Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water

Marinus J. Moerland; Laura Castañares Pérez; Maria E. Ruiz Velasco Sobrino; Paraschos Chatzopoulos; Brendo Meulman; Vinnie de Wilde; Grietje Zeeman; Cees J.N. Buisman; Miriam H.A. van Eekert

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125705

Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water

Marinus J. Moerland, Laura Castañares Pérez, Maria E. Ruiz Velasco Sobrino, Paraschos Chatzopoulos, Brendo Meulman, Vinnie de Wilde, Grietje Zeeman, Cees J.N. Buisman, Miriam H.A. van Eekert^*

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Thermophilic and hyper-thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) are promising techniques for the treatment of concentrated black water (toilet fraction of domestic wastewater collected by low flush volume toilets; BW), recovery of nutrients and simultaneous pathogen removal for safe recovery and reuse of those nutrients. This study showed that thermophilic AD (55 °C) of concentrated BW reaches the same methanisation and COD removal as mesophilic anaerobic treatment of BW (conventional vacuum toilets) and kitchen waste while applying a higher loading rate (OLR) (2.5–4.0 kgCOD/m³/day). With a retention time of 8.7 days, and an OLR of >3 kgCOD/m³/day, COD removal of 70% and a methanisation of 62% (based on COD_t) was achieved during thermophilic AD. Hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) reached lower levels of methanisation (38%). Start-up time of thermophilic AD was 12 days. And during thermophilic AD, a shift from acetoclastic methanogenesis towards syntrophic acetate oxidation was observed.

Original language	English
Article number	125705
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	340
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125705
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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Black water
Hyper-thermophilic anaerobic digestion
Methanogenesis
New sanitation
Resource recovery
Thermophilic anaerobic digestion
PRJEB43366
ERP127322

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Moerland, M. J. (Creator), Castañares Pérez, L. (Creator), Ruiz Velasco Sobrino, M. E. (Creator), Chatzopoulos, P. (Creator), Meulman, B. (Creator), de Wilde, V. (Creator), Zeeman, G. (Creator), Buisman, C. (Creator) & van Eekert, M. (Creator), Wageningen University & Research, 14 Jun 2022
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Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water
Moerland, M. (Creator), Castañares Pérez, L. (Creator), Ruiz Velasco Sobrino, M. E. (Creator), Chatzopoulos, P. (Creator), Meulman, B. (Creator), de Wilde, V. (Creator), Zeeman, G. (Creator), Buisman, C. (Creator) & van Eekert, M. (Creator), Wageningen University, 3 Aug 2021
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Moerland, M. J., Castañares Pérez, L., Ruiz Velasco Sobrino, M. E., Chatzopoulos, P., Meulman, B., de Wilde, V., Zeeman, G., Buisman, C. J. N., & van Eekert, M. H. A. (2021). Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water. Bioresource Technology, 340, Article 125705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125705

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Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water

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