水稻秸秆厌氧发酵制氢技术研究

以水稻秸秆为研究原料,用牛粪为接种物,采用稀硫酸预处理方法来提高秸秆纤维素的降解率,从而提高其发酵产氢的能力,并且进一步考察了发酵初始pH、发酵温度、牛粪与秸秆的质量比和底物浓度四个条件对发酵产氢的影响。实验结果表明:在接种100g/L牛粪的条件下,以1.8%的硫酸加热30min预处理秸秆产氢效果最佳,为19.64mL/gTS,是未经过预处理的秸秆产氢量(0.1mL/gTS)的196倍,粗纤维含量由未处理前的36.7%下降到酸处理后的31.5%。在pH8.0、温度为37℃、牛粪与秸秆质量比为2.5∶1、底物浓度为50g/L时的产氢效果最好,累计产氢量为29.14mL/gTS,此时生物气中没有检测到甲烷气体,氢气浓度达到63.88%。

响应面法优化醋糟厌氧发酵制氢

依据响应面试验设计法,选取有机负荷(Food/Microbe,F/M)、固液比、初始pH值和发酵温度为考察因素,进行醋糟厌氧发酵制氢工艺优化试验。在分析各个因素的显著性和交互作用后,得出醋糟厌氧发酵制氢的最佳工艺条件为:F/M1.65,固液比16.90g/200mL,初始pH值6.02,发酵温度37.66℃;各因素的主效应关系为:初始pH值>F/M>固液比>发酵温度。建立的产氢量数学模型为Y=26.63+1.34x1+1.27x-6.74x-2.44x-6x-1.7x2x-22233432.35x3x4,该模型能解释91.60%的响应值变化,产氢量的预测值为32.91mL/gTS,验证值为33.73mL/gTS。理论值与验证值的复相关系数为0.9780,证明此模型是合理可靠的,可用于实际预测。

醋糟厌氧发酵制氢的影响因素研究

以预处理后的牛粪为接种物,以醋糟为发酵底物进行厌氧发酵产氢试验,研究了底物预处理方法、发酵温度、底物浓度、初始pH值、微量金属元素添加量对产氢量的影响。结果表明,用体积分数0.7%的HCl静置处理24h为最佳预处理方法,且在最佳发酵条件(发酵温度35℃,底物浓度175g/L,初始pH值6.0)下,微量金属元素营养液添加量为2%时,产氢效果最好,累积产氢量为46.91mL/gTS。

Response Surface Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Sugar Beet Leaves into Fermentable Sugars for Bioethanol Production

Sugar beet leaves are the major crop waste from sugar beet production, while the unused leaves contain a high number of sugars and polysaccharides. The effects of different enzyme products (cellulase, Cellic CTec2;xylanase, Cellic HTec2;and pectinase, Pectinex Ultra SPL) were determined during high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis of sugar beet leaves at 10% total solids (TS) content. Response surface methodology was used to study the effects of enzyme loadings during the hydrolysis of sugar beet leaves for producing fermentable sugars. It was found that both cellulases and pectinases are important enzymes for the hydrolysis of sugar beet leaves. Enzyme loading and reaction time were important factors. Based on the amount of sugars released, a maximum sugar conversion of 82% was achieved after 72 h of hydrolysis using 30 filter paper unit (FPU) g-1 glucan for cellulase and 150 polygalacturonase unit (PGU) g-1 polygalacturonic acid for pectinase, or 37 FPU g-1 glucan for cellulase and 100 PGU g-1 polygalacturonic acid for pectinase. The corresponding sugar yield and sugar concentration were 0.35 g·g-1 TS, and 35 g·l-1, respectively. Sugar conversion ranged from 59% - 70%, 68% - 80%, and 74% - 82% after 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h of hydrolysis depending on the design conditions.

