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Enhanced biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater treatment sludge and fat, oil and grease (FOG) by a modified two-stage thermophilic digester system with selected thermo-chemical pre-treatment

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  • Li, C.
  • Champagne, P.
  • Anderson, B.C.

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Anaerobic co-digestions with fat, oil and grease (FOG) were investigated in two-stage thermophilic (55 °C) semi-continuous flow co-digestion systems. One two-stage co-digestion system (System I) was modified to incorporate a thermo-chemical pre-treatment of pH = 10 at 55 °C, which was the best pre-treatment condition for FOG co-digestion identified during laboratory-scale biochemical methane potential (BMP) testing. The other two-stage co-digestion system (System II) was operated without a pre-treatment process. The anaerobic digester of each digestion system had a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 days. An organic loading rate (OLR) of 1.83 ± 0.09 g TVS/L·d was applied to each digestion system. It was found that System I effectively enhanced biogas production as the thermo-chemical pre-treatment improved the substrate hydrolysis including increased COD solubilization and VFA concentrations. Overall, the modified System I yielded a 25.14 ± 2.14 L/d biogas production rate, which was substantially higher than the 18.73 ± 1.11 L/d obtained in the System II.

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  • Li, C. & Champagne, P. & Anderson, B.C., 2015. "Enhanced biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater treatment sludge and fat, oil and grease (FOG) by a modified two-stage thermophilic digester system with selected thermo-," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 474-482.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:83:y:2015:i:c:p:474-482
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.04.055
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