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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 162-167Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.02.005
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW)
- counties of Tyrol and Vorarlberg [1405]
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A 750,000 1 digester located in Roppen/Austria was studied over a 2-year period. The concentrations and amounts of CH4, H-2, CO2 and H2S and several other process parameters like temperature, retention time, dry weight and input of substrate were registered continuously. On a weekly scale the pH and the concentrations of NH4+-N and volatile fatty acids (acetic, butyric, iso-butyric, propionic, valeric and iso-valeric acid) were measured. The data show a similar pattern of seasonal gas production over 2 years of monitoring. The consumption of VFA and not the hydrogenotrophic CH4 production appeared to be the limiting factor for the investigated digestion process. Whereas the changes in pH and the concentrations of most VFA did not correspond with changes in biogas production, the ratio of acetic to propionic acid and the concentration of H-2 appeared to be useful indicators for reactor performance. However, the most influential factors for the anaerobic digestion process were the amount and the quality of input material, which distinctly changed throughout the year. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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