Walking Pattern Recognition by Feature Vector of EMG

In order to find a way to get locomotion movement class discrimination by EMGfeatures during different walking speed or walking conditions (walking on flat ground,slope assenting or slope descending), a set of experiments were carried out. The EMGfeature vector obtained from several different methods were used to recognize the walkingpattern. The weighted distance was employed as the index to assign a EMG pattern toclassified locomotion. The recognition results show that the prospect of application of thefeature vector is attractive.

Cross-sectional network analysis of plasma proteins/metabolites correlated with pathogenesis and therapeutic response in acute promyelocytic leukemia

The treatment of PML/RARA+acute promyelocytic leukemia(APL)with all-trans-retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide(ATRA/ATO)has been recognized as a model for translational medicine research.Though an altered microenvironment is a general cancer hallmark,how APL blasts shape their plasma composition is poorly understood.Here,we reported a cross-sectional correlation network to interpret multilayered datasets on clinical parameters,proteomes,and metabolomes of paired plasma samples from patients with APL before or after ATRA/ATO induction therapy.Our study revealed the two prominent features of the APL plasma,suggesting a possible involvement of APL blasts in modulating plasma composition.One was characterized by altered secretory protein and metabolite profiles correlating with heightened proliferation and energy consumption in APL blasts,and the other featured APL plasma-enriched proteins or enzymes catalyzing plasma-altered metabolites that were potential trans-regulatory targets of PML/RARA.Furthermore,results indicated heightened interferon-gamma signaling characterizing a tumor-suppressing function of the immune system at the first hematological complete remission stage,which likely resulted from therapy-induced cell death or senescence and ensuing supraphysiological levels of intracellular proteins.Overall,our work sheds new light on the pathophysiology and treatment of APL and provides an information-rich reference data cohort for the exploratory and translational study of leukemia microenvironment.

Overview of biomass pretreatment for cellulosic ethanol production

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol is significantly hindered by the structural and chemical complexity of biomass,which makes these materials a challenge to be used as feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production.Cellulose and hemicellulose,when hydrolyzed into their component sugars,can be converted into ethanol through well established fermentation technologies.However,sugars necessary for fermentation are trapped inside the crosslinking structure of the lignocellulose.Hence,pretreatment of biomass is always necessary to remove and/or modify the surrounding matrix of lignin and hemicellulose prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis of the polysaccharides(cellulose and hemicellulose)in the biomass.Pretreatment refers to a process that converts lignocellulosic biomass from its native form,in which it is recalcitrant to cellulase enzyme systems,into a form for which cellulose hydrolysis is much more effective.In general,pretreatment methods can be classified into three categories,including physical,chemical,and biological pretreatment.The subject of this paper emphasizes the biomass pretreatment in preparation for enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation for cellulosic ethanol production.It primarily covers the impact of biomass structural and compositional features on the pretreatment,the characteristics of different pretreatment methods,the pretreatment study status,challenges,and future research targets.

Anaerobic digestion of food wastes for biogas production

Five types of food wastes were investigated as feedstock for a potential centralized anaerobic digester system in the area of Sacramento,California to produce biogas energy.The wastes were from a soup processing plant,a cafeteria,a commercial kitchen,a fish farm,and grease trap collection service.Digestibilities of the food wastes,individually and in mixtures,were conducted at mesophilic(35℃)and thermophilic(50℃)temperatures and at two food to microorganism ratios(F/M)of 0.5 and 1.0,for 28 days.A continuously fed mesophilic single-stage anaerobic digester was evaluated using a mixture of the five food wastes at organic loading rates of 0.5 to 1.0 g VS/L/d.In the batch digestion tests,fish and grease trap wastes required longer time to complete the digestion and had higher biogas yields than the other wastes.The continuously-fed digester required the addition of sodium hydroxide to maintain pH at proper levels in the digester.Alkalinity of about 2,500 mg CaCO3/L and pH above 7 was maintained by adding 0.2 g NaOH/g VS.The results of this study indicated that it was necessary to use the chemicals,such as NaOH,to control the pH of the single-stage anaerobic digester treating the food waste.For commercial applications,the cost of chemicals and proper management of additional salts in the digester effluent need to be carefully considered.

