TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the stability of thermophilic anaerobic digesters treating SS-OFMSW through enrichment with compost and leachate seeds
AU - Ghanimeh, Sophia A.
AU - El-Fadel, Mutasem E.
AU - Saikaly, Pascal
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon and the Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources at the American University of Beirut. Special thanks are extended to the US Agency for International Development for its support in acquiring the automated bioreactors used in the experimental program. The authors thank Ms. Dana Al-Sanioura for assisting in operating and monitoring the bioreactors.
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - This paper examines the potential of improving the stability of thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste (SS-OFMSW) by adding leachate and compost during inoculation. For this purpose, two stable thermophilic digesters, A (control) and B (with added leachate and compost), were subjected to a sustained substrate shock by doubling the organic loading rate for one week. Feeding was suspended then gradually resumed to reach the pre-shock loading rate (2. gVS/l/d). Digester A failed, exhibiting excessive increase in acetate and a corresponding decrease in pH and methane generation, and lower COD and solids removal efficiencies. In contrast, digester B was able to restore its functionality with 90% recovery of pre-shock methane generation rate at stable pH, lower hydrogen levels, and reduced VFAs and ammonia accumulation. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - This paper examines the potential of improving the stability of thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste (SS-OFMSW) by adding leachate and compost during inoculation. For this purpose, two stable thermophilic digesters, A (control) and B (with added leachate and compost), were subjected to a sustained substrate shock by doubling the organic loading rate for one week. Feeding was suspended then gradually resumed to reach the pre-shock loading rate (2. gVS/l/d). Digester A failed, exhibiting excessive increase in acetate and a corresponding decrease in pH and methane generation, and lower COD and solids removal efficiencies. In contrast, digester B was able to restore its functionality with 90% recovery of pre-shock methane generation rate at stable pH, lower hydrogen levels, and reduced VFAs and ammonia accumulation. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/562667
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960852412019852
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.127
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.127
M3 - Article
C2 - 23340102
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 131
SP - 53
EP - 59
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -
