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Mesophilic Digestion of the Organic Fraction of Refuse: Performance and Kinetic Study

Franco Cecchi

Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia. