Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane

Tolypothrix, a self-flocculating, fast growing, CO2 and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, can be cultivated in nutrient-poor ash dam waters of coal-fired power stations, converting CO2 emissions into organic biomass. Therefore, the biomass of Tolypothrix sp. is a promising source for bio-fertiliser pr...

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Autores: Velu, Chinnathambi, Karthikeyan, Obulisamy Parthiba, Brinkman, Diane L., Cires Gómez, Samuel, Heimann, Kirsten
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Palavra-chave:Methane
Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Horizontal Algal Turf Scrubbers
Volatile Organics
Ash Dam Water
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methaneVelu, ChinnathambiKarthikeyan, Obulisamy ParthibaBrinkman, Diane L.Cires Gómez, SamuelHeimann, KirstenMethaneAnaerobic Co-DigestionHorizontal Algal Turf ScrubbersVolatile OrganicsAsh Dam WaterBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaTolypothrix, a self-flocculating, fast growing, CO2 and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, can be cultivated in nutrient-poor ash dam waters of coal-fired power stations, converting CO2 emissions into organic biomass. Therefore, the biomass of Tolypothrix sp. is a promising source for bio-fertiliser production, providing micro- and macronutrients. Energy requirements for production could potentially be offset via anaerobic digestion (AD) of the produced biomass, which may further improve the efficiency of the resulting biofertilizer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-treatment conditions and subsequent methane (CH4) production of Tolypothrix under out-door cultivation conditions. Pre-treatments on biogas and methane production for Tolypothrix sp. biomass investigated were: (1) thermal at 95 °C for 10 h, (2) hydrothermal by autoclave at 121 °C at 1013.25 hPa for 20 min, using a standard moisture-heat procedure, (3) microwave at an output power of 900 W and an exposure time of 3 min, (4) sonication at an output power of 10 W for 3.5 h at 10 min intervals with 20 s breaks and (5) freeze-thaw cycles at −80 °C for 24 h followed by thawing at room temperature. Thermal, hydrothermal and sonication pre-treatments supported high solubilization of organic compounds up to 24.40 g L−1. However, higher specific CH4 production of 0.012 and 0.01 L CH4 g−1 volatile solidsadded. was achieved for thermal and sonic pre-treatments, respectively. High N- and low C-content of the Tolypothrix biomass affected CH4 recovery, while pre-treatment accelerated production of volatile acids (15.90 g L−1) and ammonia-N-accumulation (1.41 g L−1), leading to poor CH4 yields. Calculated theoretical CH4 yields based on the elemental composition of the biomass were ~55% higher than actual yields. This highlights the complexity of interactions during AD which are not adequately represented by elemental compositionElsevierDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20212021-06-19research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/705933https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131246reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7059332026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
title Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
spellingShingle Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
Velu, Chinnathambi
Methane
Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Horizontal Algal Turf Scrubbers
Volatile Organics
Ash Dam Water
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
title_full Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
title_fullStr Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
title_full_unstemmed Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
title_sort Biomass pre-treatments of the N<inf>2</inf>-fixing cyanobacterium Tolypothrix for co-production of methane
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Velu, Chinnathambi
Karthikeyan, Obulisamy Parthiba
Brinkman, Diane L.
Cires Gómez, Samuel
Heimann, Kirsten
author Velu, Chinnathambi
author_facet Velu, Chinnathambi
Karthikeyan, Obulisamy Parthiba
Brinkman, Diane L.
Cires Gómez, Samuel
Heimann, Kirsten
author_role author
author2 Karthikeyan, Obulisamy Parthiba
Brinkman, Diane L.
Cires Gómez, Samuel
Heimann, Kirsten
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Methane
Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Horizontal Algal Turf Scrubbers
Volatile Organics
Ash Dam Water
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Methane
Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Horizontal Algal Turf Scrubbers
Volatile Organics
Ash Dam Water
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Tolypothrix, a self-flocculating, fast growing, CO2 and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, can be cultivated in nutrient-poor ash dam waters of coal-fired power stations, converting CO2 emissions into organic biomass. Therefore, the biomass of Tolypothrix sp. is a promising source for bio-fertiliser production, providing micro- and macronutrients. Energy requirements for production could potentially be offset via anaerobic digestion (AD) of the produced biomass, which may further improve the efficiency of the resulting biofertilizer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-treatment conditions and subsequent methane (CH4) production of Tolypothrix under out-door cultivation conditions. Pre-treatments on biogas and methane production for Tolypothrix sp. biomass investigated were: (1) thermal at 95 °C for 10 h, (2) hydrothermal by autoclave at 121 °C at 1013.25 hPa for 20 min, using a standard moisture-heat procedure, (3) microwave at an output power of 900 W and an exposure time of 3 min, (4) sonication at an output power of 10 W for 3.5 h at 10 min intervals with 20 s breaks and (5) freeze-thaw cycles at −80 °C for 24 h followed by thawing at room temperature. Thermal, hydrothermal and sonication pre-treatments supported high solubilization of organic compounds up to 24.40 g L−1. However, higher specific CH4 production of 0.012 and 0.01 L CH4 g−1 volatile solidsadded. was achieved for thermal and sonic pre-treatments, respectively. High N- and low C-content of the Tolypothrix biomass affected CH4 recovery, while pre-treatment accelerated production of volatile acids (15.90 g L−1) and ammonia-N-accumulation (1.41 g L−1), leading to poor CH4 yields. Calculated theoretical CH4 yields based on the elemental composition of the biomass were ~55% higher than actual yields. This highlights the complexity of interactions during AD which are not adequately represented by elemental composition
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