Journal article
Anaerobic biogasification of undiluted dairy manure in leaching bed reactors
Waste management (Elmsford), Vol.28(1), pp.112-119
2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100954
PMID: 17224265
Abstract
Dry anaerobic digestion of high solids animal manure is of increasing importance since conventional slurry digestion is not an effective system for these manures. The investment costs for large-size reactors, costs for heating these reactors, handling, dewatering, and the disposal of the digested residue decrease the benefits of conventional slurry anaerobic digestion for high solids animal manure. Even though leaching bed reactors (LBR) constitute a promising option for dry anaerobic biogasification of animal manure, no study is cited in the literature for animal manure, excluding a single study on cattle waste which utilized a similar concept in a different experimental set-up, namely a packed bed digester. Therefore, this work was undertaken to investigate the anaerobic biogasification of undiluted dairy manure in LBRs. To this purpose anaerobic leaching bed reactors (ALBR) packed with a mixture of dairy manure, anaerobic seed and wood powder/chips were operated. The ALBRs were fed with water, and the leachate that was collected from their effluents was subjected to biochemical methane potential (BMP) experiments to determine the biogas production. The results revealed that LBRs can successfully be applied to anaerobic digestion of undiluted dairy manure with around 25% improvement in biogas production relative to conventional (slurry) anaerobic digesters.
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- Title
- Anaerobic biogasification of undiluted dairy manure in leaching bed reactors
- Creators
- G.N Demirer - Department of Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, TurkeyS Chen - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
- Publication Details
- Waste management (Elmsford), Vol.28(1), pp.112-119
- Academic Unit
- Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900546635001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article