Batch fermentation of cheese-whey supplemented poultry, swine and cattle waste filtrates

The fermentation kinetics of methane production from whey permeate in a packed bed immobilized cell bioreactor at mesophilic temperatures and pHs around neutral was studied. Propionate and acetate were the only two major organic intermediates found in the methanogenic fermentation of lactose. Based on this finding, a three-step reaction mechanism was proposed: lactose was first degraded to propionate, acetate, COP, and H by fermentative bacteria; propionate was then converted to acetate by propionatedegrading bacteria; and finally, CH4 and COz were produced from acetate, H2, and C 0 2 by methanogenic bacteria. The second reaction step was found to be the rate-limiting step in the overall methanogenic fermentation of lactose. Monod-type mathematical equations were used to model these three step reactions. The kinetic constants in the models were sequentially determined by fitting the mathematical equations with the experimental data on acetate, propionate, and lactose concentrations. A mixed-culture fermentation model was also developed. This model simulates the methanogenic fermentation of whey permeate very well.

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Batch fermentation of cheese-whey supplemented poultry, swine and cattle waste filtrates

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Kinetics of methanogenesis from whey permeate in packed bed immobilized cells bioreactor

Kinetics of methanogenesis from whey permeate in packed bed immobilized cells bioreactor

A kinetic model for methanogenesis from whey permeate in a packed bed immobilized cell bioreactor

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