Stabilization of anaerobic digestion of kitchen wastes using protein-rich additives: Study of process performance, kinetic modelling and energy balance.

Bioresource Technology
Adya IshaVirendra Kumar Vijay

Abstract

Anaerobic digestion (AD) of acidic kitchen waste (KW) streams is found to be unstable and leads to poor overall efficiency. This study assessed the effect of pongamia de-oiled cake addition on KW-AD. High acidic KW (pH: 2.00-5.00), medium acidic KW (pH: 5.00-7.00) and low alkaline KW (pH: 7.00-8.00) fed into digesters I, II and III at 10% total solids (TS) achieved biogas yields of 177.82 ± 19.30, 216.57 ± 7.42 and 280.45 ± 2.55 L/kg VS. d, respectively. Maximum synergistic effect of pongamia de-oiled cake was observed in digester I with increased methane production of 46.04% and volatile solids reduction of 11.18%. The principal component analysis and kinetic evaluation revealed that pongamia de-oiled cake addition had a positive effect on the AD parameters in all digesters. With energy efficiencies exceeded 96% in all the digesters, the study proposes the addition of protein-rich additives for KW-AD stabilization.

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