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Steady state characteristics of acclimated hydrogenotrophic methanogens on inorganic substrate in continuous chemostat reactors
A Monod model has been used to describe the steady state characteristics of the acclimated mesophilic hydrogenotrophic methanogens in experimental chemostat reactors. The bacteria were fed with mineral salts and specific trace metals and a H 2/CO 2 supply was used as a single limited substrate. Unde...
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Published in: | Bioresource technology 2008-09, Vol.99 (14), p.6305-6310 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | A Monod model has been used to describe the steady state characteristics of the acclimated mesophilic hydrogenotrophic methanogens in experimental chemostat reactors. The bacteria were fed with mineral salts and specific trace metals and a H
2/CO
2 supply was used as a single limited substrate. Under steady state conditions, the growth yield (
Y
CH
4
) reached 11.66
g cells per mmol of H
2/CO
2 consumed. The daily cells generation average was 5.67
×
10
11, 5.25
×
10
11, 4.2
×
10
11 and 2.1
×
10
11 cells/
l-culture for the dilutions 0.071/d, 0.083/d, 0.1/d and 0.125/d, respectively. The maximum specific growth rate (
μ
max) and the Monod half-saturation coefficient (
K
S) were 0.15/d and 0.82
g/L, respectively. Using these results, the reactor performance was simulated. During the steady state, the simulation predicts the dependence of the H
2/CO
2 concentration (
S) and the cell concentration (
X) on the dilution rate. The model fitted the experimental data well and was able to yield a maximum methanogenic activity of 0.24
L CH
4/g VSS.d. The dilution rate was estimated to be 0.1/d. At the dilution rate of 0.14/d, the exponential cells washout was achieved. |
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ISSN: | 0960-8524 1873-2976 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.12.016 |