title: Effect of substrate concentration on dry mesophilic anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW).
abstract: The influence of total solid contents during anaerobic mesophilic treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been studied in this work. The work was performed in batch reactors of 1.7L capacity, during a period of 85-95 days. Two different organic substrate concentrations were studied: 931.1 mgDOC/L (20% TS) and 1423.4 mgDOC/L (30% TS). Experimental results showed that the reactor with 20% total solids content had significantly higher performance. Thus, the startup phase ended at 14 days and the total DOC removal was 67.53%. The startup in reactor R30 ended at 28 days obtaining 49.18% DOC removal. Also, the initial substrate concentration contributed substantially to the amount of methane in the biogas. Hence, the total methane production in the methanogenic phase was 7.01 L and 5.53 L at the end of the experiments for R20 and R30, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Food Technology and Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Sea Sciences and Environmental Sciences, University of Cadiz, Campus Puerto Real s/n, 11510-Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000378:metabolism*; D012037:Refuse Disposal
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals