Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes
The use of renewable energy is becoming increasingly necessary in order to address the global warming problem and, as a consequence, has become an high priority for many countries. Biomass is a clean and renewable energy source with growing potential to replace conventional fossil fuels. Among bioma...
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| author | Sonia Castellucci Silvia Cocchi Elena Allegrini Luigi Vecchione |
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| description | The use of renewable energy is becoming increasingly necessary in order to address the global warming problem and, as a consequence, has become an high priority for many countries. Biomass is a clean and renewable energy source with growing potential to replace conventional fossil fuels. Among biomass, residual and waste ones represent a great resource for energy generation since they permit both to eliminate a possible waste and to produce energy. In the present work, the case of slaughterhouse wastes (SHWs) has been investigated. Anaerobic digestion is nowadays considered as one of the most important and sustainable conversion technology exploiting organic matter and biodegradable wastes. Biogas results from this bio-chemical process and mainly consists of methane and carbon dioxide, leading to produce thermal energy and/or electricity. In this paper, the European Regulations on animal by-products (ABPs) are described, and some previous study on anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of ABPs - more precisely SHWs - are considered and compared in order to fix a starting point for future tests on their co-digestion in a micro-scale pilot digester. This is to define optimal feed ratio values which ensure an increasing content of methane in the outgoing biogas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3e661d23bed406686a2b5fb83c6be1e2022-12-21T17:49:24ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Agricultural Engineering1974-70712239-62682013-09-01442s10.4081/jae.2013.346303Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastesSonia CastellucciSilvia CocchiElena AllegriniLuigi VecchioneThe use of renewable energy is becoming increasingly necessary in order to address the global warming problem and, as a consequence, has become an high priority for many countries. Biomass is a clean and renewable energy source with growing potential to replace conventional fossil fuels. Among biomass, residual and waste ones represent a great resource for energy generation since they permit both to eliminate a possible waste and to produce energy. In the present work, the case of slaughterhouse wastes (SHWs) has been investigated. Anaerobic digestion is nowadays considered as one of the most important and sustainable conversion technology exploiting organic matter and biodegradable wastes. Biogas results from this bio-chemical process and mainly consists of methane and carbon dioxide, leading to produce thermal energy and/or electricity. In this paper, the European Regulations on animal by-products (ABPs) are described, and some previous study on anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of ABPs - more precisely SHWs - are considered and compared in order to fix a starting point for future tests on their co-digestion in a micro-scale pilot digester. This is to define optimal feed ratio values which ensure an increasing content of methane in the outgoing biogas.http://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/346anaerobic digestion, biogas, slaughterhouse wastes, animal byproducts. |
| spellingShingle | Sonia Castellucci Silvia Cocchi Elena Allegrini Luigi Vecchione Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes Journal of Agricultural Engineering anaerobic digestion, biogas, slaughterhouse wastes, animal byproducts. |
| title | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| title_full | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| title_fullStr | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| title_short | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| title_sort | anaerobic digestion and co digestion of slaughterhouse wastes |
| topic | anaerobic digestion, biogas, slaughterhouse wastes, animal byproducts. |
| url | http://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/346 |
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