Degradation and characteristic changes of organic matter in sewage sludge using microbial fuel cell with ultrasound pretreatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 272-277

  Jiang, Junqiu ^a   Zhao, Qingliang ^a   Wei, Liangliang ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extracellular biological organic matter (EBOM); Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Sewage sludge; Ultrasonic pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRE-TREATMENT; REMOVAL RATE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT; ULTRASOUND PRETREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC LOADS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; CARBOHYDRATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC FIELD; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTRICITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77957369603     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.04.066     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Aelterman P., Rabaey K., Pham H.T., Boon N., Verstraete W. Continuous electricity generation at high voltages and currents using stacked microbial fuel cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40(10):3388-3394.
2. Aiken G.L., McKnight D.M., Thorn K.A., Thurman E.M. Isolation of hydrophilic organic acids from water using nonionic macroporous resins. Org. Geochem. 1992, 18(4):567-573.
3. APHA Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 1998, American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation, Washington, DC, USA. 19th ed.
4. Baier U., Schmidheiny P. Enhanced anaerobic degradation of mechanically disintegrated sludge. Water Sci. Technol. 1997, 36(11):137-143.
5. Bas U.O.D., Huck P.M. Removal of humic acid by biofiltration. Water Sci. Technol. 2004, 4(4):147-154.
6. Bougrier C., Albasi C., Delgenes J.P., Carrere H. Effect of ultrasonic, thermal and ozone pre-treatments on waste activated sludge solubilisation and anaerobic biodegradability. Chem. Eng. Process. 2006, 45(8):711-718.
7. Bougrier C., Carrère H., Delgenès J.P. Solubilisation of waste-activated sludge by ultrasonic treatment. Chem. Eng. J. 2005, 106(2):163-169.
8. Chaudhuri S.K., Lovely D.R. Electricity generation by direct oxidation of glucose in mediatorless microbial fuel cells. Nat. Biotechnol. 2003, 21(10):1229-1232.
9. Chen W., Westerhoff P., Leenheer J.A., Booksh K. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix regional integration to quantify spectra for dissolved organic matter. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37(24):5701-5710.
10. Chow A.T., Guo F., Gao S., Breuer R.S. Size and XAD fractionations of trihalomethane precursors from soils. Chemosphere 2006, 62(10):1636-1646.
11. Chu C.P., Chang B.-V., Liao G.S., Jean D.S., Lee D.J. Observations on changes in ultrasonically treated waste activated sludge. Water Res. 2001, 35:1038-1046.
12. Dentel S.K., Strogen B., Chiu P. Direct generation of electricity from sludges and other liquid wastes. Water Sci. Technol. 2004, 50(9):161-168.
13. Freguia S., Rabaey K., Yuan Z., Keller J. Electron and carbon balances in microbial fuel cells reveal temporary bacterial storage behavior during electricity generation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41(8):2915-2921.
14. Frølund B., Palmgren R., Keiding K., Nielsen P.H. Extraction of extracellular polymers from activated sludge using a cation exchange resin. Water Res. 1996, 30(8):1749-1758.
15. He Z., Minteer S.D., Angenent L.T. Electricity generation from artificial wastewater using an upflow microbial fuel cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39(14):5262-5267.
16. Higgins M.J., Novak J.T. Characterization of exocellular protein and its role in bioflocculation. J. Environ. Eng. 1997, 123(5):479-485.
17. Jiang J.Q., Zhao Q.L., Zhang J.N., Zhang G.D., Lee D.J. Electricity generation from bio-treatment of sewage sludge with microbial fuel cell. Bioresour. Technol. 2009, 100(23):5808-5812.
18. Jiang J.Q., Zhao Q.L., Wei L.L., Wang K. Extracellular biological organic matters in microbial fuel cell using sewage sludge as fuel. Water Res. 2010, 44(7):2163-2170.
