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A review of high-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD): From transport phenomena to process design

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  • Li, Wangliang
  • Gupta, Rohit
  • Zhang, Zhikai
  • Cao, Lixia
  • Li, Yanqing
  • Show, Pau Loke
  • Gupta, Vijai Kumar
  • Kumar, Sunil
  • Lin, Kun-Yi Andrew
  • Varjani, Sunita
  • Connelly, Stephanie
  • You, Siming

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High-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) is an attractive organic waste disposal method for bioenergy recovery and climate change mitigation. The development of HSAD is facing several challenges such as low biogas and methane yields, low reaction rates, and ease of process inhibition due to low mass diffusion and mixing limitations of the process. Therefore, the recent progress in HSAD is critically reviewed with a focus on transport phenomena and process modelling. Specifically, the work discusses hydrodynamic phenomena, biokinetic mechanisms, HSAD-specific reactor simulations, state-of-the-art multi-stage reactor designs, industrial ramifications, and key parameters that enable sustained operation of HSAD processes. Further research on novel materials such as bio-additives, adsorbents, and surfactants can augment HSAD process efficiency, while ensuring the stability. Additionally, a generic simulation tool is of urgent need to enable a better coupling between biokinetic phenomena, hydrodynamics, and heat and mass transfer that would warrant HSAD process scale-up.

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  • Li, Wangliang & Gupta, Rohit & Zhang, Zhikai & Cao, Lixia & Li, Yanqing & Show, Pau Loke & Gupta, Vijai Kumar & Kumar, Sunil & Lin, Kun-Yi Andrew & Varjani, Sunita & Connelly, Stephanie & You, Siming, 2023. "A review of high-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD): From transport phenomena to process design," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:180:y:2023:i:c:s1364032123001612
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113305
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