title: Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of abattoir wastewater and fruit and vegetable waste in anaerobic sequencing batch reactors.
abstract: Anaerobic co-digestion of fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) and abattoir wastewater (AW) was investigated using anaerobic sequencing batch reactors (ASBRs). The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and temperature variations on digesters performances were examined. At both 20 and 10 days biogas production for co-digestion was greater thanks to the improved balance of nutrients. The high specific gas productions for the different digestion processes were 0.56, 0.61 and 0.85 l g(-1) total volatile solids (TVS) removal for digesters treating AW, FVW and AW + FVW, respectively. At an HRT of 20 days, biogas production rates from thermophilic digesters were higher on average than from mesophilic AW, FVW and AW + FVW digestion by 28.5, 44.5 and 25%, respectively. However, at 10 days of HRT results showed a decrease of biogas production rate for AW and AW + FVW digestion processes due to the high amount of free ammonia at high organic loading rate (OLR).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, BP 676, 1080, Tunis Cedex, Tunisia. hassibbouallagui@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Hassib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouallagui
authors.forename: Boutheina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rachdi
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gannoun
authors.forename: Moktar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdi
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D005638:Fruit; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D013696:Temperature; D014675:Vegetables; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste