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Employment of Organic Residues for Methane Production: The Use of Wastes of the Pulp and Paper Industry to Produce Biogas - A Case Study

In: Anaerobic Digestion in Built Environments

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  • Alfredo de Jesus Martinez Roldan
  • Maria Dolores Josefina Rodriguez Rosales
  • Sergio Valle Cervantes
  • Thania Azucena Mendez-Perez

Abstract

Many organic residues are being wasted since they are not given a comprehensive management; anaerobic digestion is an alternative to reduce the impact of these residues, and to produce biogas. The chapter includes the state of art about biogas and energy production, and later, the analysis of a study case focusing on the use of pulp and paper wastes to produce biogas. The study was carried out through anaerobic digestion at a bench scale using three temperature phases to treat primary and secondary sludge, establishing operational parameters such as temperature, retention time, and organic loadings. Monitoring of volume, methane concentration in the biogas, volatile solids reduction, volatile fatty acids during the process, the performance of the process in function of methane produced per volatile solids removed is calculated. This case study shows that it is feasible to use the sludge from the company's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) for the generation of biogas, thus reducing waste management problems.

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  • Alfredo de Jesus Martinez Roldan & Maria Dolores Josefina Rodriguez Rosales & Sergio Valle Cervantes & Thania Azucena Mendez-Perez, 2021. "Employment of Organic Residues for Methane Production: The Use of Wastes of the Pulp and Paper Industry to Produce Biogas - A Case Study," Chapters, in: Anna Sikora (ed.), Anaerobic Digestion in Built Environments, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:228655
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97111
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    Keywords

    anaerobic digestion; biogas; bioenergy; biosolids; paper industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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