Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 370-377Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.024
Keywords
Food waste; Anaerobic digestion; Autoclave treatment; Organic loading rate; Nitrogen
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- EU [241334]
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Anaerobic digestion of autoclaved (160 degrees C, 6.2 bar) and untreated source segregated food waste (FW) was compared over 473 days in semi-continuously fed mesophilic reactors with trace elements supplementation, at organic loading rates (OLRs) of 2, 3, 4 and 6 kg volatile solids (VS)/m(3) d. Methane yields at all OLR were 5-10% higher for untreated FW (maximum 0.483 +/- 0.013 m(3) CH4/kg VS at 3 kg VS/m(3) d) than autoclaved FW (maximum 0.439 +/- 0.020 m(3) CH4/kg VS at 4 kg VS/m(3) d). The residual methane potential of both digestates at all OLRs was less than 0.110 m(3) CH4/kg VS, indicating efficient methanation in all cases. Use of acclimated inoculum allowed very rapid increases in OLR. Reactors fed on autoclaved FW showed lower ammonium and hydrogen sulphide concentrations, probably due to reduced protein hydrolysis as a result of formation of Maillard compounds. In the current study this reduced biodegradability appears to outweigh any benefit due to thermal hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic components. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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