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Two-stage anaerobic digestion with direct electric stimulation of methanogenesis: The effect of a physical barrier to retain biomass on the surface of a carbon cloth-based biocathode

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  • Kovalev, Andrey A.
  • Kovalev, Dmitriy A.
  • Zhuravleva, Elena A.
  • Katraeva, Inna V.
  • Panchenko, Vladimir
  • Fiore, Ugo
  • Litti, Yuri V.

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Two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising method of converting organic waste into clean and sustainable energy. This work aimed to study the efficiency of a two-stage AD system with the production of hydrogen at the first acidogenic stage and methane in an electromethanogenic reactor. Two types of biocathodes based on carbon cloth were used in the electromethanogenic reactor: with and without retention of biomass on the electrode surface. A high applied voltage continuously supplied to the pair of electrodes was automatically maintained at 2.5 V. Hydrogen yield (0.11 NL/g volatile solids (VS)init or 2 mol H2/mol hexose) and hydrogen content in biogas (52%) were relatively high, even despite the extremely low pH (∼4.0). Improved retention of biomass on the surface of the carbon cloth-based biocathode led to greater stability of the AD process (no water electrolysis was observed) and a significant increase in the efficiency of electromethanogenesis, including the methane yield (by 40.5% up to 0.39 NL/g VSinit), volumetric methane production rate (by 38.8% up to 1.16 NL/L/d) and current density (by 233% up to 0.56 A/m2).

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  • Kovalev, Andrey A. & Kovalev, Dmitriy A. & Zhuravleva, Elena A. & Katraeva, Inna V. & Panchenko, Vladimir & Fiore, Ugo & Litti, Yuri V., 2022. "Two-stage anaerobic digestion with direct electric stimulation of methanogenesis: The effect of a physical barrier to retain biomass on the surface of a carbon cloth-based biocathode," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 966-977.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:181:y:2022:i:c:p:966-977
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.09.097
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