Potato Starch Wastewater Research Articles

Manipulation of nitrogen leaching from tea field soil using a Trichoderma viride biofertilizer.

With the increasing use of chemical fertilizers, negative environmental impacts have greatly increased as a result from agricultural fields. The fungus Trichoderma viride used as a biofertilizer can efficiently reduce nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from subtropical tea fields in southern China. In this paper, it was further found that T. viride biofertilizer could alleviate nitrogen (N) leaching in tea fields. Gross N leaching was 1.51kgha-1year-1 with no external fertilizer input, but when 225kgNha-1year-1was applied, it increased to 12.38kgha-1year-1 using T. viride biofertilizer but 53.46kgha-1year-1 using urea. Stepwise linear regression analysis identified the factors responsible for N leaching to be soil nitrate concentration and soil interflow, simulated here using the water balance simulation model (WaSiM-ETH). Finally, mass-scale production of T. viride biofertilizer from waste reutilization using sweet potato starch wastewater and rice straw was found to be cost-effective and feasible. These procedures could be considered a best management practice to reduce N leaching from tea fields in subtropical areas of central China and to reduce pollution from other agricultural waste products.

Occurrence and transformations of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus related to particle size fraction of sweet potato starch wastewater during hydrolytic acidification processes.

Sweet potato starch wastewater (SPSW) is an industrial food-processing waste product, which is a significant pollution source due to its high chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen, and phosphorus loads. The influence of hydrolytic acidification (HA) process on C, N, and P as well as other main parameters were evaluated. It is essential to treat these wastewaters with effective methods such as HA, a general pretreatment application. In this study, we investigate the scientific link between the changes of different fractions of C, N, and P with particle size distribution in response to the newly introduced HA process. Results showed that the levels of COD, TN, and TP remained ultimately stable; pH and suspended solids (SSs) decreased obviously. HA process exhibits excellent capability of reducing the larger particulars (with diameter of >5μm) into smaller ones (with diameter of <0.1μm). The most significant initial concentration contribution to COD, TN, and TP pollution came from particles and matter with a diameter of >5μm, at 41.8, 57.3, and 43.5%, respectively. While the most significant contribution to COD, TN, and TP was resulting from micro-molecular size particles (<0.1μm) after 48h. The smallest particles (<0.1μm) were the most dominant contribution to all pollutants measured, with COD, TN, and TP contributions of 63.2, 50.4, and 59.3%, respectively. While the contribution of larger particles (particle size >5μm) reduced to 10.2, 15.3, and 7.1%, respectively.

Effect of Trichoderma viride biofertilizer on ammonia volatilization from an alkaline soil in Northern China

Ammonia (NH3) volatilization is one of the primary pathways of nitrogen (N) loss from soils after chemical fertilizer is applied, especially from the alkaline soils in Northern China, which results in lower efficiency for chemical fertilizers. Therefore, we conducted an incubation experiment using an alkaline soil from Tianjin (pH8.37–8.43) to evaluate the suppression effect of Trichoderma viride (T. viride) biofertilizer on NH3 volatilization, and compared the differences in microbial community structure among all samples. The results showed that viable T. viride biofertilizer (T) decreased NH3 volatilization by 42.21% compared with conventional fertilizer ((CK), urea), while nonviable T. viride biofertilizer (TS) decreased NH3 volatilization by 32.42%. NH3 volatilization was significantly higher in CK and sweet potato starch wastewater (SPSW) treatments during the peak period. T. viride biofertilizer also improved the transfer of ammonium from soil to sweet sorghum. Plant dry weights increased 91.23% and 61.08% for T and TS, respectively, compared to CK. Moreover, T. viride biofertilizer enhanced nitrification by increasing the abundance of ammonium-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). The results of high-throughput sequencing indicated that the microbial community structure and composition were significantly changed by the application of T. viride biofertilizer. This study demonstrated the immense potential of T. viride biofertilizer in reducing NH3 volatilization from alkaline soil and simultaneously improving the utilization of fertilizer N by sweet sorghum.

