LAPSE:2020.0824
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LAPSE:2020.0824
High-Solids Anaerobic Digestion Followed by Ultrasonication of Digestate and Wet-Type Anaerobic Digestion for Enhancing Methane Yield from OFMSW
Bappi Chowdhury, Sarmad Bilal Magsi, Hok Nam Joey Ting, Bipro Ranjan Dhar
July 17, 2020
High-solids anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste often shows inefficient biomethane recovery due to mass transfer limitations. Consequently, this study presents a two-stage anaerobic digestion process combining high-solids anaerobic digestion followed by ultrasonication of digestate and wet-type anaerobic digestion for effective biomethane recovery from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. The high-solids anaerobic digestion yielded methane production of 210 L CH4/kg volatile solids (VS). The digestate from the high-solids anaerobic digestion process was ultrasonicated at three different specific energy inputs (1000, 2500, and 5000 kJ/kg total solids (TS)). The increases in the soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) concentrations (8%−32%) and volatile solids (VS) removal efficiencies (3.5%−10%) at different specific energy inputs were linearly correlated (R2 = 0.9356). Thus, ultrasonication led to the solubilization of particulate organics and released soluble organic matters. All ultrasonicated digestate samples showed significantly higher biomethane yields than that observed for the untreated digestate samples. The highest methane yield of 132 L CH4/kg VS was observed for a specific energy input of 5000 kJ/kg TS, which was 1.94 times higher than the control (68 L CH4/kg VS). Although specific energy inputs of 1000 kJ/kg TS and 2500 kJ/kg TS showed comparable methane yields (113−114 L CH4/kg VS), they were ~1.67 times higher than the control. Overall, our results suggest that an integrated system of high-solids and wet-type anaerobic digestion with pre-ultrasonication of digestate has the potential to provide a technically viable solution to enhance biomethane recovery from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste.
Keywords
digestate, high-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD), organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW), ultrasonication, wet-type anaerobic digestion
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Chowdhury B, Magsi SB, Ting HNJ, Dhar BR. High-Solids Anaerobic Digestion Followed by Ultrasonication of Digestate and Wet-Type Anaerobic Digestion for Enhancing Methane Yield from OFMSW. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0824
Author Affiliations
Chowdhury B: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
Magsi SB: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
Ting HNJ: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
Dhar BR: Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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Processes
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8
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5
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E555
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2020
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2020-05-09
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2227-9717
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