Enhancement of Methane Production in Thermophilic Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Exhausted Sugar Beet Pulp and Pig Manure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Substrate and Inoculum
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Analytical Methods
2.4. Indirect Parameters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Waste Characteristics
3.2. Process Stability
3.3. Methane Production
3.4. Acidogenic Substrate as Carbon (ASC)
3.5. Influence of the Temperature Range
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | Units | ESBP | PM | Inoculum |
---|---|---|---|---|
pH | - | 6.22 ± 0.03 | 8.26 ± 0.10 | 7.96 ± 0.08 |
TS | g/kg | 857.7 ± 0.04 | 276.3 ± 0.27 | 55.67 ± 0.15 |
VS | g/kg | 758.6 ± 0.06 | 156.8 ± 0.30 | 28.43 ± 0.11 |
sCOD | g/kg | 21.0 ± 0.42 | 7.0 ± 0.28 | 3.4 ± 0.39 |
TVFA | g/kg | 1.99 ± 0.31 | 1.2 ± 0.02 | 0.72 ± 0.10 |
Alkalinity | g/kg | 2.19 ± 0.10 | 33.1 ± 0.50 | 11.8 ± 0.77 |
C/N ratio | - | 37.4 ± 0.22 | 3.03 ± 0.27 | - |
Pectins | % | 55.54 | - | 69.31 |
Hemicellulose | % | 22.52 | - | 11.29 |
Cellulose | % | 21.14 | - | 11.90 |
Lignin | % | 3.50 | - | 5.61 |
Assay | Reference | CH4 (HAc) (L/Lreactor) | CH4 (HPr) (L/Lreactor) | CH4 (HBu) (L/Lreactor) | CH4 (ASC) (L/Lreactor) | CH4 (VFAs+ASC) (L) | CH4 (Produced) (L) | CH4 (Non-Produced) (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0:100T | This study | 0.052 | 0.010 | 0.077 | 0.106 | 0.42 | 0.86 | 32.7 |
10:90T | 0.100 | 0.006 | 0.042 | 0.100 | 0.42 | 4.03 | 9.40 | |
25:75T | 0.039 | 0.011 | 0.012 | 0.100 | 0.27 | 9.16 | 2.90 | |
50:50T | 0.064 | 0.009 | 0.051 | 0.103 | 0.39 | 8.43 | 4.40 | |
100:0T | 4.056 | 0.499 | 1.121 | 0.098 | 9.82 | 2.92 | 77.1 | |
0:100M | Aboudi et al. [44] | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.102 | 0.22 | 7.63 | 2.8 |
32:68M | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.100 | 0.21 | 8.48 | 2.4 | |
48:52M | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.099 | 0.23 | 9.34 | 2.4 | |
72:28M | 0.041 | 0.025 | 0.003 | 0.099 | 0.34 | 10.19 | 3.2 | |
100:0M | 0.266 | 0.200 | 0.022 | 0.107 | 5.19 | 11.04 | 32.0 |
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Gómez-Quiroga, X.; Aboudi, K.; Álvarez-Gallego, C.J.; Romero-García, L.I. Enhancement of Methane Production in Thermophilic Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Exhausted Sugar Beet Pulp and Pig Manure. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9091791
Gómez-Quiroga X, Aboudi K, Álvarez-Gallego CJ, Romero-García LI. Enhancement of Methane Production in Thermophilic Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Exhausted Sugar Beet Pulp and Pig Manure. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9(9):1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9091791
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez-Quiroga, Xiomara, Kaoutar Aboudi, Carlos José Álvarez-Gallego, and Luis Isidoro Romero-García. 2019. "Enhancement of Methane Production in Thermophilic Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Exhausted Sugar Beet Pulp and Pig Manure" Applied Sciences 9, no. 9: 1791. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9091791