Abstract
Substrates that contain high ammonia levels can cause inhibition on anaerobic digestion process and unstable biogas production. The aim of the current study was to assess the effects of different ammonia levels on pure strains of (syntrophic acetate oxidizing) SAO bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Two pure strains of hydrogenotrophic methanogens (i.e: Methanoculleus bourgensis and Methanoculleus thermophiles) and two pure strains of SAO bacteria (i.e: Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans and Thermacetogenium phaeum) were inoculated under four different ammonia (0.26, 3, 5 and 7g NH4+-N/L) and free ammonia levels (Mesophilic: 3.31, 38.2, 63.68 and 89.15 g NH3-N/L. Thermophilic: 8.48, 97.82,163.03 and 228.24 g NH3-N/L)(Westerholm, et al., 2011; Satoshi, et al., 2000; Jacob, et al., 1997). The results indicated that both T. acetatoxydans and T. phaeum were more sensitive to high ammonia levels compared to the hydrogenotrophic methanogens tested. Thus, it seems that hydrogenotrophic methanogens could be equally, if not more, tolerant to high ammonia levels compared to SAO bacteria.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Book of Abstracts. DTU's Sustain Conference 2015 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Place of Publication | Lyngby |
| Publisher | Technical University of Denmark |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Article number | R-15 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | DTU Sustain Conference 2015 - DTU, Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 17 Dec 2015 → 17 Dec 2015 https://sustain.dtu.dk/about/sustain-2015 |
Conference
| Conference | DTU Sustain Conference 2015 |
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| Location | DTU |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Lyngby |
| Period | 17/12/2015 → 17/12/2015 |
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