School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai, China.
Jiangsu Lianxing Complete Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd, 96 Feiyue Road, Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Dingxin Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, 95 Feiyue Road, Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Water Sci Technol. 2024 Apr;89(8):2118-2131. doi: 10.2166/wst.2024.120. Epub 2024 Apr 12.
Biochar-assisted anaerobic digestion (AD) remains constrained due to the inefficient decomposition of complex organics, even with the direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) pathway. The coupling of electrochemistry with the anaerobic biological treatment could shorten lengthy retention time in co-digestion by improving electron transfer rates and inducing functional microbial acclimation. Thus, this work investigated the potential of improving the performance of AD by coupling low-magnitude electric fields with biochar derived from the anaerobically digested biogas residue. Different voltages (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 V) were applied at various stages to assess the impact on biochar-assisted AD. The results indicate that an external voltage of 0.3 V, coupled with 5 g/L of biochar, elevates CH yield by 45.5% compared to biogas residue biochar alone, and the coupled approach increased biogas production by up to 143% within 10 days. This finding may be partly explained by the enhanced utilization of substrates and the increased amounts of specific methanogens such as and . The abundance of the former increased from 4.0 to 11.3%, which enhances the DIET between microorganisms. Furthermore, the coupling method shows better potential for enhancing AD compared to preparing iron-based biochar, and these results present potential avenues for its broader applications.
生物炭辅助厌氧消化(AD)仍然受到限制,即使存在直接种间电子转移(DIET)途径,复杂有机物的分解效率仍然较低。电化学与厌氧生物处理相结合,可以通过提高电子转移速率和诱导功能微生物适应来缩短共消化中的冗长停留时间。因此,本研究通过将低幅度电场与从厌氧消化沼气残渣中衍生的生物炭相结合,来研究改善 AD 性能的潜力。在不同阶段施加不同的电压(0.3、0.6 和 0.9 V),以评估其对生物炭辅助 AD 的影响。结果表明,与单独使用沼气残渣生物炭相比,施加 0.3 V 的外加电压并结合 5 g/L 的生物炭可将 CH 产率提高 45.5%,并且在 10 天内,耦合方法可使沼气产量增加高达 143%。这一发现部分可以通过增强底物的利用和增加特定产甲烷菌(如 和 )的数量来解释。前者的丰度从 4.0 增加到 11.3%,从而增强了微生物之间的 DIET。此外,与制备铁基生物炭相比,该耦合方法对 AD 的增强潜力更大,这些结果为其更广泛的应用提供了潜在途径。