Effect of Temperature on Co-Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure and Empty Fruit Bunch: A Kinetic Parametric Study

M. Devendran Manogaran (), Mohd Hakimi, Mohammad Harith Nizam Basheer Ahmad, Rashid Shamsuddin (), Jun Wei Lim, Muzamil Abdalla M Hassan and Nurul Tasnim Sahrin
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M. Devendran Manogaran: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Mohd Hakimi: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Mohammad Harith Nizam Basheer Ahmad: Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Rashid Shamsuddin: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Jun Wei Lim: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Muzamil Abdalla M Hassan: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Nurul Tasnim Sahrin: HICoE-Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute for Self-Sustainable Building (ISB), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: The rapid growth of the Malaysian poultry and palm oil industries has led biomass waste generation in abundance specifically chicken manure and empty fruit bunch (EFB). Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a circular economy-based approach which converts chicken manure and EFB into biogas which can be utilized for heating and power generation. Operating temperature is an imperative consideration for AD hence the objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of different temperature profiles namely, psychrophilic (20 °C), mesophilic (35 °C) and thermophilic (50 °C) on AD of chicken manure and EFB. The kinetic parameters are also evaluated using five kinetic models to enable readers to comprehend the kinetic behaviours of the systems. The volume and composition of biogas is measured every five days for a 50-day retention time. The findings observed that mesophilic condition is the most favourable with cumulative methane, CH 4 composition of up to 17.07%, almost two folds that of thermophilic (9.12%) and five folds that of psychrophilic (3.49%). The CH 4 generation rate, R b based on the modified Gompertz model which is deemed the best fit further supports these findings as the R b under mesophilic condition is significantly higher (0.330 mL/g vs day) compared to psychrophilic (0.088 mL/g vs day) and thermophilic (0.120 mL/g vs day) conditions.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; chicken manure; empty fruit bunch; psychrophilic; mesophilic; thermophilic; first order kinetic model; Monod model; Cone model; modified Gompertz model; Logistic function model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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