LAPSE:2020.0064
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LAPSE:2020.0064
An Incubation System to Enhance Biogas and Methane Production: A Case Study of an Existing Biogas Plant in Umbria, Italy
Federica Liberti, Valentina Pistolesi, Mawaheb Mouftahi, Nejib Hidouri, Pietro Bartocci, Sara Massoli, Mauro Zampilli, Francesco Fantozzi
January 7, 2020
The pre-incubation of digestate and recycling of microbes inside a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) are effective ways to optimize the anaerobic digestion process and improve the performance of biogas and methane production, also in existing biogas plants. In this study, a digestate incubation system using a nutrient mix to boost the activity of microbes was coupled to a CSTR to boost biogas and methane production. This system has been tested both on a lab scale and on an industrial scale. On a pilot scale, the system achieved an increase of +16.47 v% in biogas production with respect to the conventional anaerobic digestion process, and an increase of +2 v% in methane content (from 65.94 v% to 67.84 v%). On an industrial scale, the use of this incubation reactor with a capacity of 1 m3 has led to an increase in methane yield of 12 v%. This system allows to maintain the syntrophic relationship between acid-producing bacteria and methanogens and contemporary push the development of methanogens. Moreover, it is an economic system to be integrated into an existing biogas plant given the small volume and the simplicity of the incubation reactor.
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anaerobic digestion, biogas, CSTR, maize silage, olive pomace, pig slurry
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Liberti F, Pistolesi V, Mouftahi M, Hidouri N, Bartocci P, Massoli S, Zampilli M, Fantozzi F. An Incubation System to Enhance Biogas and Methane Production: A Case Study of an Existing Biogas Plant in Umbria, Italy. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0064
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Liberti F: CRB, Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Strada S.Lucia Canetola, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Pistolesi V: CRB, Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Strada S.Lucia Canetola, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Mouftahi M: Applied Thermodynamics Laboratory, National School of Engineers, Gabès University, Omar Ibn El Khattab Street, Gabès 6029, Tunisia
Hidouri N: Applied Thermodynamics Laboratory, National School of Engineers, Gabès University, Omar Ibn El Khattab Street, Gabès 6029, Tunisia
Bartocci P: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, 06125 Perugia, Italy [ORCID]
Massoli S: CRB, Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Strada S.Lucia Canetola, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Zampilli M: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, 06125 Perugia, Italy [ORCID]
Fantozzi F: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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Processes
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7
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12
Article Number
E925
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2019
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2019-12-04
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2227-9717
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