Biogas stripping of ammonia from fresh digestate from a food waste digester.
The efficiency of ammonia removal from fresh source-segregated domestic food waste digestate using biogas as a stripping agent was studied in batch experiments at 35, 55 and 70°C, at gas flow rates of 0.125 and 0.250Lbiogasmin(-1)L(-1)digestate with and without pH adjustment. Higher temperatures and alkaline conditions were required for effective ammonia removal, and at 35°C with or without pH adjustment or 55°C with unadjusted pH there was little or no removal. Results were compared to those from earlier studies with digestate that had been stored prior to stripping and showed that ammonia removal from fresh digestate was more difficult, with time constants 1.6-5.7 times higher than those previously reported. This has implications for the design of large-scale systems where continuous stripping of fresh digestate is likely to be the normal operating mode. A mass balance approach showed that thermal-alkaline stripping improved hydrolysis.
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. Electronic address: A.Serna-Maza@soton.ac.uk.
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Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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D000468:Alkalies / Q000737:chemistry; D000641:Ammonia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D056804:Biofuels; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019649:Food Industry / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000517:prevention & control; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*
D000468:Alkalies; D056804:Biofuels; D007220:Industrial Waste; D000641:Ammonia; D008697:Methane
Ammonia removal; Anaerobic digestion; Biogas stripping; Food waste; Hydrolysis