Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
Nuri Azbar
Engineering Faculty,
Izmir
Turkey
Research Article
Performance Characteristics of a Pilot Anaerobic Digester Fed by Farmer’s Market Wastes
Author(s): Duygu Karaalp, Kübra Arslan, Tugba Keskin and Nuri AzbarDuygu Karaalp, Kübra Arslan, Tugba Keskin and Nuri Azbar
In this study, anaerobic digestion of farmer’s market waste was studied in the long run and the monitoring of operating parameters is reported to provide detailed operational data for field applications. A continuous feeding of farmer’s market wastes with a dry matter of 5% for 160 days were carried out using a 100 L pilot scale CSTR type anaerobic digester under mesophilic operation conditions. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) were kept around 30 days and less than 3.0 kg oDM/m3.day, respectively. During the 160 days feeding period, daily and volumetric biogas production values were reported to be 20-146 L/day and 0.3-2.0 L/L/day, respectively. This corresponds to an average biogas production 535 L/kg oDM, which means that between 40 and 100 m3 of biogas per wet ton of farmer’s market waste could be produced. In conclusion, this study pr.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2090-4541.1000236