Coupling electric energy and biogas production in anaerobic digesters – impacts on the microbiome

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 5; no. 40; pp. 31329 - 31340
• Main Authors: Koch, Christin, Kuchenbuch, Anne, Kretzschmar, Jorg, Wedwitschka, Harald, Liebetrau, Jan, Mueller, Susann, Harnisch, Falk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Biogas; Constants; Current density; Enrichment; Firmicutes; Liquids; Methane; Methanoculleus; Methanosarcina; Proteobacteria; Reactors; Systems stability

The combination of anaerobic digestion (AD) and microbial electrochemical technologies provides the opportunity to efficiently produce methane and electrical energy from complex biomass. Enhanced methane production and system stability have been reported but the causes (electrolysis or microbial-ele...