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Panagiotis Tsapekos1, Merlin Alvarado-Morales1, Juan Tong2
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.
Abstract:
The presence of micro-nutrients can be stimulatory for the anaerobic digestion (AD) of hardly degradable wastes and thus, improve process performance. Among the essential trace elements, nickel is involved in multiple important enzymes necessary for efficient AD. The present study investigates the effect of nickel spiked sewage sludge on batch and continuous mode operation. Metal spiking was conducted in the form of nanoparticles (Ni-NPs) and salt (NiCl2·6H2O). Results from batch assays showed that 5 mgNi-Salt/kgVS in the presence of Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) enhanced the methane yield by ∼10% compared to the untreated sample. The impact of Ni-NPs in the AD process was also positive, but slightly lower compared to the effect of NiCl2·6H2O. The stimulatory impact of Ni was also revealed in continuously fed digester boosting the methane yield by ∼8%. Overall, the improved methane production indicated that methanogenic archaea were favoured by the simultaneous supplementation of Ni and NTA.
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