scholarly journals Dry Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7825
Author(s):  
Yevhenii Shapovalov ◽  
Sergey Zhadan ◽  
Günther Bochmann ◽  
Anatoly Salyuk ◽  
Volodymyr Nykyforov
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Anaerobic Fermentation ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Ammonia Inhibition ◽  
Solids Content ◽  
Dry Anaerobic Digestion

Providing anaerobic digestion is a prospective technology for utilizing organic waste, however, for waste with a high content of nitrogen such as manure, dilution is necessary to decrease the ammonia inhibition effect which leads to the production of a huge effluent amount which is difficult to use. Dry anaerobic digestion has some advantages such as reduced reactor volume, higher volumetric methane yield, lower energy consumption for heating, less wastewater production, and lower logistic costs for fertilizers. These factors generate interest in using it for treatment of even high-nitrogen substrates. The purpose of this work was to analyze different dry anaerobic digestion technologies, the features of dry anaerobic digestion, laboratory studies on chicken manure dry anaerobic digestion, and methods of reducing inhibitors’ effects. Nowadays, there are no dry anaerobic industrial plants working on chicken manure. However, studies on dry anaerobic digestion of chicken manure have proven the possibility of methane production under fermentation of chicken manure with high total solids content, but the process has been described as being unstable. Co-fermentation, ammonium/ammonia removal, and adaptation of the microbial consortium have been used to decrease the effect of ammonia inhibition. A prospective way for ammonia concentration control is absorption using a non-volatile sorbent located in the reactor. It decreases ammonia content during wet anaerobic digestion by 33% and it is characterized by having a positive economic effect. Therefore, dry anaerobic fermentation of chicken manure is possible, but there is still no efficient way to provide it. The results of this article should be helpful in the selection of anaerobic digestion technology for treating chicken manure.

scholarly journals Approaches to the mitigation of ammonia inhibition during anaerobic digestion – a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-570
Author(s):  
Eric Mutegoa ◽  
Askwar Hilonga ◽  
Karoli N. Njau
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Chemical Additives ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Ammonia Inhibition ◽  
Ammonium N ◽  
Digestion Technique ◽  
Exchange Adsorption

Abstract The digestion process of organic waste rich in high ammonia content has always been a gridlock during the methanogenesis process. The free ammonia may increase inhibition/toxicity, which in turn affects the microbial community in the digester and eventually leads to process failures. Substantial methods have been proposed and assessed for curtailing ammonia emissions in anaerobic digesters to attain a safe and steady process so that, along with high methane production, high quality effluents can also be recovered. There are several means for lowering the erratic ammonia in organic wastes that are in use currently, such as decrease of pH, which favours the formation of ammonium over ammonia in the equilibrium; for example, the use of chemical additives that attach ammonium-N. Ammonia can also be removed from nitrogen-rich substrates during anaerobic digestion through other methods such as struvite precipitation, membrane distillation, air stripping, ion exchange, and adsorption. A thorough survey of different articles has shown that ion exchange, adsorption and changing of the C/N ratio through the co-digestion technique are the most commonly studied methods for mitigating ammonia inhibition in wastewater during anaerobic digestion. A detailed review of these methods in the context of nitrogen-rich substrates will be discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals Total solids content: a key parameter of metabolic pathways in dry anaerobic digestion

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Charles Motte ◽  
Eric Trably ◽  
Renaud Escudié ◽  
Jérôme Hamelin ◽  
Jean-Philippe Steyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Metabolic Pathways ◽  
Total Solids ◽  
Solids Content ◽  
Dry Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Key Parameter

Study of Methane Production by High Temperature Anaerobic Fermentation of Chicken Manure and Stalks

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-557
Author(s):  
Yongku Li ◽  
Xiaomin Hu ◽  
Lei Feng
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Production Rate ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Anaerobic Fermentation ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Biogas Slurry ◽  
Production Rates

