This study showed that side stream voltage supplied by sludge recirculation from an auxiliary bio-electrochemical anaerobic digestion (ABEAD) reactor appears to have a similar effect as main stream voltage supply to an anaerobic digestion (AD) reactor. The increased sludge recirculation rate enhanced the operation stability at a high OLR. H-producing bacterial community was improved in bio-electrochemical anaerobic digestion (BEAD) and ABEAD reactors and was increased with increase in sludge recirculation rate. Despite the dominance of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in all reactors, high operational performances of BEAD and ABEAD reactors supports the results of H-producing bacteria increase in those reactors. The ABEAD reactors having 1/7 of the capacity of the main AD reactor showed possibility of integration of BEAD technology into new and existing facilities economically. The findings of this study would provide useful information for approaching the commercialization of BEAD and suggest direction of further research for practical applications.
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