title: Enhanced waste activated sludge digestion using a submerged anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor: performance, sludge characteristics and microbial community.
abstract: Anaerobic digestion (AD) plays an important role in waste activated sludge (WAS) treatment; however, conventional AD (CAD) process needs substantial improvements, especially for the treatment of WAS with low solids content and poor anaerobic biodegradability. Herein, we propose a submerged anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) for simultaneous WAS thickening and digestion without any pretreatment. During the long-term operation, the AnDMBR exhibited an enhanced sludge reduction and improved methane production over CAD process. Moreover, the biogas generated in the AnDMBR contained higher methane content than CAD process. Stable carbon isotopic signatures elucidated the occurrence of combined methanogenic pathways in the AnDMBR process, in which hydrogenotrophic methanogenic pathway made a larger contribution to the total methane production. It was also found that organic matter degradation was enhanced in the AnDMBR, thus providing more favorable substrates for microorganisms. Pyrosequencing revealed that Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were abundant in bacterial communities and Methanosarcina and Methanosaeta in archaeal communities, which played an important role in the AnDMBR system. This study shed light on the enhanced digestion of WAS using AnDMBR technology.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hongguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhichao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chaowei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D056804:Biofuels; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D012722:Sewage; D008697:Methane
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