Sparking anaerobic digestion: promoting direct interspecies electron transfer to enhance methane production

Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang, DR Lovley - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Anaerobic digestion was one of the first bioenergy strategies developed, yet the interactions
of the microbial community that is responsible for the production of methane are still poorly …

Advances towards understanding long chain fatty acids-induced inhibition and overcoming strategies for efficient anaerobic digestion process

M Elsamadony, A Mostafa, M Fujii, A Tawfik, D Pant - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The inhibition of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, caused by long chain fatty acids
(LCFAs), has been considered as an important issue in the wastewater treatment sector …

Enhancing anaerobic digestion process with addition of conductive materials

Y Liu, X Li, S Wu, Z Tan, C Yang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is widely used for the treatment of wastewater for its low costs and
bioenergy production, but the performances of anaerobic digestion often need improving in …

Enhancing anaerobic digestion of kitchen wastes with biochar: Link between different properties and critical mechanisms of promoting interspecies electron transfer

J Wang, Z Zhao, Y Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been considered as a promising material to enhance the anaerobic digestion of
organic wastes, whereas the critical mechanism of biochar promoting interspecies electron …

Direct interspecies electron transfer mechanism in enhanced methanogenesis: A mini-review

W Wang, DJ Lee - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The role of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) on enhancement of methanogenesis
has been studied. This mini-review updated the current researches on the potential role of …

Revealing the mechanisms of polypyrrole (Ppy) enhancing methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS)

J Qian, Y Zhang, L Bai, X Yan, Y Du, R Ma, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising method for treating waste activated sludge (WAS),
but the low methane yield limits its large-scale application. The addition of conductive …

Correlation between intracellular electron transfer and gene expression for electrically conductive pili in electroactive bacteria during anaerobic digestion with ethanol

Y Li, B Yang, Y Kong, Y Tao, Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethanol feeding has been widely documented as an economical and effective strategy for
establishing direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) during anaerobic digestion …

Impacts of micro-to nano-sized carbon supplements on mixed and archaea-free halophilic cultures when used for bioenergy recovery from saline wastewater

M Ali, A Elreedy, M Fujii - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the growing interest in enhancing dark fermentation and anaerobic digestion via
carbon-based additives to exploit different lucrative synergies, process-based optimizations …

Novel long-chain fatty acid (LCFA)-degrading bacteria and pathways in anaerobic digestion promoted by hydrochar as revealed by genome-centric …

M Sun, Z Shi, C Zhang, Y Zhang… - Applied and …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT A large amount of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) are generated after lipids
hydrolysis in anaerobic digestion (AD), and LCFA are difficult to be biodegraded. This study …

Advances in carbonaceous promoters for anaerobic digestion processes–Functions and mechanisms of action

J Ning, M Kamali, L Appels - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Various carbonaceous structures, such as graphite-and biochar-derived materials, have
been recently developed to enhance biogas production by 1.3%–1130% during anaerobic …