Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests

8 PáginasProduction of biogas from different organic materials is a most interesting source of renewable energy. The biomethane potential (BMP) of these materials has to be determined to get insight in design parameters for anaerobic digesters. A workshop was held in June 2015 in Leysin Switzerland to agree on common solutions to the conundrum of inconsistent BMP test results. A discussion covers actions and criteria that are considered compulsory ito accept and validate a BMP test result; and recommendations concerning the inoculum substrate test setup and data analysis and reporting ito obtain test results that can be validated and reproduced.The workshop in Leysin, Switzerland, has been financed by the Swiss Federal Office for Energy, and co-sponsored by Bioprocess Control Sweden AB, Lund, Sweden. The authors thank Alexandra Maria Murray for editing the English

The Effect of C:N:P ratio, volatile fatty acids and Na levels on the performance of an anaerobic treatment of fresh leachate from municipal solid waste transfer station

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Anaerobic digestion was carried out in this study to treat fresh leachate from municipal solid waste transfer station in a 10 L stirred tank reactor (STR). The treatment process was performed in batch and semi-continuous process. Palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludge was used as an inoculum. A high BOD reduction was achieved in 3 different treatment conditions in this study. A BOD removal of 85, 77 and 90% for the batch (Experiment 1), semi-continuous process without pH adjustment (Experiment 2) and semi-continuous process with pH adjustment (Experiment 3), respectively were recorded. It was observed that there was no significant deficiency in required nutrients for Experiment 1, 2 and 3 in this work. High concentration of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) was detected in Experiment 3, which indicated the instability of bioreactor in which lower methanogenic activity was observed. The levels of acetic acid (HAc) and propionic acid (HPr) appeared to be the VFA species that accumulated and started to cause an imbalance in the reactor. It was found that the use of large amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to adjust the bioreactor pH had caused an inhibition of the metabolic activity of methanogenesis bacteria that involved in the methane production