Li, Y;
Jin, Y;
Borrion, A;
Li, J;
(2018)
Influence of feed/inoculum ratios and waste cooking oil content on the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste.
Waste Management
, 73
pp. 156-164.
10.1016/j.wasman.2017.12.027.
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Abstract
Information on the anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) with different waste cooking oil contents is limited in terms of the effect of the initial substrate concentrations. In this work, batch tests were performed to evaluate the combined effects of waste cooking oil content (33–53%) and feed/inoculum (F/I) ratios (0.5–1.2) on biogas/methane yield, process stability parameters and organics reduction during the FW AD. Both waste cooking oil and the inoculation ratios were found to affect digestion parameters during the AD process start-up and the F/I ratio was the predominant factor affecting AD after the start-up phase. The possible inhibition due to acidification caused by volatile fatty acids accumulation, low pH values and long-chain fatty acids was reversible. The characteristics of the final digestate indicated a stable anaerobic system, whereas samples with F/I ratios ranging from 0.8 to 1.2 display higher propionic and valeric acid contents and high amounts of total ammonia nitrogen and free ammonia nitrogen. Overall, F/I ratios higher than 0.70 caused inhibition and resulted in low biogas/methane yields from the FW.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Influence of feed/inoculum ratios and waste cooking oil content on the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.12.027 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.12.027 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Anaerobic digestion of food waste; Biogas; Waste cooking oil; Feed/inoculum ratios; Digestate |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10041057 |
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