Organic loading on biochemical fractions degradation pattern during food waste bioevaporation

More food waste (FW) is desired to be treated in a certain processing period, while the degradation pattern of biochemical fractions during FW bioevaporation was significantly influenced by the organic loading (OL). Lower OL facilitated the lipids degradation, while higher OL favored the protein degradation. It was the more porous structure and abundant oxygen accelerated the lipids degradation, and the rapid proliferation of aerobic microorganisms compensated for the low protein degradation in lower OL. Detailly, 76.8% of the lipids was degraded in the trial with OL of 1.04 kg VS_FW/kg TS_BS (Trial A), but in the trial with OL of 3.16 kg VS_FW/kg TS_BS (Trial C) it was only 0.5%. For protein, the degradation was different that 17.5% of the protein was degraded in Trial A, whereas 69.1% was degraded in Trial C. Lipids degradation contributed 63.0% to the metabolic heat in Trial A, but its contribution in Trial C was only 0.5%. For protein, it contributed 4.1% to the metabolic heat in Trial A, but in Trial C it accounted for 53.6%. In addition, the degradation of carbohydrates (71.6-80.8%) and their contribution to metabolic heat (32.8-45.9%) were comparable in all trials, thus OL had little effect on carbohydrates degradation. Results from this study could provide important guideline for FW practical disposal during their biological treatment.