Affiliation:
1. a College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
2. b School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Abstract
Abstract
In this study, a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) coupled with up-flow anaerobic sludge beds (UASBs) reactor was successfully developed for enhancing methane production and carbon recovery rate from cornstalks. Acetic acid production was higher in regions A than in B and C. The methane percentage achieved at 75.98% of total gas and methane production of cornstalks was up to 520.07 mL/g, during the stable operation period. The carbon of recovery rate, represented substrates converted to methane gas, reached 69.32% in stable stage. Microbial community structure analysis revealed that Paludibacter, Prevotella/Clostridium sensu stricto, and Caldisericum were the dominant bacteria for the degradation of cellulose, lignin, and other refractory macromolecules in regions A, B, and C, respectively. Methanobacterium and Methanolinea were the two major genera, accounting for methanogenesis generation.
Funder
the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China
the National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Yalong River Joint Fund
the Foundation Research Program of Shanxi Province
Subject
Water Science and Technology,Environmental Engineering