Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY
Volume 14, Issue 7, Pages 665-673Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2017.1318071
Keywords
Anaerobic co-digestion; cattle manure; feedstock to inoculum ratio; biogas; methane
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MONBUKAGAKUSHO: MEXT)
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Cafeteria, vegetable, fruit, and cattle manure are available year around at low cost and have the potential to complement each other for anaerobic digestion (AD). The objectives of this study were to determine the preferred mixing ratios and effects of feedstock to inoculum ratios for the optimal biogas production. The mesophilic digestion tests were performed with five mixing ratios of CW, VW, FW with CM and five feedstock to inoculum (F/I) ratios using batch anaerobic digesters. Co-digestion of CW, VW, FW with CM was carried out at F/I ratios of 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0. The results showed that the F/I ratio significantly affected the biogas production rate. Increasing the CW, VW, FW in the CM resulted in an increased methane yield by decreasing the F/I ratios in the reactors from 5.0 to 1.0. The highest biogas yields of 591.3, 432.9, and 450.6L/kg VSfeed were obtained with CW/CM (50:50), VW/CM (25:75), and FW/CM (25:75) ratios, respectively. At five F/Is tested, after 45days of AD, the total biogas yields were determined to be 629.74, 552.64, 501.87, 464.66, and 396.04L and 496.93, 460.02, 420.5, 398.14, and 336.20L, and 455.03, 382.81, 349.78, 340.95, and 298.53L, respectively. However, the highest average CH4 contents obtained at an F/I of 1.0 were 62.14%, 60.72%, and 61.08% that are 5.87%, 9.47%, and 10.17% higher than those obtained at F/I ratio of 5.0 for CW/CM (50:50), VW/CM (25:75), and FW/CM (25:75), respectively.
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