Abstract
Semi-continuous experiments were conducted to compare the performances and energy efficiencies of two advanced anaerobic digestions (AAD) of sewage sludge with high-temperature thermal pretreatment (HTTP, 160 ยฑ 1 ยฐC and 0.55 MPa for 30 min) and low-temperature thermal-alkaline pretreatment (LTTAP, 60 ยฑ 1 ยฐC and pH 12.0 ยฑ 0.1 for 30 min), which had similar sludge disintegration degree (9.44โ9.48%). At the steady period of a SRT 20 d, the two AAD had similar methane production (150.22 ยฑ 9.55 ml/L/d and 151.02 ยฑ 12.56 ml/L/d) and organic matter removals (22.54 ยฑ 2.84% and 23.15 ยฑ 2.46% for volatile solids-VS). The results of high-throughput sequencing showed that the methanogenic pathways of the two AAD were strictly hydrogenotrophic (AAD with HTTP) and hydrogenotrophic/acetoclastic methanogenesis (AAD with LTTAP), respectively. The energy balance analysis suggested that the AAD with LTTAP was superior to that with HTTP because the former had a higher energy efficiency (1.610) than the latter (1.358).
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