The effect of carbon nanotubes on osteogenic functions of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and bone formation in vivo compared with that of nano-hydroxyapatite and the possible mechanism

It has been well recognized that the development and use of artificial materials with high osteogenic ability is one of the most promising means to replace bone grafting that has exhibited various negative effects.The biomimetic features and unique physiochemical properties of nanomaterials play important roles in stimulating cellular functions and guiding tissue regeneration.But efficacy degree of some nanomaterials to promote specific tissue formation is still not clear.We hereby comparatively studied the osteogenic ability of our treated multiwalled carbon nanotubes(MCNTs)and the main inorganic mineral component of natural bone,nano-hydroxyapatite(nHA)in the same system,and tried to tell the related mechanism.In vitro culture of human adiposederived mesenchymal stem cells(HASCs)on the MCNTs and nHA demonstrated that although there was no significant difference in the cell adhesion amount between on the MCNTs and nHA,the cell attachment strength and proliferation on the MCNTs were better.Most importantly,the MCNTs could induce osteogenic differentiation of the HASCs better than the nHA,the possible mechanism of which was found to be that the MCNTs could activate Notch involved signaling pathways by concentrating more proteins,including specific bone-inducing ones.Moreover,the MCNTs could induce ectopic bone formation in vivo while the nHA could not,which might be because MCNTs could stimulate inducible cells in tissues to form inductive bone better than nHA by concentrating more proteins including specific bone-inducing ones secreted from M2 macrophages.Therefore,MCNTs might be more effective materials for accelerating bone formation even than nHA.

Fungi for future foods

The rapid growth of human civilizations has 1ed to imminent pressures to develop new food products with increased nutitiona1 characteristics and decreased environmenta1 footprints.Filamentous fungi,a class of microorganisms that have been utilized in a wide variety of foods for thousands of years,have recently gamered widespread attention in research communities and commercia1 ventures seeking to explore new and innovative applications in a diverse aray of food products including,but not 1imited to,their more established applications as alterative proteins.Technological advances in the cultivation and processing of flamentous fungi have created new frontiers in the control of textures,flavors,and nutritional properties of fungi-based foods.This review highlights technological advances in the production of fungi-based foods from cultivation to product manufacturing,presents the current state of the ant in fungi-based food products,and offters thoughts on their future trajectories.Emphasis is given to circular bioprocessing concepts for the sustainable utilization of agricultural and food processing byproducts.

Simulated annealing optimization and experiments of a five-bar aerating mechanism for vertically aerating on salt-affected lands

Current agronomic improving treatments for soil salinization are faced with challenges of heavy workload,high cost,etc.,which may seriously restrict agricultural productivity and sustainability on a large scale.Aerator has been applied to loosen soil and enhance soil permeability.In this research,aiming to realize vertically aerating,an aerator with a five-bar aerating mechanism was proposed to improve the aerating performance for saline-alkali land.The five-bar structure of aerating mechanism was designed based on analysis of the aerator on saline-alkali land.The kinematic model was established to describe the aerating process,and the key parameters of the aerating mechanism were obtained by satisfying the motion trajectory conditions.Subsequently,the related parameters were optimized by a simulated annealing method.Furthermore,numerical modeling was simulated to verify the perpendicularity performance after aerating head hitting into the soil.The simulation results indicated that the optimized five-bar aerating mechanism could decrease swinging extreme value by 24%compared with the initial parameters.Finally,the physical prototype of the aerator was tested in the field and performed as expected,producing<7 mm depth tolerances and<3.3°angle tolerances,which met the design requirement.