19. Kim J.S., Park C.H., Kim T.H., Lee M., Kim S., Kim S.W., Lee J. Effects of various pretreatment for enhanced anaerobic digestion with waste activated sludge. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 2003, 95(3):271-275.
20. Liu H., Cheng S., Logan B.E. Production of electricity from acetate or butyrate in a single chamber microbial fuel cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39(2):658-662.
21. Liu Z., Li X., Jia B., Zheng Y., Fang L., Yang Q., Wang D., Zeng G. Production of electricity from surplus sludge using a single chamber floating-cathode microbial fuel cell. Water Sci. Technol. 2009, 60(9):2399-2404.
22. Logan B.E. Simultaneous wastewater treatment and biological electricity generation. Water Sci. Technol. 2005, 52(1-2):31-37.
23. Logan B.E., Hamelers B., Rozendal R., Schröder U., Keller J., Freguia S., Aelterman P., Verstraete W., Rabaey K. Microbial fuel cells: methodology and technology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40(17):5181-5192.
24. Mao T., Hong S.Y., Show K.Y., Tay J.H., Lee D.J. A comparison of ultrasound treatment on primary and secondary sludges. Water Sci. Technol. 2004, 50(9):91-97.
25. Min B., Kim J.R., Oh S.E., Regan M.J., Logan B.E. Electricity generation from swine wastewater using microbial fuel cells. Water Res. 2005, 39(20):4961-4968.
26. Namour P., Muller M.C. Fractionation of organic matter from wastewater treatment plants before and after a 21-day biodegradability test: a physical-chemical method for measurement of the refractory part of effluents. Water Res. 1998, 32(7):2224-2231.
27. Neyens E., Baeyens J., Creemers C. Alkaline thermal sludge hydrolysis. J. Hazard. Mater. 2003, 97(1-3):295-314.
28. Quanrud D.M., Karpiscak M.M., Lansey K.E., Arnold R.G. Transformation of effluent organic matter during subsurface wetland treatment in the Sonoran Desert. Chemosphere 2004, 54(6):777-788.
29. Rabaey K., Verstraete W. Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation. Trends Biotechnol. 2005, 23(6):291-298.
30. Reimers C.E., Tender L.M., Fertig S., Wang W. Harvesting energy from the marine sediment-water interface. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35(1):192-195.
31. Rozendal R.A., Hamelers H.V., Rabaey K., Keller J., Buisman C.J. Towards practical implementation of bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment. Trends Biotechnol. 2008, 26(8):450-459.
32. Scott K., Murano C. A study of a microbial fuel cell battery using manure sludge waste. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2007, 82(9):809-817.
33. Show K.Y., Mao T.H., Lee D.J. Optimisation of sludge disruption by sonication. Water Res. 2007, 47(20):4741-4747.
34. Tiehm A., Nickel K., Zellhorn M., Neis U. Ultrasonic waste activated sludge disintegration for improving anaerobic stabilization. Water Res. 2001, 35(8):2003-2009.
35. Valo A., Carrere H., Delgene J.P. Thermal, chemical, and thermo-chemical pre-treatment of waste activated sludge for anaerobic digestion. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2004, 79(11):1197-1203.
36. Vavilin V.A., Rytov S.V., Lokshina L.Y. A description of hydrolysis kinetics in anaerobic degradation of particulate organic matter. Bioresour. Technol. 1996, 56(2):229-237.
37. Weemaes M., Grootaerd H., Simoens F., Verstraete W. Anaerobic digestion of ozonized biosolids. Water Res. 2000, 34(8):2330-2336.
38. Wingender J., Neu T.R., Flemming H.C. Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Characterization, Structures and Function 1999, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
39. Yu G.H., He P.J., Shao L.M., Zhu Y.S. Extracellular proteins, polysaccharides and enzymes impact on sludge aerobic digestion after ultrasonic pretreatment. Water Res. 2008, 42(8-9):1925-1934.