Improving production of volatile fatty acids and hydrogen from microalgae and rice residue: effects of physiochemical characteristics and mix ratios

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2018-09-11
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Sun, Chihe
Xia, Ao
Liao, Qiang
Fu, Qian
Huang, Yun
Zhu, Xun
Wei, Pengfei
Lin, Richen
Murphy, Jerry D.
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Dark fermentation may be hindered by insufficient bioavailable carbon and nitrogen sources as well as recalcitrant cell wall structures of substrates. Protein-rich microalgae and carbohydrate-rich rice residue with various mix ratios can optimise biohydrogen and volatile fatty acids production. Optimal pretreatment of the microalgae with 1% H2SO4 and the rice residue with 0.5% H2SO4 under hydrothermal heating (140 °C, 10 min) achieved reducing sugar yields of 187.3 mg/g volatile solids (VS) (hydrolysis efficiency: 54%) and 924.9 mg/g VS (hydrolysis efficiency: 100%), respectively. Multiscale physiochemical characterisations of solid hydrolytic residues confirmed considerable damage to both substrates. Co-fermentation of pretreated rice residue and microalgae at a mix ratio of 5:1 exhibited the maximum hydrogen yield of 201.8 mL/g VS, a 10.7-fold increase compared to mono-fermentation of pretreated microalgae. The mix ratio of 25:1 resulted in the highest carbon to volatile fatty acids conversion (96.8%), corresponding to a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 90.8%.
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Microalgae , Rice residue , Pretreatment , Physicochemical characteristics , Mix ratios , Co-fermentation
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Sun, C., Xia, A., Liao, Q., Fu, Q., Huang, Y., Zhu, X., Wei, P., Lin, R. and Murphy, J. D. (2018) 'Improving production of volatile fatty acids and hydrogen from microalgae and rice residue: Effects of physicochemical characteristics and mix ratios', Applied Energy, 230, pp. 1082-1092. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.066