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    Mixing effect on thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste

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    Article
    Authors
    Ghanimeh, Sophia A.
    El-Fadel, Mutasem E.
    Saikaly, Pascal cc
    KAUST Department
    Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Environmental Science and Engineering Program
    Environmental Biotechnology Research Group
    Date
    2012-08
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/562252
    
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    Abstract
    This paper examines the effect of mixing on the performance of thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste during the start-up phase and in the absence of an acclimated seed. For this purpose, two digesters were used under similar starting conditions and operated for 235days with different mixing schemes. While both digesters exhibited a successful startup with comparable specific methane yield of 0.327 and 0.314l CH 4/gVS, continuous slow stirring improved stability by reducing average VFA accumulation from 2890 to 825mg HAc/l, propionate content from 2073 to 488mg/l, and VFA-to-alkalinity ratio from 0.32 to 0.07. As a result, the startup with slow mixing was faster and smoother accomplishing a higher loading capacity of 2.5gVS/l/d in comparison to 1.9gVS/l/d for non-mixing. Mixing equally improved microbial abundance from 6.6 to 10gVSS/l and enhanced solids and soluble COD removal. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
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    Ghanimeh, S., El Fadel, M., & Saikaly, P. (2012). Mixing effect on thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Bioresource Technology, 117, 63–71. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.125
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    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.
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Bioresource Technology
    DOI
    10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.125
    PubMed ID
    22609715
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.125
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Environmental Science and Engineering Program; Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)

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