Gulhane, Madhuri and Khardenavis, Anshuman and Karia, Sneha and Pandit, Prabhakar and Kanade, Gajanan S. and Lokhande, Satish and Vaidya, Atul N. and Purohit, H J (2016) Biomethanation of vegetable market waste in an anaerobic baffled reactor: Effect of effluent recirculation and carbon mass balance analysis. Bioresource Technology, 215. pp. 100-109. ISSN 0960-8524 (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In the present study, feasibility of biomethanation of vegetable market waste in a 4-chambered anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) was investigated at 30 d hydraulic retention time and organic loading rate of 0.5 g VS/L/d for one year. Indicators of process stability viz., butyrate/acetate and propionate/acetate ratios were consistent with phase separation in the different chambers, which remained unaltered even during recirculation of effluent. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and volatile solids (VS) removal efficiencies were observed to be consistently high (above 90%). Corresponding biogas and methane yields of 0.7–0.8 L/g VS added/d and 0.42–52 L/g VS added/d respectively were among the highest reported in case of AD of vegetable waste in an ABR. Process efficiency of the ABR for vegetable waste methanation, which is indicated by carbon recovery factor showed that, nearly 96.7% of the input carbon considered for mass balance was accounted for in the product.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anaerobic Baffled Reactor; Vegetable Market Waste; Biomethanation; Effluent Recirculation; Carbon Mass Balance
Subjects:	Industrial Wastewater Reuse Recycle Recovery Solid and Hazardous Wastes Waste Utilization Environmental Biotechnology Energy Sources Microbiology
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr Anshuman Khardenavis
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2017 09:36
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2017 09:36
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/738

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