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Contents
Feedstock for AD ?
Types of AD Systems
Advantages/Disadvantages of Digestion
What is Anaerobic Digestion?
Function: noun
1895- England - Developed a septic tank for Exeter to utilize gas for lighting
Odor
Acid forming
Volatile bacteria Volatile
Solids (VS) organic acids
GAS utilisation Methane forming
bacteria
insoluble organics
Days 1. Hydrolysis
Soluble organics
Minutes
to days 2. Acidogenesis
Minutes
to
hours 3. Acetogenesis
Seconds
to 4. Methanogenesis
minutes
Hydrolysis
Degradation of complex substrates such as:
Celluloses
sucrose)
Fats, oils
Acidogenesis
Acetogenic bacteria:
syntrophobacter wolinii, propionate decomposer
sytrophomonos wolfei, a butyrate decomposer.
Other acid formers are clostridium spp., peptococcus anerobus,
lactobacillus, and actinomyces
…..
Methanogenesis
Methanogenic bacteria:
methanobacterium, methanobacillus,
methanococcus and methanosarcina.
Parameters in Anaerobic Digestion
Acceptable pH for the bacteria: 5.5 -8.5.
Most methanogens function in a pH range between 6.7 and 7.4, and optimally
between 7.0 and 7.2.
Temperature: Anaerobic digestion can occur in two main of temperature ranges:
– Mesophilic condition, between: 20-45oC, usually: 35oC
– Thermophilic condition, between: 50-65oC, usually: 55oC
A. The single-stage batch system involves re-circulating the leachate to the top of the
same reactor.
B. The sequential batch process: the leachate from the first reactor, containing a high level
of organic acids, is re-circulated to the second reactor where methanogenesis occurs.
C. The hybrid batch-UASB process, which is very similar to the multi-stage process with
two reactors. The first reactor is simple batch reactor but the second methanogenic
reactor is an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor.
Advantages of Digestion
Is somewhat costly
Higher management levels required
Startup is sometimes difficult
Storage required
–Cannot store methane as a liquid!!
Some risk of explosion
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