The role of additives on anaerobic digestion: A review

M.S. Romero-Güiza, Jose Vila (), J. Mata-Alvarez, J.M. Chimenos and S. Astals

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, vol. 58, issue C, 1486-1499

Abstract: Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology for the treatment of organic waste streams with clear environmental benefits including generation of methane as renewable energy. However, the need to improve process feasibility of existing applications as well as to expand anaerobic digestion to a range of new substrates has raised interest on several intensifications techniques. Among them, the supplementation of inorganic and biological additives has shown good results at improving digesters performance. This manuscript presents a comprehensive review about recent advances in the utilization of inorganic and biological additives. On the one hand, reviewed inorganic additives comprise: (i) macro- (e.g. P, N and S) and micro- (e.g. Fe, Ni, Mo, Co, W and Se) nutrients supplements, (ii) ashes from waste incineration, (iii) compounds able to mitigate ammonia inhibition, and (iv) substances with high biomass immobilization capacity. Among them, iron (Fe0 and Fe(III)) has shown particularly promising results, which have been mainly related to their action as electron donor/acceptor and cofactor of key enzymatic activities. On the other hand, reviewed biological additives include: (i) the dosage of microbial inocula with high hydrolytic or methanogenic activity (bioaugmentation), and (ii) the addition of enzymes able to facilitate particulate organic matter solubilization.

Keywords: Anaerobic digestion; Additives; Nutrient supplement; Iron; Nanomaterials; Bioaugmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.094

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