Journal
WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
Volume 93, Issue 2, Pages 306-315Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wer.1413
Keywords
biogas production; co-digestion; food waste; municipal wastewater
Funding
- Thailand Research Fund, Commission of Education, Thailand
- Mahidol University [MRG5480139]
- DAAD-Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service
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This research assessed the performance of biogas production from municipal wastewater and food waste co-digestion, finding that optimal conditions can significantly increase methane yields. Food waste has great potential as a co-substrate for efficient biogas production in this context.
Municipal wastewater has recently attracted interest in relation to anaerobic wastewater treatments. Biogas production with co-digestion of mixed substrates has been proposed and has many potential benefits for municipal wastewater. The aim of this research was to assess the performance of biogas production during co-digestion of municipal wastewater and food waste under semi-continuous and continuous operation with various hydraulic retention times (HRTs). A laboratory-scale continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) at room temperature operation (27-32 degrees C) was employed in this research. The highest methane yields of 167.41 +/- 66.52, 194.35 +/- 85.44, and 214.81 +/- 85.44 ml/g-Vs were found in semi-continuous mode, respectively, at 30, 10, and 10 days of HRTs with a 10:90 ratio of municipal wastewater to food waste (based on TS). Result finding of optimum condition (10 days of HRTs) presented a methane yield of 485.58 +/- 82.35 ml/g with continuous operation. Hence, food waste has practical implications for use as a co-substrate with the optimization condition of HRT and operation mode for biogas production from municipal wastewater. Practitioner points Food waste has good potential for use as a co-substrate for biogas production from municipal wastewater. HRT reduction from 30 to 10 days in semi-continuous, biogas production from municipal wastewater and food waste increased by 59%. Co-digestion of municipal wastewater and food waste with continuous mode and 10 days of HRT was the effective biogas production.
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