Biogas Production Using Anaerobic Digestion of Industrial Waste

Abstract:

In the paper experiments and theory of biogas production using industrial waste from paper production as a co-substrate are described. The main aim of the experiments was to evaluate the sensitivity and applicability of the biochemical conversion using the anaerobic digestion of the mixed biomass in the pilot fermentor (5 m³), where the mesophillic temperature was maintained. It was in parallel operation with a large scale fermentor (100 m³). The research was carried out at the biogas plant in Kolíňany, which is a demonstration facility of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. The experiments proved that the waste arising from the paper production can be used in case of its appropriate dosing as an input substrate for biogas production, and thus it can improve the economic balance of the biogas plant.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 832)
• Pages: 55-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.832.55
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Ján Gaduš*, Tomáš Giertl, Viera Kažimírová
• Keywords: Anaerobic Digestion, Biogas Production, Industrial Waste, Pilot Fermentor

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