Poplar growth and wood production on a grassland irrigated for decades with potato starch wastewater

Irrigation of grasslands with potato starch wastewater causes changes in soil quality parameters, often resulting in decreased crop yields and sometimes causing animal diseases. Reduced agricultural income leads to designation of such grasslands for afforestation aimed at production of bioenergy crops and improvement of soil quality. In this study, Populus alba L. and seven different poplar clones were planted in 2009 on the grassland irrigated in 1973–2008 with potato starch wastewater and in non-irrigated, experimental forest. The survival, growth and wood production potential of planted poplars after 2–3 growing seasons were analyzed. Morphophysiological parameters of leaves, nutrients in leaves and fine roots, sugars in fine roots, leaf rust resistance, frost hardiness and their effects on growth were also determined. Stem diameter and stem volume index of poplars growing on the grassland were higher than in the experimental forest. Only Populus deltoides Bartr. × P. maximowiczii Henry clone ‘Eridano’ (in short ERI) had a survival rate of 100 % and the highest values of stem diameter (77 mm) and stem volume index (0.034 m3) in comparison with other poplars in both sites after 3 growing seasons. Clone ERI was also characterized by a high leaf rust resistance and frost hardiness. The results suggest that clone ERI is suitable as a bioenergy crop on grasslands irrigated with potato starch wastewater. Afforestation of the grassland improved the fertility of the soil by increasing concentrations of soil organic matter and availability of mineral nutrients (N, P, K, S and Fe).

Effect of effluent recirculation rate on the performance of anaerobic bio-filter treating coal gasification wastewater under co-digestion conditions

In this study, anaerobic biofilter (AF) was adopted for anaerobic co-digestion of potato starch wastewater (PSW) and coal gasification wastewater (CGW).

Hydrogen and lipid production from starch wastewater by co-culture of anaerobic sludge and oleaginous microalgae with simultaneous COD, nitrogen and phosphorus removal

Anaerobic sludge (AS) and microalgae were co-cultured to enhance the energy conversion and nutrients removal from starch wastewater. Mixed ratio, starch concentration and initial pH played critical roles on the hydrogen and lipid production of the co-culture system. The maximum hydrogen production of 1508.3 mL L−1 and total lipid concentration of 0.36 g L−1 were obtained under the optimized mixed ratio (algae:AS) of 30:1, starch concentration of 6 g L−1 and initial pH of 8. The main soluble metabolites in dark fermentation were acetate and butyrate, most of which can be consumed in co-cultivation. When sweet potato starch wastewater was used as the substrate, the highest COD, TN and TP removal and energy conversion efficiencies reached 80.5%, 88.7%, 80.1% and 34.2%, which were 176%, 178%, 200% and 119% higher than that of the control group (dark fermentation), respectively. This research provided a novel approach and achieved efficient simultaneous energy recovery and nutrients removal from starch wastewater by the co-culture system.

Characterization and flocculation mechanism of a bioflocculant from potato starch wastewater.

This study investigated the characterization and flocculation mechanism of a bioflocculant prepared using potato starch wastewater. The optimal culture conditions of this strain were determined as 4 g K2HPO4, 2 g KH2PO4, 0.2 g MgSO4, 0.1 g NaCl, and 2.0 g urea dissolved in 1.0 L potato starch wastewater with no need of adding carbon sources or adjusting pH value. Production of this bioflocculant was positively associated with cell growth, and a highest value of 0.81 g/L was obtained. During the kaolin suspension flocculation, charge neutralization and interparticle bridging were proposed as the main reasons for enhanced performance. Further, with potato starch wastewater, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and turbidity removal rates reached 52.4 and 81.7 %, respectively, at pH 7.5 when the bioflocculant dose was adjusted to 30 mg/L.

Characterization of a bioflocculant from potato starch wastewater and its application in sludge dewatering.

A bioflocculant was produced by using potato starch wastewater; its potential in sludge dewatering and potato starch wastewater treatment was investigated. Production of this bioflocculant was positively associated with cell growth, and a highest value of 0.81 g/L was obtained. When incubated with this bioflocculant, dry solids (DS) and specific resistance to filtration (SRF) of typical wastewater activated sludge reached 20.8% and 3.9 × 10(12) m/kg, respectively, which were much better than the ones obtained with conventional chemical flocculants. Sludge dewatering was further improved when both the bioflocculant and conventional polyacrylamide (PAM) were used simultaneously. With potato starch wastewater, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and turbidity removal rates could reach 52.4 and 81.7%, respectively, at pH value of 7.5 when the bioflocculant dose was adjusted to 30 mg/L; from a practical standpoint, the removal of COD and turbidity reached 48.3 and 72.5%, respectively, without pH value adjustment.

Protein Recovery from Sweet Potato Starch Wastewater by Foam Separation

In this study, an inclined foam separation column was designed to effectively recover protein from sweet potato starch wastewater. The effects of the influent protein concentration, pH, air flow rate, influent volume, foaming time, and inclined column angle on foam separation performance were assessed. The optimum foam separation conditions consisted of influent protein concentration 4.51 mg/mL, pH 4, air flow rate 0.15 mL/min, influent volume 500 mL, foaming time 100 min, and inclined column angle 30°. In these conditions, protein recovery percentage and enrichment ratios were 84.1% and 1.3, respectively. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and chemical oxygen demand (CODCr) of the residual solution (620 and 950 mg/mL, respectively) were lower than those of the original (influent) solution.

