scholarly journals Approaches to the mitigation of ammonia inhibition during anaerobic digestion – a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-570
Author(s):  
Eric Mutegoa ◽  
Askwar Hilonga ◽  
Karoli N. Njau
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Chemical Additives ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Ammonia Inhibition ◽  
Ammonium N ◽  
Digestion Technique ◽  
Exchange Adsorption

Abstract The digestion process of organic waste rich in high ammonia content has always been a gridlock during the methanogenesis process. The free ammonia may increase inhibition/toxicity, which in turn affects the microbial community in the digester and eventually leads to process failures. Substantial methods have been proposed and assessed for curtailing ammonia emissions in anaerobic digesters to attain a safe and steady process so that, along with high methane production, high quality effluents can also be recovered. There are several means for lowering the erratic ammonia in organic wastes that are in use currently, such as decrease of pH, which favours the formation of ammonium over ammonia in the equilibrium; for example, the use of chemical additives that attach ammonium-N. Ammonia can also be removed from nitrogen-rich substrates during anaerobic digestion through other methods such as struvite precipitation, membrane distillation, air stripping, ion exchange, and adsorption. A thorough survey of different articles has shown that ion exchange, adsorption and changing of the C/N ratio through the co-digestion technique are the most commonly studied methods for mitigating ammonia inhibition in wastewater during anaerobic digestion. A detailed review of these methods in the context of nitrogen-rich substrates will be discussed in this paper.

Methods of ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion: a review

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 1925-1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niclas Krakat ◽  
Burak Demirel ◽  
Reshma Anjum ◽  
Donna Dietz
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Stable Process ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Chemical Methods ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
High Ammonia ◽  
Novel Methods ◽  
Process Failures

The anaerobic digestion of substrates with high ammonia content has always been a bottleneck in the methanisation process of biomasses. Since microbial communities in anaerobic digesters are sensitive to free ammonia at certain conditions, the digestion of nitrogen-rich substrates such as livestock wastes may result in inhibition/toxicity eventually leading to process failures, unless appropriate engineering precautions are taken. There are many different options reported in literature to remove ammonia from anaerobic digesters to achieve a safe and stable process so that along with high methane yields, a good quality of effluents can also be obtained. Conventional techniques to remove ammonia include physical/chemical methods, immobilization and adaptation of microorganisms, while novel methods include ultrasonication, microwave, hollow fiber membranes and microbial fuel cell applications. This paper discusses conventional and novel methods of ammonia removal from anaerobic digesters using nitrogen-rich substrates, with particular focus on recent literature available about this topic.

scholarly journals Dry Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7825
Author(s):  
Yevhenii Shapovalov ◽  
Sergey Zhadan ◽  
Günther Bochmann ◽  
Anatoly Salyuk ◽  
Volodymyr Nykyforov
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Anaerobic Fermentation ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Ammonia Inhibition ◽  
Solids Content ◽  
Dry Anaerobic Digestion

Providing anaerobic digestion is a prospective technology for utilizing organic waste, however, for waste with a high content of nitrogen such as manure, dilution is necessary to decrease the ammonia inhibition effect which leads to the production of a huge effluent amount which is difficult to use. Dry anaerobic digestion has some advantages such as reduced reactor volume, higher volumetric methane yield, lower energy consumption for heating, less wastewater production, and lower logistic costs for fertilizers. These factors generate interest in using it for treatment of even high-nitrogen substrates. The purpose of this work was to analyze different dry anaerobic digestion technologies, the features of dry anaerobic digestion, laboratory studies on chicken manure dry anaerobic digestion, and methods of reducing inhibitors’ effects. Nowadays, there are no dry anaerobic industrial plants working on chicken manure. However, studies on dry anaerobic digestion of chicken manure have proven the possibility of methane production under fermentation of chicken manure with high total solids content, but the process has been described as being unstable. Co-fermentation, ammonium/ammonia removal, and adaptation of the microbial consortium have been used to decrease the effect of ammonia inhibition. A prospective way for ammonia concentration control is absorption using a non-volatile sorbent located in the reactor. It decreases ammonia content during wet anaerobic digestion by 33% and it is characterized by having a positive economic effect. Therefore, dry anaerobic fermentation of chicken manure is possible, but there is still no efficient way to provide it. The results of this article should be helpful in the selection of anaerobic digestion technology for treating chicken manure.

