Effect of calcium chloride on abating inhibition due to volatile fatty acids during the start-up period in anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste

Biomethanation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a slow process and the yield of biogas is usually low. The present study was carried out to examine the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on anaerobic digestion of MSW. Three anaerobic digesters with different concentrations of CaCl2, namely sample w...

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Publié dans:Environmental technology. - 1993. - 37(2016), 12 vom: 25., Seite 1501-9
Auteur principal: Kumar, Sunil (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Das, Avijit, Srinivas, G Lohit Kumar, Dhar, Hiya, Ojha, Vivek Kumar, Wong, Jonathan
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2016
Accès à la collection:Environmental technology
Sujets:Journal Article Municipal solid waste biogas calcium chloride long chain fatty acid volatile fatty acids Biofuels Fatty Acids, Volatile Calcium Chloride M4I0D6VV5M
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Résumé:Biomethanation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a slow process and the yield of biogas is usually low. The present study was carried out to examine the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on anaerobic digestion of MSW. Three anaerobic digesters with different concentrations of CaCl2, namely sample without additives (Control), sample with 2.5 g/L CaCl2 (R1) and sample with 5 g/L CaCl2 (R2) were studied separately and the significant results are presented. From the experimental results, it was observed that pH decreased with an increase in the dosage of CaCl2. Total solids and volatile solids reduction percentage in digester R2 was considerably lower than Control and R1 digesters. The significant positive correlation with small increments in volatile solids and chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction were observed with an increase in pH. The cumulative biogas production in all the three digesters (Control, R1 and R2) were observed to be 35.38, 46.46 and 37.56 L, respectively. It was also observed that the volatile fatty acids (VFAs) removal efficiency in digester R1 was the best among all the three digesters. A comparison of the effluent characteristics revealed improvement in the overall performance of the digester R1 amended with 2.5 g/L CaCl2 over the other two digesters
Description:Date Completed 13.12.2016
Date Revised 30.12.2016
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1479-487X
DOI:10.1080/09593330.2015.1119204