The changing parameters, as the biogas production rate, the methane production rate, the cumulative biogas amount, the cumulative methane amount, the biogas composition, pH etc. in high temperature anaerobic fermentation of chicken manure and stalks were analyzed by experiments with different mass ratios of chicken manure or livestock manure and stalks with a high C/N ratio. The methane production mechanism of high temperature anaerobic digestion of chicken manure and stalks was discussed in detail. It showed that not only the biogas production rates but also the methane production rates of R1–R7 demonstrated the trend of initial increase and then decrease after 50 d of high temperature anaerobic digestion. Besides, the gas production of R1 with pure chicken manure stopped on the 30th d of the reaction. The gas production of other groups R2–R7 also stopped on the corresponding 34th, 36th, 36th, 37th, 37th, and 37th day, respectively. At the end of the reaction, the cumulative biogas amounts and the cumulative methane amounts of R1–R7 were 411.58 and 269.54, 459.91 and 314.41, 425.32 and 294.11, 401.85 and 272.54, 382.63 and 257.07, 363.04 and 218.16, and 257.15 and 160.10 N ml/(g VS). The biogas slurry pH of R1–R7 all demonstrated a trend of initial decrease and then increase, e. g., pH of R2 reached the minimum of 5.94 on the 5th day. pH values of other groups were between 6.01 and 6.39. After the addition of 4 g of sodium bicarbonate on the 7th day, biogas slurry pH of R1–R7 all increased. pH was maintained between 7.16 and 7.44 until the end of the reaction.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure with Algal Digestate

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Duan ◽  
Xia Ran ◽  
Ruirui Li ◽  
Panagiotis Kougias ◽  
Yuanhui Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Substrate Concentration ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Total Solid ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Kinetics Parameters ◽  
Total Ammonia

Dilution is considered to be a fast and easily applicable pretreatment for anaerobic digestion (AD) of chicken manure (CM), however, dilution with fresh water is uneconomical because of the water consumption. The present investigation was targeted at evaluating the feasibility and process performance of AD of CM diluted with algal digestate water (AW) for methane production to replace tap water (TW). Moreover, the kinetics parameters and mass flow of the AD process were also comparatively analyzed. The highest methane production of diluted CM (104.39 mL/g volatile solid (VS)) was achieved with AW under a substrate concentration of 8% total solid (TS). The result was markedly higher in comparison with the group with TW (79.54–93.82 mL/gVS). Apart from the methane production, considering its energy and resource saving, nearly 20% of TW replaced by AW, it was promising substitution to use AW for TW to dilute CM. However, the process was susceptible to substrate concentration, inoculum, as well as total ammonia and free ammonia concentration.

Methods of ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion: a review

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 1925-1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niclas Krakat ◽  
Burak Demirel ◽  
Reshma Anjum ◽  
Donna Dietz
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Stable Process ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Chemical Methods ◽  
Ammonia Content ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
High Ammonia ◽  
Novel Methods ◽  
Process Failures

The anaerobic digestion of substrates with high ammonia content has always been a bottleneck in the methanisation process of biomasses. Since microbial communities in anaerobic digesters are sensitive to free ammonia at certain conditions, the digestion of nitrogen-rich substrates such as livestock wastes may result in inhibition/toxicity eventually leading to process failures, unless appropriate engineering precautions are taken. There are many different options reported in literature to remove ammonia from anaerobic digesters to achieve a safe and stable process so that along with high methane yields, a good quality of effluents can also be obtained. Conventional techniques to remove ammonia include physical/chemical methods, immobilization and adaptation of microorganisms, while novel methods include ultrasonication, microwave, hollow fiber membranes and microbial fuel cell applications. This paper discusses conventional and novel methods of ammonia removal from anaerobic digesters using nitrogen-rich substrates, with particular focus on recent literature available about this topic.

Optimization of Dry Anaerobic Fermentation of Solid Organic Wastes

2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 740-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jha Ajay Kumar ◽  
Jian Zheng Li ◽  
Jun Guo He ◽  
Sheng Chang ◽  
A.K. Jha
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Anaerobic Fermentation ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Comparable Amount ◽  
Digestion Technique ◽  
Configuration Mixing ◽  
Wet Fermentation ◽  
Dry Anaerobic Digestion

Dry methane fermentation is an innovative anaerobic digestion technique to treat solid bio-wastes without dilution for potential energy recovery with nutrient rich fertilizer and sustainable waste management. Although dry anaerobic fermentation offers great advantages like utilization of wastes in its produced form, high organic loading rate, no liquid effluent and comparable amount of biogas production with wet fermentation, commercial dry anaerobic digestion is scarcely used so far. In order to develop feasible dry fermentation process, it is important to review the optimization techniques and suggested possible areas where improvements could be made, including the reactor configuration, mixing, feed stocks, co-digestion, pretreatment and environmental conditions within the digester.

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