A review on extractive fermentation via ion exchange adsorption resins opportunities, challenges, and future prospects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Sattar Jatoi ◽  
Humair Ahmed Baloch ◽  
Shaukat Ali Mazari ◽  
N. M. Mubarak ◽  
Nizamuddin Sabzoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Extractive Fermentation ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Exchange Adsorption

scholarly journals Anaerobic Digestion and Removal of Sulfamethoxazole, Enrofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin and Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Full-Scale Biogas Plant

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Andrea Visca ◽  
Anna Barra Caracciolo ◽  
Paola Grenni ◽  
Luisa Patrolecco ◽  
Jasmin Rauseo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Emerging Contaminants ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance Genes ◽  
Animal Manure ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Antibiotic Residues ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
One Year

Anaerobic digestion is one of the best ways to re-use animal manure and agricultural residues, through the production of combustible biogas and digestate. However, the use of antibiotics for preventing and treating animal diseases and, consequently, their residual concentrations in manure, could introduce them into anaerobic digesters. If the digestate is applied as a soil fertilizer, antibiotic residues and/or their corresponding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) could reach soil ecosystems. This work investigated three common soil emerging contaminants, i.e., sulfamethoxazole (SMX), ciprofloxacin (CIP), enrofloxacin (ENR), their ARGs sul1, sul2, qnrS, qepA, aac-(6′)-Ib-cr and the mobile genetic element intI1, for one year in a full scale anaerobic plant. Six samplings were performed in line with the 45-day hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the anaerobic plant, by collecting input and output samples. The overall results show both antibiotics and ARGs decreased during the anaerobic digestion process. In particular, SMX was degraded by up to 100%, ENR up to 84% and CIP up to 92%, depending on the sampling time. In a similar way, all ARGs declined significantly (up to 80%) in the digestate samples. This work shows how anaerobic digestion can be a promising practice for lowering antibiotic residues and ARGs in soil.

scholarly journals Overcoming ammonia inhibition in anaerobic blackwater treatment with granular activated carbon: the role of electroactive microorganisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Patrícya Florentino ◽  
Ahmed Sharaf ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Hydrogen Exchange ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Ammonia Inhibition ◽  
High Ammonia

Methanogenesis and enrichment of microorganisms capable of interspecies electron and/or hydrogen exchange was investigated with addition of granular activated carbon (GAC) to batch anaerobic digesters treating vacuum collected blackwater with high ammonia concentration.

scholarly journals Polymer Composite—A Potential Biomaterial for the Removal of Reactive Dye

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1823-1834 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Palanisamy ◽  
A. Agalya ◽  
P. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Langmuir Isotherm ◽  
Isosteric Heat ◽  
Reactive Dye ◽  
Isotherm Model ◽  
Batch Adsorption ◽  
Solution Ph ◽  
Saw Dust ◽  
Exchange Adsorption ◽  
Langmuir Isotherm Model

Poly Pyrrle saw dust composite was prepared by reinforcement of natural wood saw dust (obtained fromEuphorbia Tirucalli Lwood) and Poly Pyrrole matrix phase. The present study investigates the adsorption behaviour of Poly Pyrrole Saw dust Composite towards reactive dye. The batch adsorption studies were carried out by varying solution pH, initial dye concentration, contact time and temperature. The kinetic study showed that adsorption of Reactive Red by PPC was best represented by pseudo-second order kinetics with ion exchange adsorption. The equilibrium data were analyzed by Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm model. The equilibrium isotherm data were fitted well with Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacities calculated by Langmuir model were 204.08 mg/g for Reactive Red at 303 K. The thermodynamic parameters suggest the spontaneous, endothermic nature of ion exchange adsorption with weak Vader walls force of attraction. Activation energy for the adsorption of Reactive by Poly Pyrrole Composite was 11.6387 kJ/mole, Isosteric Heat of adsorption was 48.5454 kJ/mole also supported the ion exchange adsorption process in which forces of attraction between dye molecules and PPC is weak.

scholarly journals Historical Perspective of the Addition of Magnetic Nanoparticles Into Anaerobic Digesters (2014-2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eudald Casals ◽  
Raquel Barrena ◽  
Edgar Gonzalez ◽  
Xavier Font ◽  
Antoni Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Magnetic Nanoparticles ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Organic Wastes ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion Process ◽  
Digestion Process ◽  
Iron Based

The addition of magnetic nanoparticles to batch anaerobic digestion was first reported in 2014. Afterwards, the number of works dealing with this subject has been increasing year by year. The discovery of the enhancement of anaerobic digestion by adding iron-based nanoparticles has created a multidisciplinary emerging research field. As a consequence, in the last years, great efforts have been made to understand the enhancement mechanisms by which magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) addition enhances the anaerobic digestion process of numerous organic wastes. Some hypotheses point to the dissolution of iron as essential iron for anaerobic digestion development, and the state of oxidation of iron NPs that can reduce organic matter to methane. The evolution and trends of this novel topic are discussed in this manuscript. Perspectives on the needed works on this topic are also presented.

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