 Biogas production from three-phase olive mill solid waste in lab-scale continuously stirred tank reactorRafat Al Afif and Bernd Linke Energy, 2019, vol. 171, issue C, 1046-1052 Abstract: Biogas production of three-phase olive mill solid waste (3POMSW) was studied in lab-scale continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR) at organic loading rates of 1.5–2.0 g VS L−1 d−1 and temperatures of 35 and 55 °C. To acclimate microorganisms to 3POMSW the start-up phase was performed under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions for 40 days. In order to improve the biogas yield, the enzyme MethaPlus® was added and its effect was investigated. Results indicate that thermophilic processing has a higher biogas yield by 8% compared to mesophilic conditions, but there was no significant difference in methane yield. Under thermophilic conditions, addition of the enzyme to 3POMSW resulted in a significant increase in methane yield by 10%. Under mesophilic conditions, the enzyme did not have a significant effect on biogas yield or reactor performance. The quality of biogas for all experiments was sufficient. Long-term experimentation indicated the beginning of reactor failure. Keywords: Biogas; Three-phase olive mill solid waste; Continuously stirred tank reactor; Addition of enzyme; Thermophilic condition (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:171:y:2019:i:c:p:1046-1052 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.01.080 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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