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Anaerobic digestion of solid agroindustrial waste in semi-continuous mode: evaluation of mono-digestion and co-digestion systems

Pellera Frantseska-Maria, Gidarakos Evaggelos

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/B1C38B89-C987-417E-A5AC-D1ED1CAC2E14
Year 2017
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation F.-M. Pellera and E. Gidarakos, "Anaerobic digestion of solid agroindustrial waste in semi-continuous mode: evaluation of mono-digestion and co-digestion systems," Waste Manage., vol. 68, pp. 103-119, Oct. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2017.06.026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.06.026
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The present study aimed at investigating the anaerobic digestion of four agroindustrial waste, namely cotton gin waste, winery waste, olive pomace and juice industry waste, in semi-continuous mode, conducting mono-digestion and co-digestion assays, using an artificial organic fraction sample as co-substrate. These assays were divided into two groups, in which different conditions were applied. Group I investigated the variation in two operational parameters, i.e. the organic loading rate (OLR) and the hydraulic retention time (HRT), while in Group II, the assays were fed with different substrates in a sequential order. Results showed more elevated specific methane yields for co-digestion assays compared with mono-digestion assays. Maximum yields were achieved at an OLR of 1.0 gVS/(L·d) and a HRT reduced to half of the initial. Further reduction of the HRT coupled to an increase of the OLR generally caused a significant decrease of specific methane yields, as well as one case of severe overloading, i.e. the mono-digestion of juice industry waste, which resulted in instability and ultimately system failure. Sequential feeding with different substrates led to a more equilibrated operation, especially for co-digestion systems, with higher specific methane yields being observed during the phases corresponding to winery waste and juice industry waste substrates. Overall more positive results were obtained in the cases in which the latter substrates were fed to the reactors at process startup.

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