Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater sludge and restaurant grease
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Co-digestion has drawn much attention because of its potential to increase biogas production among other benefits. Restaurant grease has high energy content and methane production potential and so is a promising substrate for co-digestion with municipal wastewater sludge. Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater sludge and restaurant grease was investigated at laboratory-scale under mesophilic conditions (37 WC). Increasing the chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading rate of the test digester by 387% (organic loading rate 4.235 kg VS/m/d) relative to the control digester led to a 467% increase in daily biogas production, a 25.2% increase in methane yield (based on volatile solids (VS) destruction), a 29.8% increase in COD removal and a 27.2% increase in VS reduction. The biogas methane content ranged from 62.6 to 66.2% (v/v). No negative effect of the grease addition was observed in the test digester performance under the conditions investigated. The increases in biogas production and methane yield indicated enhanced digestion performance. In addition, partial alkalinity and pH proved to be good indicators of digester stability. doi: 10.2166/wqrjc.2011.122 Zengkai Liu Ian D. Buchanan (corresponding author) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2W2 E-mail: [email protected]
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