| Title | Enhancement of Methanogenic Activity in Volumetrically Undersized Reactor by Mesophilic Co-Digestion of Sewage Sludge and Aqueous Residue |
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| ID_Doc | 23904 |
| Authors | Torretta, V; Tolkou, AK; Katsoyiannis, IA; Caccamo, FM; Miino, MC; Baldi, M; Collivignarelli, MC |
| Title | Enhancement of Methanogenic Activity in Volumetrically Undersized Reactor by Mesophilic Co-Digestion of Sewage Sludge and Aqueous Residue |
| Year | 2021 |
| Published | Sustainability, 13, 14 |
| Abstract | To date, energy recovery from biological sewage sludge (BSS) by anaerobic digestion has been very popular. However, it can often happen that anaerobic reactors are volumetrically undersized, thus reducing performance in terms of biogas production. A continuous-flow pilot-scale plant was used to investigate, for the first time, the effects of mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion (MACoD) of sewage sludge and aqueous residue (AR) from a biosolids treatment plant (BTP) on methanogenic activity under low hydraulic retention time (HRT) conditions (to simulate the undersizing of the reactor). The results showed that the digestate is always more rapidly biodegradable than the matrices fed, while particulate COD hydrolyzed (12 +/- 1.3%) is independent of the quantity of AR dosed. Feeding over 35% of soluble OLR, the total VFAs in the system strongly decreased, despite the low HRT. In correspondence with higher dosages of AR, the percentage of CH4 increased up to 77-78% and the CO2 CH4-1 ratio decreased to 0.25 +/- 0.2. Specific methane production increased from 0.09 +/- 0.01 m(CH4)(3) kgCOD(removed)(-1) with BSS alone to 0.28 +/- 0.01 m(CH4CH4)(3) kgCOD(removed)(-1) in the case of BSS co-digested with AR. Moreover, co-digestion with AR from a BTP allowed continuous specific methanogenic activity to be enhanced from 1.76 +/- 0.02 m(CH4)(3) t(VSS)(-1) d(-1) to 6.48 +/- 0.88 m(CH4)(3) t(VSS)(-1) d(-1). Therefore, the MACoD of BSS and AR from a BTP could be a good solution to enhance methanogenic activity in a volumetrically undersized anaerobic digester with reduced HRT. |
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