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Anaerobic self-degradation of pig and dairy manure using co-digestion with grass silage and pulp and paper mill sludge to shorten the start-up time
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences (from 2013). (Energi och hållbar utveckling)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5523-4811
Department of Biotechnology, Lund University.
2013 (English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study was to find a way to shorten the start-up time of a pig and dairy manure based anaerobic digester without addition of external inoculum. Self-degradation was tested to simulate the setting of many sites where the use of external seed culture is not feasible because of the large distance to a nearest location where appropriate material can be collected. In this case study, co-digestion of pig and dairy manure with grass silage and pulp and paper mill sludge was tested using different compositions. The results showed that one tertiary mixture of 17 per cent of piggery manure, 17 per cent of dairy manure and 66 per cent of pulp and paper mill sludge resulted in a considerably shorter start-up time (about 15 days) as well as in a higher methane yield (120 ml CH4/g VS added after 44 days of batch operation) as compared to other mixtures tested. This mixture composition is recommended to start-up the full-scale process. Concentrations of ammonium of 0.4 g/l combined with slowly degradable material favoured a rapid start and efficient digestion.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013.
Keywords [en]
agricultural waste, anaerobic digestion, reactor start-up, total ammonia
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Environmental and Energy Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-26122OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-26122DiVA, id: diva2:602476
Available from: 2013-02-01 Created: 2013-02-01 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Sludge from pulp and paper mills for biogas production: Strategies to improve energy performance in wastewater treatment and sludge management
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sludge from pulp and paper mills for biogas production: Strategies to improve energy performance in wastewater treatment and sludge management
2013 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The production of pulp and paper is associated with the generation of large quantities of wastewater that has to be purified to avoid severe pollution of the environment. Wastewater purification in pulp and paper mills combines sedimentation, biological treatment, chemical precipitation, flotation and anaerobic treatment, and the specific combination of techniques is determined by the local conditions. Wastewater treatment generates large volumes of sludge that after dewatering can be incinerated and thus used for bio-energy production. Sludge is currently viewed as biofuel of poor quality due to its high water content, and some mills treat it solely as a disposal problem.

Two strategies have been identified as feasible options to improve the energy efficiency of sludge management. One is drying using multi-effect evaporation followed by incineration. The other is anaerobic digestion of the wet sludge to produce methane.

This thesis explores the energy balances of sludge management strategies in pulp and paper mills with special focus on anaerobic digestion. The first part consists of a system analysis, used to evaluate some wastewater treatment processes and sludge management, and the second part of empirical studies of anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper mill sludge. It was shown that the use of energy for aeration in aerobic biological treatment should be kept to the minimum required for acceptable quality of the processed water. Additional aeration for reduction of the generated sludge will only result in reduced energy generation in a subsequent methane generation stage. In the second part of the thesis, it is shown that anaerobic digestion is a feasible option for sludge management as it leads to production of high value biogas. Co-digestion with grass silage, cow/pig manure or municipal sewage sludge should then be used to counteract the low nitrogen content of pulp and paper mill sludge.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2013. p. 46
Series
Karlstad University Studies, ISSN 1403-8099 ; 2013:9
Keywords
anaerobic digestion, pulp and paper mill sludge, methane production, energy efficient sludge management
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Environmental and Energy Systems
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-26171 (URN)978-91-7063-484-0 (ISBN)
Public defence
2013-03-15, Nyquistsalen, 9C 203, Karlstads universitet, Universitetsgatan 2, Karlstad, 09:15 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2013-02-28 Created: 2013-02-04 Last updated: 2020-07-07Bibliographically approved

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