title: ADM1 performance using SS-OFMSW with non-acclimated inoculums.
abstract: This paper assesses the anaerobic digestion (AD) of the source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste (SS-OFMSW). For this purpose, an experimental programme was implemented involving the operation and monitoring of two bench-scale anaerobic digesters, continuously fed with SS-OFMSW. The mathematical model (ADM1) was then applied to simulate the process of AD of SS-OFMSW. While start-up of the digesters was relatively slow, re-inoculation with cattle manure with effluent dilution reduced the acclimation period and achieved better stability, accommodating a feeding rate at an OLR = 2.39 kg TVS m(-3) day(-1). The high recorded methane gas production rate, reaching (0.1-2.5 m(3) CH(4)/m(3) reactor day), confirms the excellent biodegradability of the type of waste used (SS-OFMSW) and its suitability for AD. Satisfactory simulations of soluble chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, and methane composition of biogas were obtained, whereas volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations in both reactors were over-predicted albeit capturing its general trend.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, P. O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon. mfadel@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Fadel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maroun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bou Fakher Eldeen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghanimeh
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D002417:Cattle; D008697:Methane; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008697:Methane