Primary Sludge from Dairy and Meat Processing Wastewater and Waste from Biomass Enzymatic Hydrolysis as Resources in Anaerobic Digestion and Co‐Digestion Supplemented with Biodegradable Surfactants as Process Enhancers
Energies 2022
Ēriks Skrispsts, Linda Mežule, Elvis Klaucāns

Incorporation of various alternative resources as co‐digestion substrates aids to reduce the consumption of agricultural crops for biogas production. However, the efficiency and limitations of these co‐substrates is still not fully understood. Use of biomass waste remaining after enzymatic hydrolysis for high value chemical fermentation, meat processing and dairy wastewater primary sludge as co‐substrates in an agricultural resource anaerobic digestion plant is tackled within this study. The results showed that anionic surfactants (<200 ppm) can be used to improve fat, oil and grease (FOG) solubility in water and, at the same time, enhance the biomethane potential of FOG-containing sludge by increasing it from 1374.5 to 1765 mLCH4/gVS for meat processing wastewater primary sludge, and from 534 to 740 mLCH4/gVS for dairy wastewater primary sludge, when agricultural digestate is used as a substrate and sludge loading is not more than 10% from the volatile solids loaded. At the same time, only 549.7 mLCH4/gVS was produced as 30‐day BMP when 5% biomass hydrolysis waste was used. Biomass hydrolysis waste co‐digestion with primary sludge from dairy and meat processing wastewaters has an antigenic effect, and separate substrate anaerobic digestion gave a better results, thus, showing that excessive combination of various waste resources can be inhibitory for biogas production and the appropriate substrate selection and combination is a technical challenge for the biogas industry.


Atslēgas vārdi
anaerobic co‐digestion | biodegradable surfactants | enzymatic hydrolysis waste | FOG | primary sludge
DOI
10.3390/en15124333
Hipersaite
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/12/4333

Skrispsts, Ē., Mežule, L., Klaucāns, E. Primary Sludge from Dairy and Meat Processing Wastewater and Waste from Biomass Enzymatic Hydrolysis as Resources in Anaerobic Digestion and Co‐Digestion Supplemented with Biodegradable Surfactants as Process Enhancers. Energies, 2022, Vol. 15, No. 12,Article number 4333. ISSN 1996-1073. Available from: doi:10.3390/en15124333

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)
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