Citation: Siying Xiang, Qinglian Wu, Weitong Ren, Wanqian Guo, Nanqi Ren. Mechanism of powdered activated carbon enhancing caproate production[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(4): 107714. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.07.057 shu

Mechanism of powdered activated carbon enhancing caproate production

Siying Xiang ^a ,
Qinglian Wu ^{a, *,} ,
Weitong Ren ^b ,
Wanqian Guo ^{b, *,} ,
Nanqi Ren ^b

a.
College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China

wuqinglian1990@163.com

guowanqian@126.com

Received Date: 24 April 2022
Revised Date: 5 July 2022
Accepted Date: 26 July 2022
Available Online: 28 July 2022

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Caproate, produced by microbial chain elongation process, is potential to replace the diversified fossil-based products, contributing to carbon neutrality. However, its production performance is far from industrial application, so the cost-effective enhancement measures are highly needed. This study confirmed powdered activated carbon (PAC) has a significant effect on enhancing caproate production performance. The production, yield, and selectivity of caproate were improved by more than 1-fold by the optimized PAC dosage of 15 g/L, comparing with control. Mechanism investigation from a new visual angle showed that PAC accelerated ethanol oxidation to generate acetyl-CoA, and simultaneously boosted the efficiency of reverse β oxidation (RBO) by promoting the timely reaction of butyrate and acetyl-CoA to synthesis caproate. The addition of PAC also shifted the microbial community by enriching more caproate-producing bacteria but eliminating irrelevant ones. Furthermore, metagenomic analysis revealed that PAC effectively up-regulated the functional genes encoding key enzymes responsible for ethanol oxidation and RBO pathway, which was the root cause for the improved caproate production. This study presented the intrinsic insights into the mechanism of PAC promoting caproate generation, laying a foundation to the scale production of caproate.
- Medium chain fatty acids,
- Caproate,
- Powdered activated carbon,
- Functional genes,
- Metagenome
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