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A Simple Method for the Detection of Long-Chain Fatty Acids in an Anaerobic Digestate Using a Quartz Crystal Sensor

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  • Takuro Kobayashi

    (Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan)

  • Hidetoshi Kuramochi

    (Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan)

  • Kouji Maeda

    (School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji 671-2201, Japan)

  • Kaiqin Xu

    (Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
    School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China)

Abstract

In anaerobic digestion (AD), long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) produced by hydrolysis of lipids, exhibit toxicity against microorganisms when their concentration exceeds several millimolar. An absorption detection system using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) was developed to monitor the LCFA concentration during an anaerobic digester’s operation treating oily organic waste. The dissociation of the LCFAs considerably improved the sensor response and, moreover, enabled it to specifically detect LCFA from the mixture of LCFA and triglyceride. Under alkaline conditions, the frequency-shift rates of the QCM sensor linearly increased in accordance with palmitic acid concentration in the range of 0–100 mg/L. Frequency changes caused by anaerobic digestate samples were successfully measured after removing suspended solids and adjusting the pH to 10.7. Finally, the QCM measurements for digestate samples demonstrated that frequency-shift rates are highly correlated with LCFA concentrations, which confirmed that the newly developed QCM sensor is helpful for LCFA monitoring in terms of rapidness and usability.

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  • Takuro Kobayashi & Hidetoshi Kuramochi & Kouji Maeda & Kaiqin Xu, 2016. "A Simple Method for the Detection of Long-Chain Fatty Acids in an Anaerobic Digestate Using a Quartz Crystal Sensor," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2016:i:1:p:19-:d:86112
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    1. Liu, Yang & He, Pinjing & Duan, Haowen & Shao, Liming & Lü, Fan, 2021. "Low calcium dosage favors methanation of long-chain fatty acids," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 285(C).

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