Intensification of methane production from waste frying oil in a biogas-lift bioreactor

M. Salomé Duarte, Erika Sinisgalli, Ana J. Cavaleiro, Lorenzo Bertin, M. Madalena Alves and M. Alcina Pereira

Renewable Energy, 2021, vol. 168, issue C, 1141-1148

Abstract: Biogas upgrading from anaerobic digestion of waste frying oils (WFO) was accessed in this study. For that, two bioreactors (Rb-biogas-lift bioreactor with gas and liquid recirculation, Rc-control reactor with liquid recirculation) were fed three times per week, with a mixture of WFO, glycerol and volatile fatty acids (VFA). Rb produced 1.4 times more biogas with higher methane content (79%) than Rc (67%). Higher relative abundance of hydrogenotrophic methanogens (34%–39%) was observed in Rb, when compared to Rc (16%–21%). The relative abundance of Sprochaetia class, which includes some homoacetogens/syntrophic acetate oxidizing genera, was also higher in Rb. This work shows that biogas recirculation applied in the biogas-lift bioreactor facilitated WFO degradation, most probably due to the selective enrichment of hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Recirculation of CO2 present in the biogas and reverse homoacetogenesis (i.e. syntrophic acetate oxidation) seem to be the main factors involved in the stimulation of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis.

Keywords: Biogas upgrading; Biogas-lift bioreactor; Waste-frying oil; Anaerobic digestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.114

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