High solid anaerobic co-digestion of household organic waste with cow manure for mass and energy recovery

This paper describes a batch study on four different mixture ratios of household organic waste and cow manure. The biomethane potential test is used to evaluate the suitability of high solid anaerobic co-digestion of household organic waste and cow manure and its biodegradability. The maximum methan...

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Main Authors: Khairuddin, Nuruljannah, Abd Manaf, Latifah, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Halimoon, Normala, Wan Ab Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: HARD Publishing 2016
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54438/1/High%20solid%20anaerobic%20co-digestion%20of%20household%20organic%20waste%20with%20cow%20manure%20for%20mass%20and%20energy%20recovery.pdf
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Summary:This paper describes a batch study on four different mixture ratios of household organic waste and cow manure. The biomethane potential test is used to evaluate the suitability of high solid anaerobic co-digestion of household organic waste and cow manure and its biodegradability. The maximum methane yield was observed for both co-digestions in R3 (247 mL/g VS) and R4 (244 mL/g VS). The percentages of mass recovery were 65-80% (based on VS removal). The biodegradability of each reactor was recorded as 97.7%, 10.7%,71.6% and 76.8% for R1, R2, R3, and R4, respectively. High solid co-digestion of household organic waste and cow manure in different mixture ratios increase the specific methane yields compared to mono-digestion. Hence, this clearly demonstrates a synergistic effect on the stability of anaerobic digestion. Upon correcting the results of the theoretical method with experimental data, an agreement ranged 70-90% was achieved.