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Methane Production By Anaerobic Co-Digestion Of Sewage Sludge And Wheat Straw Under Mesophilic Conditions

Research Authors
M. Elsayed, Y. Andres, W. Blel, A. Gad
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2015
Research Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Research Publisher
IJSTR
Research Vol
Vol. 4 - No. 6
Research Rank
3
Research_Pages
PP. 1-6
Research Website
www.ijstr.org
Research Abstract

This study investigated the possibilities of improving methane yield production from, the anaerobic co-digestion of wheat straw (WS) and primary sludge (PS). The batch experiment was conducted under mesophilic conditions. Different mixtures of WS and PS depending on its C/N ratio were carried out to investigate the optimum C/N ratio for effective methane production. The cumulative methane yields (CMYs) for co-digestion of PS with WS at C/N ratios of 35, 25, 20, 15 and 10 were 1.29, 1.62, 1.33, 2.44 and 2.16 time than digesting PS alone, respectively. The maximum CMYS was observed at C/N ratio of 15 with an increase of 89 %, 50.93 %, 83.61 % and 13.12 % compared with the other C/N ratio of 35, 25, 20 and 10 respectively. This result showed the positive synergy of co-digesting of PS and WS for methane production caused by improving the C/N ratio of the feed stock.