Simultaneous production of acetate and methane from glycerol by selective enrichment of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in extreme-thermophilic (70°C) mixed culture fermentation

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 326-333

  Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Dai, Kun ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^c   Zeng, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetate; Extreme thermophilic; Glycerol; Hydrogenotrophic methanogens; Methane; Mixed culture fermentation

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; METHANE; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS;

ACETATE; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; EXTREME THERMOPHILIC; HYDROGENOTROPHIC METHANOGENS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MIXED CULTURES;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METABOLITE; METHANOGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 84926189567     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.104     Document Type: Article

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