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  • Title: Exploitation of olive mill wastewater and liquid cow manure for biogas production.
    Author: Dareioti MA, Dokianakis SN, Stamatelatou K, Zafiri C, Kornaros M.
    Journal: Waste Manag; 2010 Oct; 30(10):1841-8. PubMed ID: 20303252.
    Abstract:
    Co-digestion of organic waste streams is an innovative technology for the reduction of methane/greenhouse gas emissions. Different organic substrates are combined to generate a homogeneous mixture as input to the anaerobic reactor in order to increase process performance, realize a more efficient use of equipment and cost-sharing by processing multiple waste streams in a single facility. In this study, the potential of anaerobic digestion for the treatment of a mixture containing olive mill wastewater (OMW) and liquid cow manure (LCM) using a two-stage process has been evaluated by using two continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) under mesophilic conditions (35 degrees C) in order to separately monitor and control the processes of acidogenesis and methanogenesis. The overall process was studied with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 19 days. The digester was continuously fed with an influent composed (v/v) of 20% OMW and 80% LCM. The average removal of dissolved and total COD was 63.2% and 50%, respectively. The volatile solids (VS) removal was 34.2% for the examined mixture of feedstocks operating the system at an overall OLR of 3.63 g CODL(reactor)(-1)d(-1). Methane production rate at the steady state reached 0.91 L CH(4)L(reactor)(-1)d(-1) or 250.9L CH(4) at standard temperature and pressure conditions (STP) per kg COD fed to the system.
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