Novel Bacterial Blend to Enhance Biomethanation of Municipal Sewage Sludge

城市生活垃圾的厌氧消化(AD)通过不同代谢活动的不同微生物群之间的复杂合作，将有机物转化为甲烷、二氧化碳等有机和无机化合物。这家名为Bionetix Inc.的公司在其广泛的产品系列中，寻求开发一种新的细菌配方，以扩大其生物产品系列，用于提高厌氧消化器中的甲烷产量。因此，该项目寻求进行初步测试，以评估在不同工艺条件下城市污水污泥厌氧消化过程中细菌菌株混合物提高甲烷产量的能力。因此，拟议的项目将产生一种有效的细菌混合物，以增加甲烷产量并改善整个AD过程。这将导致为全加拿大的城市污泥和类似残渣的AD制定战略方法。

Anaerobic digestion (AD) of municipal solid waste leads to conversion of the organic matter to methane, carbon dioxide, and other organic and inorganic compounds through complex cooperation among different microbial groups with different metabolic activities. The company, Bionetix Inc., among their broad range of products, seeks to develop a novel formulation of bacteria to expand its line of bioproducts for applications in the enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digesters. Thus, the project seeks to perform initial tests to evaluate the mixture of bacterial strains to enhance methane production during anaerobic digestion of municipal sewage sludge under different process conditions. The proposed project hence will result in an effective bacterial blend for the increased methane production and improving the overall AD process. This will lead to the development of strategic approaches for the AD of municipal sludge and similar residuals Canada-wide.