Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 237-241Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.12.066
Keywords
Food waste digestion; Livestock dung; Food to microorganism ratio; Biogas production
Funding
- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India [W. 11035/07/2011-CRSP (RD) 12/12/2012]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different livestock inoculums on the anaerobic digestion of food waste (FW). Five different livestock dungs i.e., poultry dung (PD), goat dung (GD), cow dung (CD), piggery dung (PGD) and rhinoceros dung (RD) were utilized as inoculums and their effects were valued in various food to microorganism (F/M) ratios in batch reactors. Different livestock dungs achieved higher methane production and volatile solids (VS) reduction in different F/M ratios such as PD, GD, CD, PGD and RD achieved at F/M ratio maintained at 1.5, 2, 2, 1.5 and 1.5, respectively. The results indicated that CD and PGD inoculum were more suitable for the anaerobic digestion of FW than other livestock dungs. Reactors inoculated with CD achieved higher methane production (227 mL g(-1) VS degraded) and volatile solids degradation (54.58%) at F/M ratio maintained at 2. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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