Does the addition of proteases affect the biogas yield from organic material in anaerobic digestion?

L Müller, J Kretzschmar, J Pröter, J Liebetrau… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
… In the present study the effect of proteases addition on the anaerobic digestion process of
a … Effects on the stability of the anaerobic digestion with a substrate-mixture of maize silage, …

Activity, life time and effect of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced biogas production from sludge anaerobic digestion

A Odnell, M Recktenwald, K Stensén, BH Jonsson… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
… , the effect of adding protease inhibitor was investigated for … , but with the addition of complete
protease inhibitor cocktail (… ADS after anaerobic digestion, on which proteases can act. …

Enhancement of proteolytic enzyme activity excreted from Bacillus stearothermophilus for a thermophilic aerobic digestion process

YK Kim, JH Bae, BK Oh, WH Lee, JW Choi - Bioresource technology, 2002 - Elsevier
… produced by Bacillus stearothermophilus (ATCC 31197), and the enhancement of their
activity by the addition of divalent cations. The authors also investigated the effects of the …

Biomethane production improvement by enzymatic pre-treatments and enhancers of sewage sludge anaerobic digestion

C Agabo-García, M Pérez, B Rodríguez-Morgado… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
… with enzymes glucanases, cellulases and proteases respectively without reaching optimal
… In the case of addition of glucanase (G sample), the removal of VFA was reduced (about 3.5…

Enhanced efficiency of biological excess sludge hydrolysis under anaerobic digestion by additional enzymes

Q Yang, K Luo, X Li, D Wang, W Zheng, G Zeng… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
… preparation containing alpha amylase and neutral protease on hydrolysis of excess sludge
… than that of protease. VSS reduction greatly increased to 39.70% for protease and 54.24% …

Efficient anaerobic digestion of microalgae biomass: proteins as a key macromolecule

JA Magdalena, M Ballesteros, C González-Fernandez - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
… This feature already highlighted the importance of proteins in the hydrolysis stage of
anaerobic digestion. Solving this problem with protease addition could result in methanogens …

Protease pretreated Chlorella vulgaris biomass bioconversion to methane via semi-continuous anaerobic digestion

A Mahdy, L Mendez, M Ballesteros… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
… The higher value obtained in this investigation may be attributed to the pretreatment method
since protease addition was targeted at the hydrolysis of proteins (main nitrogen source). …

Volatile fatty acids production from protease pretreated Chlorella biomass via anaerobic digestion

JA Magdalena, E Tomás‐Pejó… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… to anaerobic microorganisms.6, 18 Although carbohydrates have been traditionally recognized
as the polymers responsible for the low microalgae digestibility, protease addition results …

Novel insights into enzymatic-enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by three-dimensional excitation and emission matrix fluorescence …

K Luo, Q Yang, X Li, H Chen, X Liu, G Yang, G Zeng - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
… (DOM) during anaerobic digestion were investigated using … of WAS enhanced by additional
enzymes (protease, α-… were observed after 12 d of anaerobic digestion for all treatments. As …

Effect of endogenous hydrolytic enzymes pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of sludge

S Yu, G Zhang, J Li, Z Zhao, X Kang - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
protease and combined amylase/protease pretreatment of sludge were studied to enhance
the efficiency of sludge anaerobic digestion. These … addition on sludge characteristic were …