Effects of ultrasound pre-treatment on the amount of dissolved organic matter extracted from food waste

•After ultrasonic pretreatment, the total production of VFA increased markedly.•Ultrasonic significantly increased the COD and protein of supernatant of food waste.•Ultrasonic increased the amount of reducing sugars dissolved out of food waste.•Ultrasonic markedly decreased the amount of fat dissolv...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2014-03, Vol.155, p.266-271
Main Authors: Jiang, Jianguo, Gong, Changxiu, Wang, Jiaming, Tian, Sicong, Zhang, Yujing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaerobiosis
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis
Fatty acids
Fatty Acids, Volatile - biosynthesis
Fermentation
Food
Food industries
Food waste
Foods
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hydrolysis
Lipids
Oxygen demand
Proteins
Refuse Disposal - methods
SCOD
Sound
Sugars
Ultrasound
Use and upgrading of agricultural and food by-products. Biotechnology
VFAs
Waste Products - analysis
Wastes
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Summary:•After ultrasonic pretreatment, the total production of VFA increased markedly.•Ultrasonic significantly increased the COD and protein of supernatant of food waste.•Ultrasonic increased the amount of reducing sugars dissolved out of food waste.•Ultrasonic markedly decreased the amount of fat dissolved out of food waste. This paper describes a series of studies on the effects of food waste disintegration using an ultrasonic generator and the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) by anaerobic hydrolysis. The results suggest that ultrasound treatment can significantly increase COD [chemical oxygen demand], proteins and reducing sugars, but decrease that of lipids in food waste supernatant. Ultrasound pre-treatment boosted the production of VFAs dramatically during the fermentation of food waste. At an ultrasonic energy density of 480W/L, we treated two kinds of food waste (total solids (TS): 40 and 100g/L, respectively) with ultrasound for 15min. The amount of COD dissolved from the waste increased by 1.6–1.7-fold, proteins increased by 3.8–4.3-fold, and reducing sugars increased by 4.4–3.6-fold, whereas the lipid content decreased from 2 to 0.1g/L. Additionally, a higher VFA yield was observed following ultrasonic pre-treatment.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.12.064