Citation: Lihong Zhou, Xueqian Yan, Xiangjun Pei, Jie Du, Rui Ma, Jin Qian. The role of NiFe₂O₄ nanoparticle in the anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS)[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 428-433. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.055 shu

The role of NiFe₂O₄ nanoparticle in the anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS)

Lihong Zhou ^a ,
Xueqian Yan ^b ,
Xiangjun Pei ^{a, c} ,
Jie Du ^d ,
Rui Ma ^b ,
Jin Qian ^{b, *,}

a.
College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610000, China
b.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
c.
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610000, China
d.
Jiuzhaigou Administration Bureau, Aba 623402, China

qianjin@nwpu.edu.cn

qianjin131@yahoo.com.hk

Received Date: 4 April 2021
Revised Date: 28 April 2021
Accepted Date: 21 June 2021
Available Online: 3 July 2021

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Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising technology for the treatment of waste activated sludge (WAS) with energy recovery. However, the low methane yield and slow methanogenesis limit its broad application. In this study, the NiFe₂O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) were fabricated and applied as a conductive material to enhance the AD via promoting the direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET). The crystal structure, specific surface area, morphology and elemental composition of the as-prepared NiFe₂O₄ NPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The biochemical methane potential (BMP) test was performed (lasting for 35 days) to evaluate the energy recovery in AD with the addition of the NiFe₂O₄ NPs. The results illustrate that NiFe₂O₄ NPs could accelerate both the hydrolysis, acidogenesis and methanogenesis, i.e., the cumulative methane production and daily methane yield increased from 96.76 ± 1.70 mL/gVS and 8.24 ± 1.26 mL gVS⁻¹ d⁻¹ in the absence of NiFe₂O₄ NPs (Group A) to 123.69 ± 3.20 mL/gVS and 9.71 ± 0.77 mL gVS⁻¹ d⁻¹ in the presence of NiFe₂O₄ NPs (Group B). The model simulation results showed that both the first-order kinetic model and the modified Gompertz model can well simulate the experimental results. The hydrolysis rate constant k increased from 0.04 ± 0.01 d⁻¹ in Group A to 0.06 ± 0.01 d⁻¹ in Group B. And the maximum methane production potential and activity were both improved after adding NiFe₂O₄. The microbial community analysis revealed that the microorganisms associated with hydrolysis and acidogenesis were more abundant in the presence of NiFe₂O₄. And the methanogenic archaea were enriched to a larger extent, resulted in the higher methanogenesis activities via dosing NiFe₂O₄.
- Anaerobic digestion (AD),
- Waste activated sludge (WAS),
- Methane production,
- NiFe₂O₄,
- Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET),
- Microbial community analysis
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