Publication: Harvesting biogas from wastewater sludge and food waste
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2013
Authors
Chua K.H.
Cheah W.L.
Tan C.F.
Leong Y.P.
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Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Wastewater sludge and food waste are good source of biogas. Anaerobic treatment of slude and food waste able to produce biogas which is a potential renewable energy source. This study looks into the potential biogas generation and the effects of temperature on biogas generation. A lab scale reactor was used to simulate the biogas generation. The results show that wastewater sludge able to produced upto 44.82 ml biogas/kg of sludge. When mixed with food waste at a ratio of 30:70 (food waste), the biogas generated were 219.07 ml/kg of waste. Anaerobic of food waste alone produced biogas amount to 59.75 ml/kg of food waste. Anaerobic treatment also reduces the volume of waste. The effect of temperature shows that higher temperature produces more biogas than lower temperature. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Biogas , Renewable energy resources , Temperature , Anaerobic treatments , Biogas generation , Effect of temperature , Effects of temperature , Food waste , Lower temperatures , Renewable energy source , Wastewater sludge , alternative fuel , anoxic conditions , biogas , food , recycling , sludge , temperature effect , wastewater , Waste treatment