Prediction of methane production performances based on determination of organic components for different vegetable wastes

The rapid development of the economy has led to rapid consumption of fossil fuels,which results in extremely serious environmental problems.Biomass energy has been accepted as a way to reduce the usage of fossil fuels due to its cleanliness and renewability.In this study,vegetable wastes(VWs),an abundant kind of biomass resource,were treated by anaerobic digestion(AD)to be converted into methane.The total solids(TS),volatile solids(VS),elemental contents,and organic components of 17 kinds of typical VWs were systematically determined.The methane production performances were then measured and ranged from 120.1 mL/g VS(for pepper stem)to 377.7 mL/g VS(for bok choy).To easily and quickly predict the methane yields of VWs,a curvilinear relationship between different organic compositions(e.g.,cellulose,hemicellulose,lignin,non-structural carbohydrate,protein,and VFA contents)and methane production was established and proved to be a useful tool for methane prediction.Four kinetic models(first-order model,Fitzhugh model,Cone model,modified Gompertz model)were applied to simulate the process of AD,and Cone and modified Gompertz models were shown to describe the AD process well.This study will not only provide basic data about the characteristics and methane production of 17 kinds of VWs but also contribute a method for predicting the methane yields of vegetable wastes,which is also valuable in future agro-industrial applications.

Effects of anaerobic digestion and aerobic treatment on the reduction of gaseous emissions from dairy manure storages

Effects of anaerobic digestion and aerobic treatment on the reduction of gaseous emissions from dairy manure storages were evaluated in this study.Screened dairy manure containing 3.5%volatile solids(VS)was either anaerobically digested or aerobically treated prior to storage in air-tight vessels.Anaerobic digestion was carried out using a mesophilic anaerobic sequencing batch reactor operated at a hydraulic retention time of 20 days and an organic loading rate(OLR)of 1 gVS/L/day.Aerobic treatment was achieved using an aerobic reactor operated at a hydraulic retention time(HRT)of 10 days and an OLR of 2 gVS/(L·d).The treated manure was put into the storage on a daily basis for a period of 180 days.All the gases produced during this period were captured and analyzed for methane,carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds(VOCs).Untreated manure was stored and analyzed in the same way as the treated manure and used as a control for comparison.The results show that low amounts of gases were produced during the first 84 days of storage in both treated and untreated manure,but increased significantly after this time point.The generally expected positive impacts of anaerobic and aerobic treatment on the reductions of methane and VOCs were confirmed in this study.However,the effects of anaerobic and aerobic treatment varied over the time of storage,especially for VOCs.The results of this study indicate that to achieve significant reductions in VOC emission the storage time of anaerobic digester or aerobic reactor effluent should be limited to no more than 100 days.

DDB1-and CUL4-associated factor 8 plays a critical role in spermatogenesis

Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase(CRL)-4 is a member of the large CRL family in eukaryotes.It plays important roles in a wide range of cellular processes,organismal development,and physiological and pathological conditions.DDB1-and CUL4-associated factor 8(DCAF8)is a WD40 repeat-containing protein,which serves as a substrate receptor for CRL4.The physiological role of DCAF8 is unknown.In this study,we constructed Dcaf8 knockout mice.Homozygous mice were viable with no noticeable abnormalities.However,the fertility of Dcaf8-deficient male mice was markedly impaired,consistent with the high expression of DCAF8 in adult mouse testis.Sperm movement characteristics,including progressive motility,path velocity,progressive velocity,and track speed,were significantly lower in Dcaf8 knockout mice than in wild-type(WT)mice.However,the total motility was similar between WT and Dcaf8 knockout sperm.More than 40%of spermatids in Dcaf8 knockout mice showed pronounced morphological abnormalities with typical bent head malformation.The acrosome and nucleus of Dcaf8 knockout sperm looked similar to those of WT sperm.In vitro tests showed that the fertilization rate of Dcaf8 knockout mice was significantly reduced.The results demonstrated that DCAF8 plays a critical role in spermatogenesis,and DCAF8 is a key component of CRL4 function in the reproductive system.