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Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1039/C5RA03496E
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Titel (primär) Coupling electric energy and biogas production in anaerobic digesters – impacts on the microbiome
Autor Koch, C.; Kuchenbuch, A.; Kretzschmar, J.; Wedwitschka, H.; Liebetrau, J.; Müller, S.; Harnisch, F. ORCID logo
Quelle RSC Advances
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
Department UMB
Band/Volume 5
Heft 40
Seite von 31329
Seite bis 31340
Sprache englisch
Supplements http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c5/ra/c5ra03496e/c5ra03496e1.pdf
UFZ Querschnittsthemen RU4;
Abstract The combination of anaerobic digestion (AD) and microbial electrochemical technologies provides the opportunity to efficiently produce methane and electrical energy from complex biomass. Enhanced methane production and system stability have been reported but the causes (electrolysis or microbial–electrochemical interactions) are less understood. Using the model substrate corn silage it is demonstrated that, for conditions allowing microbiome growth and adaptation, the methane yield of combined reactors remains constant (216 (±29) mL godm−1) while a second product, electrons (q = 14.4 (±0.8) kC, jmax = 1.34 mA cm−2 geometric current density), is also generated. The combined strategy allowed up to a 27% increase in total yield while the reactor community and its dynamics over time were not affected. A typical AD composition of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Synergistetes (bacteria) as well as Methanosarcina, Methanoculleus and Methanobacterium (archaea) was found in the bulk liquid. Specific enrichments of Geobacter (anode) and Methanobacterium (cathode) were of functional relevance.
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Koch, C., Kuchenbuch, A., Kretzschmar, J., Wedwitschka, H., Liebetrau, J., Müller, S., Harnisch, F. (2015):
Coupling electric energy and biogas production in anaerobic digesters – impacts on the microbiome
RSC Advances 5 (40), 31329 - 31340 10.1039/C5RA03496E