Articles
Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal sewage sludge with food waste
Published 2016-07-15
Keywords
- Co-digestion,
- Methane Yield,
- Primary Sewage Sludge,
- Thickened Secondary Sludge,
- Food Waste.
How to Cite
Julio Guerrero, I. C., Peláez Jaramillo, C. A., & Molina Perez, F. J. (2016). Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal sewage sludge with food waste. Revista ION, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.18273/revion.v29n1-2016005
Abstract
Anaerobic digestion is a process widely used for the treatment of sludge generated during wastewater treatment, due to its technical and economic advantages. This paper presents a study in which the co digestion of sewage sludge with food waste (FW) was evaluated as a strategy for optimizing the digestion of sludge. Mono-digestions and co-digestions of the substrates were performed under mesophilic conditions (35°C) using batch reactors. The sludge used were: primary sludge (PS), thickened secondary sludge (TSS), and a mixture of PS with TSS in a ratio 60:40 based on total solids (PS:TSS).The co-digestions were performed using different ratios of mixtures of the substrates based on total volatile solids: PS:FW=30:70, PS:FW=50:50, PS:FW=70:30 y (PS+TSS):FW=70:30. The maximum methane yield, 0,25LCH4/gVSadded, was obtained for the mixture PS:FW=30:70, showing a yield 32% higher than the one obtained in the mono-digestion of PS.
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