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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of abattoir wastewater and fruit and vegetable waste in anaerobic sequencing batch reactors
Biodegradation, Volume 20, No. 3, Year 2009
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Anaerobic co-digestion of fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) and abattoir wastewater (AW) was investigated using anaerobic sequencing batch reactors (ASBRs). The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and temperature variations on digesters performances were examined. At both 20 and 10 days biogas production for co-digestion was greater thanks to the improved balance of nutrients. The high specific gas productions for the different digestion processes were 0.56, 0.61 and 0.85 l g-1 total volatile solids (TVS) removal for digesters treating AW, FVW and AW + FVW, respectively. At an HRT of 20 days, biogas production rates from thermophilic digesters were higher on average than from mesophilic AW, FVW and AW + FVW digestion by 28.5, 44.5 and 25%, respectively. However, at 10 days of HRT results showed a decrease of biogas production rate for AW and AW + FVW digestion processes due to the high amount of free ammonia at high organic loading rate (OLR). © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bouallagui, Hassib
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
Rachdi, B.
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
Gannoun, Hana
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
Hamdi, Moktar
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
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Citations: 86
Authors: 4
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10.1007/s10532-008-9231-1