2023 journal article
Chitosan-Fe3O4 composites enhance anaerobic digestion of liquor wastewater under acidic stress
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 377.
Acid stress in the anaerobic digestion process of liquor wastewater leads to low anaerobic treatment efficiency. Herein, chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 was prepared, and its effects on anaerobic digestion processes under acid stress were studied. Results showed that chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 increased the methanogenesis rate of anaerobic digestion of acidic liquor wastewater by 1.5-2.3 times and accelerated the restoration of acidified anaerobic systems. The analysis of sludge characteristics showed that chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 promoted the secretion of proteins and humic substances in extracellular polymeric substances and increased the electron transfer activity of the system by 71.4%. Microbial community analysis indicated that chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 enriched the abundance of Peptoclostridium, and Methanosaeta participated in direct interspecies electron transfer. Chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 could promote the direct interspecies electron transfer pathway to maintain stable methanogenesis. These methods and results regarding the use of chitosan-Fe 3 O 4 could be referred to for improving the efficiency of anaerobic digestion of high concentration organic wastewater under acid inhibition.