Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 33-41Publisher
I W A PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0053
Keywords
anaerobic digestion; inhibition; long-chain fatty acids; poultry slaughterhouse waste; simulation model
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We studied anaerobic batch degradation of solid poultry slaughterhouse wastes with different initial waste and inoculum concentrations and waste-to-inoculum ratios and simulated the dynamics of the process with a new generation < METHANE > model. Our modelling results suggest that inhibited propionate degradation by long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) and inhibited hydrolysis by a high propionate concentration constituted the rate-limiting step in the waste degradation. Palmitate was the most abundant LCFA in the assays. Within 27 days of incubation, up to 0.55 to 0.67 m(3) of methane (STP)/kg VS added was produced under the studied conditions. Lower waste-to-inoculum ratios exhibited a faster onset and rate of specific methane production. In all the assays, ammonification occurred within 3 to 6 days and accounted for 50 to 60% of total nitrogen.
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