Biogas Production by Co-Digestion of Canteen Food Waste and Domestic Wastewater under Organic Loading Rate and Temperature Optimization
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Cheerawit Rattanapan 1,*, Lalita Sinchai 1, Thunwadee Tachapattaworakul Suksaroj 1, Duangporn Kantachote 2 and Weerawat Ounsaneha 3
Cheerawit Rattanapan 1,*, Lalita Sinchai 1, Thunwadee Tachapattaworakul Suksaroj 1, Duangporn Kantachote 2 and Weerawat Ounsaneha 3
1
ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand
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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
3
Faculty of Science and Technology, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage, Klong Nuang, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 13180, Thailand
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Environments 2019, 6(2), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments6020016
Received: 5 January 2019 / Revised: 28 January 2019 / Accepted: 28 January 2019 / Published: 31 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental and Water Resources Engineering)
The objective of this study was to characterize biogas production performance from the co-digestion of food waste and domestic wastewater under mesophilic (35 ± 1 °C) and thermophilic (55 ± 1 °C) conditions. The food waste used as a co-substrate in this study was collected from a main canteen at the Hatyai campus of Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The optimum co-digestion ratio and temperature conditions in a batch experiment were selected for a semi-continuous experiment. Organic loading rates (OLRs) of 0.66, 0.33, and 0.22 g volatile solid (VS) L−1 d−1 were investigated in a semi-continuous experiment by continuously stirring a tank reactor (CSTR) for biogas production. The highest biomethane potential (BMP, 0.78 ml CH4 mg−1 VS removal) was achieved with a ratio of food waste to domestic wastewater of 10:90 w/v at a mesophilic temperature. An OLR of 0.22 g VS L−1 d−1 of co-digestion yielded positive biogas production and organic removal. The findings of this study illustrate how biogas production can be used for operating feed conditions and control for anaerobic co-digestion of domestic wastewater and food waste from a university canteen.
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Keywords:
anaerobic co-digestion; municipal wastewater; canteen food waste; organic loading rate; temperature
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Rattanapan, C.; Sinchai, L.; Tachapattaworakul Suksaroj, T.; Kantachote, D.; Ounsaneha, W. Biogas Production by Co-Digestion of Canteen Food Waste and Domestic Wastewater under Organic Loading Rate and Temperature Optimization. Environments 2019, 6, 16.
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