Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 67-74Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.064
Keywords
Anaerobic co-digestion; Polylactide; Kitchell garbage; Hyperthermophilic condition; Ammonia
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Two series of two-phase anaerobic systems, consisting of a hyperthermophilic (80 degrees C) reactor and a thermophilic (55 degrees C) reactor, fed with a mixture of kitchen garbage (KG) and polylactide (PLA), was compared with a single-phase thermophilic reactor for the overall performance. The result indicated that ammonia addition under hyperthermophilic condition promoted the transformation of PLA particles to lactic acid. The systems with hyperthermophilic treatment had advantages on PLA transformation and methane conversion ratio to the control system. Under the organic loading rate (OLR) of 10.3 g COD/(L day), the PLA transformation ratios of the two-phase systems were 82.0% and 85.2%, respectively, higher than that of the control system (63.5%). The methane conversion ratios of the two-phase systems were 82.9% and 80.8%, respectively, higher than 70.1% of the control system. The microbial community analysis indicated that hyperthermophilic treatment is easily installed to traditional thermophilic anaerobic digestion plants without inoculation of special bacteria. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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