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Assessing energy benefits of operating anaerobic digesters at low temperature with solids pre-ozonation

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  • Bakhshi, Zeinab
  • Jauffur, Shameem
  • Frigon, Dominic

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Anaerobic digestion of sludge is one of the most widely used processes for biogas and energy production. Conventionally, anaerobic digesters are operated at 35 °C to overcome the hydrolysis rate-limiting step. However, the energy expenditure for heating anaerobic digesters may be significant. The feasibility of operating anaerobic digesters at low mesophilic temperature (20 °C) by combining sludge ozonation was studied. Operation of three anaerobic reactors for 350 days showed that integrating solids ozonation and anaerobic digestion at 20 °C led to a higher volatile suspended solids (VSS) destruction of 60% than anaerobic digestion at 35 °C with raw sludge. Methane production in the reactor at 20 °C with sludge ozonation was enhanced from 62.6 mL CH4/g VSSin to 71.3 mL CH4/g VSSin for the 35 °C digester without sludge ozonation. Energy analysis showed that the 20 °C-ozonated digester produced 35% more energy than the 35 °C digester, with a net energy balance of +174 GJ/d and +129 GJ/d, respectively. The 20 °C-ozonated digester had a higher Energy Sustainability Index (ESI) (2.88) than the 35 °C digester (2.33) suggesting a more energetically sustainable option.

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  • Bakhshi, Zeinab & Jauffur, Shameem & Frigon, Dominic, 2018. "Assessing energy benefits of operating anaerobic digesters at low temperature with solids pre-ozonation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 1303-1311.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:115:y:2018:i:c:p:1303-1311
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.08.080
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