In the present study, the volatile fatty acids (VFA) and non-volatile free fatty acids (NV-FA) of two separate anaerobic digesters (one for acetogenesis and the other one for methanogenesis) fed with municipal wastewater sludges, were characterized by using head-space solid phase microextraction coupled with gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry (HSSPME-GC-MS) and gas-chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID), respectively. VFA mainly consisted of acetic (C2), propionic (C3), iso-butyric, (C4), butyric (C4), iso-valeric (C5), valeric (C5) and caproic (C6) and they prevailed in acetogenesis. This implies that homoacetogenic and acetate/butyrate fermentations were predominant in this process. In methanogenesis, acetate and n-butyrate were completely degraded, while propionate degradation seemed to be time-dependent. No negative effect of propionate was observed during methanogenesis. NV-FA were mainly constituted by saturated fatty acids (SFA) from C12:0 to C24:0 and only few unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (from C18:1 to C22:1) were observed in both processes. A considerable amount of branched NV-FFA was found in both fermentation processes and this result confirmed the microbial origin of these compounds
Titolo: | LIPID CHARACTERIZATION IN TWO-PHASES ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FROM MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGES |
Autore/i: | FRANCIOSO, ORNELLA; SAVIOLI, STEFANO; RODRIGUEZ ESTRADA, MARIA TERESA; C. Salomoni; A. Caputo; PALENZONA, DOMENICO |
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Anno: | 2009 |
Titolo del libro: | Third Energy Management conference Proceedings (AIGE) Università degli Studi di Parma (Italy) 4-5 Giugno, 2009 |
Pagina iniziale: | 16 |
Pagina finale: | 20 |
Abstract: | In the present study, the volatile fatty acids (VFA) and non-volatile free fatty acids (NV-FA) of two separate anaerobic digesters (one for acetogenesis and the other one for methanogenesis) fed with municipal wastewater sludges, were characterized by using head-space solid phase microextraction coupled with gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry (HSSPME-GC-MS) and gas-chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID), respectively. VFA mainly consisted of acetic (C2), propionic (C3), iso-butyric, (C4), butyric (C4), iso-valeric (C5), valeric (C5) and caproic (C6) and they prevailed in acetogenesis. This implies that homoacetogenic and acetate/butyrate fermentations were predominant in this process. In methanogenesis, acetate and n-butyrate were completely degraded, while propionate degradation seemed to be time-dependent. No negative effect of propionate was observed during methanogenesis. NV-FA were mainly constituted by saturated fatty acids (SFA) from C12:0 to C24:0 and only few unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (from C18:1 to C22:1) were observed in both processes. A considerable amount of branched NV-FFA was found in both fermentation processes and this result confirmed the microbial origin of these compounds |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 4-giu-2009 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |