title: Artificial neural network based modeling to evaluate methane yield from biogas in a laboratory-scale anaerobic bioreactor.
abstract: The performance of a laboratory-scale anaerobic bioreactor was investigated in the present study to determine methane (CH4) content in biogas yield from digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). OFMSW consists of food waste, vegetable waste and yard trimming. An organic loading between 40 and 120kgVS/m(3) was applied in different runs of the bioreactor. The study was aimed to focus on the effects of various factors, such as pH, moisture content (MC), total volatile solids (TVS), volatile fatty acids (VFAs), and CH4 fraction on biogas production. OFMSW witnessed high CH4 yield as 346.65LCH4/kgVS added. A target of 60-70% of CH4 fraction in biogas was set as an optimized condition. The experimental results were statistically optimized by application of ANN model using free forward back propagation in MATLAB environment.
authors.affiliation: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division (SHWMD), CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 440 020, India; NITK, Surathkal, Mangalore 575 025, India.
authors.forename: Vijay V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division (SHWMD), CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 440 020, India; Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Hiya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.affiliation: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division (SHWMD), CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 440 020, India. Electronic address: s_kumar@neeri.res.in.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: NITK, Surathkal, Mangalore 575 025, India.
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thalla
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Jonathan W C
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D056804:Biofuels; D019149:Bioreactors; D002947:Cities; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile / Q000032:analysis; D005502:Food; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007753:Laboratories; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000032:analysis; D014866:Waste Products
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D062611:Solid Waste; D014866:Waste Products; D008697:Methane
keywords: Anaerobic bioreactor; Artificial neural network; Methane; Optimization; Total volatile solid