Anaerobic co-digestion: Current status and perspectives

R Karki, W Chuenchart, KC Surendra, S Shrestha… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a long-established technology for the valorization of diverse organic
wastes with concomitant generation of valuable resources. However, mono-digestion (ie …

The future agricultural biogas plant in Germany: A vision

S Theuerl, C Herrmann, M Heiermann, P Grundmann… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
After nearly two decades of subsidized and energy crop-oriented development, agricultural
biogas production in Germany is standing at a crossroads. Fundamental challenges need to …

Microbial symbiosis: a network towards biomethanation

S Saha, B Basak, JH Hwang, ES Salama… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Biomethanation through anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most reliable energy harvesting
process to achieve waste-to-energy. Microbial communities, including hydrolytic and …

[HTML][HTML] Process disturbances in agricultural biogas production—Causes, mechanisms and effects on the biogas microbiome: A review

S Theuerl, J Klang, A Prochnow - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disturbances of the anaerobic digestion process reduce the economic and environmental
performance of biogas systems. A better understanding of the highly complex process is of …

Rapid recovery of methane yield in organic overloaded-failed anaerobic digesters through bioaugmentation with acclimatized microbial consortium

B Basak, SM Patil, S Saha, MB Kurade, GS Ha… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Acidification during anaerobic digestion (AD) due to organic overloading is one of the major
reasons for process failures and decreased methane productivity in anaerobic digesters …

[PDF][PDF] Microbial responses to different operating practices for biogas production systems

M Westerholm, A Schnürer - Anaerobic digestion, 2019 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Biogas production requires a number of different microbial groups that work in a
synchronized and closely interacting manner. For bioreactors constructed to maximize waste …

Competition between butyrate fermenters and chain-elongating bacteria limits the efficiency of medium-chain carboxylate production

B Liu, S Kleinsteuber, F Centler, H Harms… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Medium-chain carboxylates such as n-caproate and n-caprylate are valuable chemicals,
which can be produced from renewable feedstock by anaerobic fermentation and lactate …

High-resolution monitoring of VFA dynamics reveals process failure and exponential decrease of biogas production

K Maurus, N Kremmeter, S Ahmed, M Kazda - Biomass Conversion and …, 2021 - Springer
The future of biogas production will be characterized by on-demand provision to
compensate the unpredictability of solar and wind power. Such biogas production through …

Tracking microbial community shifts during recovery process in overloaded anaerobic digesters under biological and non-biological supplementation strategies

C Rhee, SG Park, DW Kim, SI Yu, J Shin, S Hwang… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion encounters operational instability due to fluctuations in organic loading.
Propionic acid (HPr) is frequently accumulated due to its unfavorable reaction …

New insights on ecological roles of waste activated sludge in nutrient-stressed co-digestion

Y **ao, T Hao - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
There have been extensive applications of waste activated sludge (WAS) in anaerobic co-
digestion (AcoD). Nonetheless, mechanisms through which AcoD systems maintain stability …