Determining Optimal Temperature Combination for Effective Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Stalk

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Li ◽  
Xiujin Li ◽  
Akiber Chufo Wachemo ◽  
Xiaoyu Zuo
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Corn Stalk ◽  
Chemical Pretreatment ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Stirred Tank Reactors ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Hand Temperature ◽  
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Pretreatment Temperature

Abstract Temperature is one of the important factors affecting both chemical pretreatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) process of corn stalk (CS). In this work, the combined ways between pretreatment temperature (40℃ and 60℃) and AD temperature (35℃ and 55℃) were selected to investigate the AD performance for sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreated CS. Three organic loading rates (OLRs) of 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 g·L-1·d-1 were studied within 255 days using continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR). The results revealed that temperature of 40°C was considered as an appropriate for pretreatment whether in mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobic digestion systems. On the other hand, temperature of 35°C and 55°C were chosen as the optimal AD temperatures for lower and higher OLRs, respectively. This study provides a significant insight for exploring the effects of temperatures on the pretreatment and AD of CS.

Semi-Dry Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Fresh and Pre-Composted Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Digester Performance

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mata-Alvarez ◽  
F. Cecchi ◽  
P. Pavan ◽  
A. Bassetti
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Organic Fraction ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Dry Conditions

The paper presents the results coming from about 2 years of experimentation carried out in a pilot plant digesting fresh and pre-composted mechanically sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MS-OFMSW) in the thermophilic range of temperature (55°C). The process is studied using both substrates at different hydraulic retention times (HRT) and organic loading rates(OLR) in semi-dry conditions, reaching very stressing situations (HRT=6d, OLR=19.9 KgTVS/m3d). Results show the advantage of digesting fresh MS-OFMSW at low HRT (6/8 days), whereas at higher HRT (>12 days) yields improve using pre-composted MS-OFMSW.

Impact of organic loading rate and reactor design on thermophilic anaerobic digestion of mixed supermarket waste

2021 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
L. Megido ◽  
L. Negral ◽  
Y. Fernández-Nava ◽  
B. Suárez-Peña ◽  
P. Ormaechea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Reactor Design ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion

scholarly journals Performance of Anaerobic Digestion of Acidified Palm Oil Mill Effluent under Various Organic Loading Rates and Temperatures

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2432
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Fikri Hamzah ◽  
Peer Mohamed Abdul ◽  
Safa Senan Mahmod ◽  
Azratul Madihah Azahar ◽  
Jamaliah Md. Jahim
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Microbial Community Analysis ◽  
Palm Oil Mill Effluent ◽  
Methane Formation ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Palm Oil Mill

This study compared the performance of thermophilic and mesophilic digesters of an anaerobic digestion system from palm oil mill effluent (POME), in which temperature is a key parameter that can greatly affect the performance of anaerobic digestion. The digesters were incubated at two distinct temperatures of 55 and 37 °C, and operated with varying organic loading rates (OLRs) of 2.4, 3.2, and 4.0 g COD/L.d by altering the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of acidified POME during feeding. The results indicated that the performance of anaerobic digestion increased as the OLR increased from 2.4 to 4.0 g COD/L.d. At the OLR of 4.0 g COD/L.d, the thermophilic condition showed the highest methane yield of 0.31 ± 0.01 L/g COD, accompanied by the highest COD removal and volatile solid reduction, which were found to be higher than the mesophilic condition. Microbial community analysis via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) revealed that Methanothermobacter sp. emerges as the dominant microbe, which is known to utilize the carbon dioxide pathway with hydrogen acting as an electron donor for methane formation

Anaerobic digestion of food waste to volatile fatty acids and hydrogen at high organic loading rates in immersed membrane bioreactors

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 1140-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Wainaina ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi ◽  
Ilona Sárvári Horváth ◽  
Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Loading Rates

scholarly journals Performance of Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure Under Gradually Elevated Organic Loading Rates

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Wang ◽  
Mengfu Pei ◽  
Ling Qiu ◽  
Yiqing Yao ◽  
Congguang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Methane Content ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Biogas Yield ◽  
Loading Rates

Poultry manure is the main source of agricultural and rural non-point source pollution, and its effective disposal through anaerobic digestion (AD) is of great significance; meanwhile, the high nitrogen content of chicken manure makes it a typical feedstock for anaerobic digestion. The performance of chicken-manure-based AD at gradient organic loading rates (OLRs) in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) was investigated herein. The whole AD process was divided into five stages according to different OLRs, and it lasted for 150 days. The results showed that the biogas yield increased with increasing OLR, which was based on the volatile solids (VS), before reaching up to 11.5 g VS/(L·d), while the methane content was kept relatively stable and maintained at approximately 60%. However, when the VS was further increased to 11.5 g VS/(L·d), the total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), pH, and alkalinity (CaCO3) rose to 2560 mg·L−1, 8.2, and 15,000 mg·L−1, respectively, while the volumetric biogas production rate (VBPR), methane content, and VS removal efficiency decreased to 0.30 L·(L·d)−1, 45%, and 40%, respectively. Therefore, the AD performance immediately deteriorated and ammonia inhibition occurred. Further analysis demonstrated that the microbial biomass yield and concentrations dropped dramatically in this period. These results indicated that the AD stayed steady when the OLR was lower than 11.5 g VS/(L·d); this also provides valuable information for improving the efficiency and stability of AD of a nitrogen-rich substrate.

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