Preparation and application of a novel bioflocculant by two strains of Rhizopus sp. using potato starch wastewater as nutrilite.

A complex bioflocculant MBF917 was prepared by Rhizopus sp. M9 and M17 using potato starch wastewater (PSW) as nutrilite, and its flocculation characteristics of treating PSW were studied. Culture conditions of the two strains were optimized, and flocculating conditions of the bioflocculant for treating PSW were also investigated. The optimal and economical culture conditions were determined as COD of about 1600 mg/L, 0.3 g/L urea and 0.04 g/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate, with no need of adding carbon sources or adjusting pH. When the bioflocculant was used to flocculate PSW, the optimal dosage was 0.1 mL/L with addition of 5 mL/L 10% CaCl2 as coagulant aid, and there was no need to adjust pH. After flocculation, COD and turbidity removal rates of the PSW could reach 54.09% and 92.11%, respectively, and 1.1g/L proteic substance was recycled from the PSW as a byproduct that could be used for animal feed.

Field investigations on odor emitted from potato starch wastewater

Field investigations on odor emitted from potato starch wastewater

Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from tea field soil using bioaugmentation with a Trichoderma viride biofertilizer.

Land-use conversion from woodlands to tea fields in subtropical areas of central China leads to increased nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, partly due to increased nitrogen fertilizer use. A field investigation of N2O using a static closed chamber-gas chromatography revealed that the average N2O fluxes in tea fields with 225 kg N ha−1 yr−1 fertilizer application were 9.4 ± 6.2 times higher than those of woodlands. Accordingly, it is urgent to develop practices for mitigating N2O emissions from tea fields. By liquid-state fermentation of sweet potato starch wastewater and solid-state fermentation of paddy straw with application of Trichoderma viride, we provided the tea plantation with biofertilizer containing 2.4 t C ha−1 and 58.7 kg N ha−1. Compared to use of synthetic N fertilizer, use of biofertilizer at 225 kg N ha−1 yr−1 significantly reduced N2O emissions by 33.3%–71.8% and increased the tea yield by 16.2%–62.2%. Therefore, the process of bioconversion/bioaugmentation tested in this study was found to be a cost-effective and feasible approach to reducing N2O emissions and can be considered the best management practice for tea fields.

Bioconversion of Potato Starch Wastewater into Biofertilizer by &lt;i&gt;Bacillus amyloliquefaciens&lt;/i&gt; for Improving Tea Yield

Effluents from potato starch industry possess a high load of starchy materials. The treatment of such wastewater by conventional activated sludge processes consumes a lot of energy, resulting in high treatment costs. A plant growth promoting bacterium (PGPB) Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain A3 was isolated from soil. The isolate A3 performed a good capacity of promoting tea plant growth, which indicated that the strain can be used as a nonchemical alternative biofertilizer. In this study, we investigated the carbon and nutrient rich industrial processing effluents of potato starch wastewater (PW) as substrate for the cultivation of the biofertilizer strain A3. The isolate A3 can grow well using PW as the culture medium. The maximum yield of 2.2×109 CFU/ml of the isolate A3 was reached in 24 h at 36 °C, pH 7.5 using the SW as substrate. In conclusion, it is feasible to develop a hybrid biotechnological process, integrating the production of environmental friendly biofertilizer with treatment of intractable wastewater.

Study on Environmental Materials with Treatment of Sweet Potato Starch Wastewater by Coagulation Precipitation Method

This study aimed at, pre-treatment of sweet potato starch wastewater and acquisition the application conditions of environmental materials though coagulation precipitation. The removal rates of COD and turbidity were investigated by process to find kind and quantity of suitable coagulant, quantity of coagulate aids, pH and setting time. The results showed that poly aluminum ferric chloride (PAFC) was chosen as an optimum coagulant for effective treatment. The optimal coagulation precipitation conditions were determined as follows: pH8, dosage of PAFC 1200mg/l, PAM100mg/l, sedimentation time 30 min. At optimum conditions of coagulation precipitation stages, the removal rate of COD and turbidity reached 25.8% and 67.5%, respectively. Therefore, coagulation process reduced the burden of subsequent wastewater treating.

