Abstract
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of microalgae is an intriguing approach for bioenergy production. The scaling-up of AD presents a significant challenge due to the systematic efficiency losses related to process instabilities. To gain a comprehensive understanding of AD behavior, this study assessed a modified version of the anaerobic digestion model No1 (ADM1) + Contois kinetics to represent microalgae AD impacted by overloading. To this end, two new inhibition functions were implemented: inhibition by acetate for acidogenesis/acetogenesis and total volatile fatty acids for hydrolysis. This proposed ADM1 modification (including Contois kinetics) simulated AD behavior during the stable, disturbed and recovery periods, showing that the inhibition functions described in the original ADM1 cannot explain the AD performance under one of the most common perturbations at industrial scale (overloading). The findings underscore the importance of refining the inhibitions present in original ADM1 to better capture and predict the complexities of microalgae AD against overloading.
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