Wenjun Yan , Zhixuan Yin , Lingying Kong , Qian Zhang , Changqing Liu
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Alkali pretreatment as a game-changer in enhancing methane production from cattle manure and reshaping microbial landscape: A comparative analysis of NaOH, KOH, and Ca(OH)2
The presence of refractory organic substances in cattle manure significantly impedes its biogas recovery potential through anaerobic digestion. To address this challenge, this study explored the application of three different types of alkaline agents—NaOH, KOH, and Ca(OH)2—for pretreatments to optimize methane production from cattle manure. The results demonstrated that pretreatment with various alkaline agents could notably accelerate the conversion of insoluble organics in cattle manure into more digestible soluble forms, with varying degrees of effectiveness. NaOH/KOH pretreatments of cattle manure elevated the soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) by 7.6 times, reaching approximately 38,000 mg/L. This enhancement led to a 50 % increase in the methane yield during subsequent anaerobic digestion, achieving a rate of 150 mL/g VS·d. Despite the low solubility of Ca(OH)2 and the formation of Ca-precipitates hindering hydrolysis during pretreatment, the methane yield still increased by 31 %. High-throughput sequencing further revealed that alkaline pretreatments reshaped the microbial communities. Specifically, by enhancing hydrolysis and increasing the availability of H2/CO2, NaOH/KOH pretreatment shifted the methanogenesis pathway from acetotrophic to polytrophic by enriching hydrogenotrophic Methanobacterium and polytrophic Methanosarcina. However, Ca(OH)2 pretreatment maintained the dominance of acetoclastic methanogenesis by preserving the inherent characteristics of the cattle manure.
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