, higher than that on methanogenic phase methanogens. At pH 6.00, acetic acid inhibition on methanogenic phase methanogens was observed when acetic acid concentration was higher than 1619.47mg HAc/L although there was no obvious inhibition on acidogenic phase methanogens in the range of 1646.47-2781.19mg HAc/L. There was also no acetic acid inhibition on acidogenic phase methanogens at pH 5.50, 6.00 and 6.50 in the range of 565.29-2781.19mg HAc/L. However, for methanogenic phase methanogens, the inhibition was obvious and a second order substrate inhibition model, qs=qmS/[Ks+S+(S2/Ki)], could be adapted to describe the inhibition kinetics and mechanism of undissociated acetic acid on methanogenic phase methanogens. The results showed substrate saturation constant Ks, substrate inhibition constant Ki, and maximum specific utilization rate of acetic acid qm, were 1.66mg unHAc/L, 145.17mg unHAc/L, and 3.53mgHAc/LgMLVSSh, respectively.
KW - Acetic acid
KW - Anaerobic
KW - Inhibition
KW - Methanogen
KW - Two-phase
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bej.2013.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.bej.2013.03.011
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84876329962
SN - 1369-703X
VL - 75
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Biochemical Engineering Journal
JF - Biochemical Engineering Journal
ER -