Methane production in anaerobic digestion of organic waste from Recife (Brazil) landfill: evaluation in refuse of diferent ages
This work focuses on monitoring the generation of biogas by biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays, commonly used to assess anaerobic biodegradability of solid and liquid wastes under controlled conditions. The experiment employed 5 g of substrate of both refuses (fresh and one-year-old wastes), digested with 250 mL of inoculum in 1 L flasks as bioreactors (all of them in triplicate, operating under batch conditions at ± 35 ºC). Despite the difference of age of both refuses evaluated, there was no significant differences in volume (near 1800 mL) and composition (55% methane) of biogas generated in 80 days of incubation under mesophilic conditions. The important parameters of both refuses (such as moisture content, volatile solids and chemical oxygen demand) also showed very similar initial values.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
2014
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322014000200010 |
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