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 …

The role of additives on anaerobic digestion: a review

MS Romero-Güiza, J Vila, J Mata-Alvarez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology for the … as well as to expand anaerobic
digestion to a range of new … ), and (ii) the addition of enzymes able to facilitate particulate …

An innovative alkaline protease-based pretreatment approach for enhanced short-chain fatty acids production via a short-term anaerobic fermentation of waste …

H Pang, X Pan, L Li, J He, Y Zheng, F Qu, Y Ma… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
… approaches, anaerobic digestion has been … protease activities by the AP-based pretreatment
was more significant than that of α-glucosidase activity This might attributed to the addition

Enhancement of hydrolysis and biogas production of primary sludge by use of mixtures of protease and lipase

JV Tongco, S Kim, BR Oh, SY Heo, J Lee… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Springer
… and subsequent thermophilic anaerobic digestion [8]. A mixture of protease and amylase
(ie, … After the addition of the substrate to the inoculum and medium, mixed CO2/N2 gas was …

Enhancing biogas generation performance from food wastes by high-solids thermophilic anaerobic digestion: effect of pH adjustment

L Yang, Y Huang, M Zhao, Z Huang, H Miao… - International …, 2015 - Elsevier
… , amylase activity, protease activity and coenzyme F 420 were investigated in this study. …
The pH of B2, B3 and B4 was adjusted to the desired values in the first 5 days by adding sodium …

The effect of enzyme addition on anaerobic digestion of Jose Tall Wheat Grass

RT Romano, R Zhang, S Teter, JA McGarvey - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
… Only the lowest concentration of protease applied (0.5 ml/kg VS) resulted in significantly
higher (11%) SMA. However, the authors reported no significant differences in biogas yield or …

Protease cell wall degradation of Chlorella vulgaris: effect on methane production

A Mahdy, L Mendez, S Blanco, M Ballesteros… - Bioresource …, 2014 - Elsevier
… with protease previous anaerobic digestion doubled methane … optimize this protease
pretreatment. In this context, different … not the protease addition or the anaerobic digestion would …

Protease and xylanase activities and thermophilic populations as potential process monitoring tools during thermophilic aerobic digestion

JO Ugwuanyi, LM Harvey… - Journal of Chemical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) of potato process waste slurry was carried out in a
batch process in a continuously stirred tank reactor at 55 C for a total of 156 h. The pH of the …

Hydrolytic activities of extracellular enzymes in thermophilic and mesophilic anaerobic sequencing-batch reactors treating organic fractions of municipal solid wastes

HW Kim, JY Nam, ST Kang, DH Kim, KW Jung… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
… of organic solid wastes in anaerobic digestion. To evidence the … of protease identified that
thermophilic anaerobes degraded … The protease reaction was stopped by adding the ice-cold …

Comparative study of stability and half-life of enzymes and enzyme aggregates implemented in anaerobic biogas processes

R Binner, V Menath, H Huber, M Thomm… - Biomass conversion and …, 2011 - Springer
… the addition of enzymes contributes significantly to degradation of macromolecules in the
biogas process. Even the addition of protease … , and protease) prior to anaerobic digestion. An …