Study on Environmental Materials with Treatment of Sweet Potato Starch Wastewater by Hydrolysis Acidification Sedimentation Process

This study aimed at the application conditions of environmental materials in sweet potato starch wastewater by hydrolysis acidification process. The removal rates of COD and soluble protein were investigated to find suitable natural setting time, the quantity of acidic steeping liquor and pH. The results showed that traditional fermentation not only consumes time but also scarcely removal efficiency in short time. 40% acidic steeping liquor was added as an optimum dosage for effective treatment. In addition, the effort of pH (3.0-9.0) on the hydrolysis acidification of wastewater was investigated. The removal rates of COD and soluble protein reached 26.9% and 76.3% respectively at pH4.0. Therefore, pH was adjusted to isoelectric point that can effectively reduce the burden of subsequent wastewater treatment.

Treatment of Sweet Potato Starch Wastewater with UASB

A pilot-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor was used to study the sweet potato starch wastewater treatment performance and its influencing factors. Under normal temperature conditions, the operating parameters of sweet potato starch wastewater from UASB treatment was optimized, and the better conditions from different influent CODcr concentrations was obtained. The impacts from trace elements MgCl2, FeCl2, CoCl2, NiCl2 on physiological and biochemical characteristics of anaerobic granular sludge was developed.

Research on microbial lipid production from potato starch wastewater as culture medium by Lipomyces starkeyi

In this paper, potato starch wastewater as culture medium was treated by the oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi to biosynthesize microbial lipid. The result indicated that carbon source types, carbon source concentration, nitrogen source types, nitrogen source concentration, inoculum size, and cultivation time all had a significant effect on cell growth and microbial lipid accumulation in batch cultures. A measure of 120 g/L of glucose concentration, 3.0 g/L of (NH4)2SO4 concentration, 10% inoculum size, and incubation time 96 h cultivated in a shaking flask at 30 °C were found to be the optimal conditions not only for cell growth but also for lipid synthesis. Under this condition, the cellular biomass and lipid content could reach 2.59 g/L and 8.88%, respectively. This work provides a new method for effective utilization of potato starch wastewater, which has particular social and economic benefits for yeast treatment technology.

Operating Characteristic of IC Reactor Treating Wastewater of Sweet Potato Starch

The operating characteristics of IC reactor were studied when wastewater of sweet potato starch was utilized to domesticate the granular sludge. The effect of temperature on the treatment of sweet potato starch wastewater using IC reactor was specially researched. Results showed that the COD removal rate improved gradually in the process of the granular sludge in the IC reactor was domesticated by wastewater of sweet potato starch, and the activity of granular sludge also increasingly recovered. When the domestication was finished, the volume loading rate and the COD removal rate could attain 21.9kgCOD/ (m3 •d) and 84%, respectively. When the system temperature was between 29～35°C,the COD removal rate could be above 80%. However, when the temperature decreased, the COD removal rate reduced sharply.

Study on Potato Starch Wastewater Pretreatment Using Flocculation

In this paper, flocculation process was applied to the treatment of potato starch wastewater. The Influence of flocculent types, dosage of flocculants, pH, dosage of coagulant aid polyacrylamide (PAM) and sedimentation time on flocculation efficiency was studied, and principal factors of influence flocculation pretreatment of potato starch wastewater and the optimum flocculation conditions were determined by orthogonal experiment. On the optimum conditions which had the advantage of better treatment efficiency with chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate of 40.55% , the suitable pH(7) in favour of the following biological treatment, high yield of sludge of 1.59g/L wastewater which could be used as animal feed or fertilizer and increase economic benefits.

THE APPLICATION OF FEATHER KERATIN AND ITS DERIVATIVES IN TREATMENT OF POTATO STARCH WASTEWATER

In this paper, stable and homogeneous feather keratin was effectively extracted from feathers. Its molecular weight is 20kDa with low dispersivity. The extracted feather keratin (FK) and its derivatives (FK-ET) were used as natural polymer flocculants. It was a new kind of effective and innoxious flocculant for the COD removal of potato starch wastewater. The removal rate of COD was up to 75% under the following optimal condition: 100mL of initial wastewater (COD = 7380), T = 20°C, [FK-ET] = 0.4g/L, [Bent] = 4g/L, pH = 8.0. Compared with traditional flocculants, keratin flocculants are innoxious natural polymers. Their sludge is easy to be treated, and there is no further pollution. Also, the flocculating constituents, which containing keratin, starch, saccharide, protein and other solubility substances from wastewaters, should be reutilized. It has practical application value in water treatment as a kind of natural polymer flocculant.