Enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion process: A review

Y Li, Y Chen, J Wu - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increase of energy consumption and wastes generation due to human activities,
anaerobic digestion (AD), a technology which turns wastes into bio-energy, is receiving …

Syntrophy mechanism, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion

Y Zhang, C Li, Z Yuan, R Wang, I Angelidaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low efficiency and stability of anaerobic digestion (AD) has always hindered its wide
application. The accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) cause acidification and inhibition …

A novel green composite conductive material enhancing anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge via improving electron transfer and metabolic activity

H Liu, Y Xu, L Li, S Yuan, H Geng, Y Tang, X Dai - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) is usually limited by the low
generation efficiency of methane. The addition of composite conductive materials (CMs) is a …

Syntrophy goes electric: direct interspecies electron transfer

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has biogeochemical significance, and practical
applications that rely on DIET or DIET-based aspects of microbial physiology are growing …

Methane production and conductive materials: a critical review

G Martins, AF Salvador, L Pereira… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conductive materials (CM) have been extensively reported to enhance methane production
in anaerobic digestion processes. The occurrence of direct interspecies electron transfer …

Biochar boosts dark fermentative H2 production from sugarcane bagasse by selective enrichment/colonization of functional bacteria and enhancing extracellular …

J Bu, HL Wei, YT Wang, JR Cheng, MJ Zhu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of biochar (BC) on anerobic digestion (AD) of organic wastes have been
widely studied. However, the effect of BC on rate-limiting step during AD of lignocellulosic …

Enhanced anaerobic wastewater treatment by a binary electroactive material: pseudocapacitance/conductance-mediated microbial interspecies electron transfer

M Wang, T Ren, M Yin, K Lu, H Xu… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising method to treat organic matter. However, AD
performance was limited by the inefficient electron transfer and metabolism imbalance …

Direct interspecies electron transfer via conductive materials: a perspective for anaerobic digestion applications

JH Park, HJ Kang, KH Park, HD Park - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbial process that produces renewable energy in the form
of methane by treating organic waste and high-strength wastewater. Recent studies have …

Recent advances in bio-based carbon materials for anaerobic digestion: A review

Y Abbas, S Yun, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the great interest in improving anaerobic digestion (AD) process resulted in
the use of different types of additives or accelerants to exploit several profitable synergies …

Accelerating anaerobic digestion for methane production: Potential role of direct interspecies electron transfer

Z Wang, T Wang, B Si, J Watson, Y Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a commercial technology utilized to produce bioenergy from waste
streams. However, anaerobic digestion suffers from inefficient interspecies electron transfer …