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Title Mango Peel Nanofiltration Concentrates to Enhance Anaerobic Digestion of Slurry from Piglets Fed with Laminaria
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Authors Macedo, A; Fragoso, R; Silva, I; Gomes, T; Martins, CF; Freire, JB; Duarte, E
Title Mango Peel Nanofiltration Concentrates to Enhance Anaerobic Digestion of Slurry from Piglets Fed with Laminaria
Year 2023
Published Membranes, 13.0, 4
DOI 10.3390/membranes13040371
Abstract The environmental impact of biowaste generated during animal production can be mitigated by applying a circular economy model: recycling, reinventing the life cycle of biowaste, and developing it for a new use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding sugar concentrate solutions obtained from the nanofiltration of fruit biowaste (mango peel) to slurry from piglets fed with diets incorporating macroalgae on biogas production performance. The nanofiltration of ultrafiltration permeates from aqueous extracts of mango peel was carried out using membranes with a molecular weight cut-off of 130 Da until a volume concentration factor of 2.0 was reached. A slurry resulting from piglets fed with an alternative diet with the incorporation of 10% Laminaria was used as a substrate. Three different trials were performed sequentially: (i) a control trial (AD(0)) with faeces resulting from a cereal and soybean-meal-based diet (S0); (ii) a trial with S-1 (10% L. digitata) (AD(1)), and (iii) an AcoD trial to assess the effect of the addition of a co-substrate (20%) to S1 (80%). The trials were performed in a continuous-stirred tank reactor (CSTR) under mesophilic conditions (37.0 +/- 0.4 degrees C), with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 13 days. The specific methane production (SMP) increased by 29% during the anaerobic co-digestion process. These results can support the design of alternative valorisation routes for these biowastes, contributing to sustainable development goals.
Author Keywords mango peel; pig slurry; Laminaria; nanofiltration; sugar concentrates solutions; anaerobic digestion; anaerobic co-digestion; biogas production performance; biowaste valorisation
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000979363600001
WoS Category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Chemistry, Physical; Engineering, Chemical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Polymer Science
Research Area Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Engineering; Materials Science; Polymer Science
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/13/4/371/pdf?version=1679645548
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