Comparison of Methane Production from Bench- and Sub Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Digesters

• Published in: Applied engineering in agriculture Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 821 - 825
• Main Authors: Sell, S.T, Burns, R.T, Moody, L.B, Raman, D.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: alkalinity; ammonia; anaerobic digesters; anaerobic digestion; cardboard; cattle manure; chemical oxygen demand; corn; feedstocks; food processing wastes; methane; methane production; total solids; toxicity; wastewater; Iowa

Design and construction of full-scale anaerobic digesters that co-digest manure with other substrates, such as food processing wastes, is challenging because of the large number of potential mixtures that can be fed to the digester. In this work we examine the relationship between results from bench...