Optimum Production of Biogas from Bio-Municipal Solid Wastes Using Two Stages Anaerobic Digester
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2011-06
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Various aspects of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) have been became a promising
technology for the management of Municipal Solid Waste. Thus, the objective of
this study was to optimize the production of biogas from these wastes by using
two-stage anaerobic digester. To achieve this, batch anaerobic digestion
experiments were conducted to determine the optimum methane produced
from the digestion and co-digestion of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid
Waste (OFMSW) and Cow Manure (CM) in different mix operated under
ambient condition. Moreover, this study presents several runs of experiment
and analysis with the aim of substrate mix and the duration of overall stage of
digestion process while optimizing the biogas generation with higher methane
content. The physical and chemical characteristic of the sample done by
analytical method, volume of biogas produced and methane composition of
different mix of the feed stock were determined by water displacement and
digital gas (SR2-BIO gas analyzer), respectively. The highest specific gas
production observed was 353 L/Kg VS added for the digestions of 1:2 mix of
OFMSW: CM. It was observed that the independent variable – mix ratio
significantly affect (p-value 4.18*10-9) the dependent variable – amount of
methane produced since the p-value is less than the chosen α-level usually
0.05. The calculated volume of methane in the biogas produced per Kg of
volatile solid removed were 510L, 355L, 375L, 435L and 600L for OFMSW
(100%), 2:1 mix of OFMSW: CM, CM (100%), 1:1 and 1:2 mix of OFMSW: CM,
respectively. In general From the digestion of 1:2 mix of OFMSW: CM: 0.47
m3/d/m3 biogas with 51.5% methane content was produced; 0.45 m3/d/m3,
0.35 m3/d/m3, 0.26 m3/d/m3, and 0.23 m3/d/m3, biogas with 31.4%, 42.9%,
20.3% and 33.7 % methane composition is produced from 1:1 mix of OFMSW:
CM, CM alone, OFMSW alone and 2:1 1 mix of OFMSW: CM respectively. The
mix ratio significantly affects the biogas production (p-value<<0.05).
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