Biochemical assays of potential methane to test biogas production from dark fermentation of sewage sludge and agricultural residues
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10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.02.080
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ABSTRACT
This study aims to study the methane generation potential (BMP tests) of different samples from the dark acid fermentation of sewage sludge:wine vinasse, and sewage sludge:wine vinasse:poultry manure. Specifically, mixtures of sewage sludge (S) and wine vinasse (V) were used in a 50:50 ratio and mixtures of sewage sludge and wine vinasse with 10 g/L of poultry manure (PM) (50:50 + 10 g/L) (S:V + PM). The goal was to determine the effect of the high ammonia concentrations in poultry manure when was used as co-substrate in the anaerobic methanogenic degradation of sewage sludge and vinasse. Results obtained show that the addition of 10 g/L of poultry manure to the SV mixture improves the production of methane generation, reaching values of 166 mL of accumulated methane. The SVPM mixture shows the highest purification percentages, with 63.90% TCOD removal, 79.51% SCOD removal and a yield of 52.05 mLCH4/gSVadded. The SVPM test showed a higher concentration of microorganisms during the BMP test, although the population of microorganisms for the SV test was doubled and presented greater activity with values of 2.27 versus 1.73E-11 LCH4/Cells.
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