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Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Environmental, Engineering, Chemical, Engineering, MUNICIPAL SLUDGE, ENERGY, ACIDS, 4004 Chemical engineering, 4011 Environmental engineering

Abstract:

Two mesophilic batch digestion runs were set-up in which a FOG is co-digested with waste activated sludge. FOG loadings range from 0 to 50 % of the VS. This co-digestion of FOG and activated sludge successfully increased the biogas production up to 400 % when the FOG loading consisted around 50 % of the VS. An inhibition effect was observed in one of the tests when the FOG loading was over 25 % of the VS, apparent from a drop in methane yield per VS. Additionally, a beneficial co-digestion effect was observed at FOG loading of 25 % of the VS when the measured biogas production was compared to the maximum predicted biogas production. This indicates a possible enhancing effect on the sludge degradation. Copyright © 2012, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.