The Influence of Low-Temperature Disintegration on the Co-Fermentation Process of Distillation Residue and Waste-Activated Sludge

Anna Remiszewska-Skwarek, Ryszard Wierzchnicki, Otton K. Roubinek, Archana Kasinath, Alicja Jeżewska, Magdalena Jasinska, Hubert Byliński, Andrzej G. Chmielewski and Krzysztof Czerwionka
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Anna Remiszewska-Skwarek: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Ryszard Wierzchnicki: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland
Otton K. Roubinek: Łukasiewicz—Industrial Chemistry Institute, Department of Pharmacy, Cosmetic Chemistry and Biotechnology, 01-793 Warsaw, Poland
Archana Kasinath: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Alicja Jeżewska: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Magdalena Jasinska: Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-661 Warsaw, Poland
Hubert Byliński: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Andrzej G. Chmielewski: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, 03-195 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Czerwionka: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Innovative low-temperature disintegration (process temperature 55 °C and oxygen concentration 0.2 mg/dm 3 ) can be an economically rational technology to intensifying energy production from renewable sources. The proposed process can achieve a degree of disintegration—under optimal conditions—of about 50%, which is excellent when compared with other methods of feed pre-treatment. The low-temperature disintegration of distillation residue and waste-activated sludge before the co-fermentation process increased biogas production by 30% and methane production by 65% (over a 26 d duration). The obtained results confirm that the low-temperature disintegration method can be effectively used to pre-prepare this type of feed. At the same time, it was discovered that the Gompertz model can be used to mathematically describe the biogas accumulation curves in the methane co-fermentation processes of the tested feeds (the correlation coefficients were higher than 0.98).

Keywords: low-temperature disintegration; waste-activated sludge; distillation residue; co-digestion; Gompertz model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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