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Enhanced biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of pig slurry and horse manure with mechanical pre-treatment

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Pages 1289-1297 | Received 29 Jun 2017, Accepted 20 Dec 2017, Published online: 02 Jan 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Enhanced biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of pig slurry and horse manure with mechanical pre-treatment. In this study, co-digestion of horse manure and pig slurry was investigated in a continuously stirred tank reactor, with a mechanical pre-treatment. Experiments were conducted at 37°C, with hydraulic retention times of 23 days and increasing shares of horse manure, corresponding to different horse manure to pig slurry ratios (HM:PS) equal to 0:100, 10:90, 13:87 and 20:80, in terms of percentage of inlet volatile solids (%VS inlet). The results show that the best synergetic effect between the microbial consortia of pig slurry and the high Carbon to Nitrogen ratio (C/N) of horse manure is obtained for the mixture of 20:80%VS inlet, yielding the highest specific methane production (SMP = 142.6 L kgTCOD−1) and the highest soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) reduction (68.5%), due to the high volatile dissolved solids content and soluble chemical oxygen demand to total chemical oxygen demand ratio (SCOD/TCOD). Thus, co-digestion of horse manure and pig slurry is shown to be a promising approach for biogas production and as a waste treatment solution. Furthermore, the analysis provides a methodology for the pre-treatment of these substrates and to investigate into the best combination for improved biogas production.

Acknowledgments

Thanks are due to Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Centro Equestre João Cardiga. The authors would also like to thank Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through support from the IN+ Strategic Project UID/EEA/50009/2013.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [grant number UID/EEA/50009/2013].

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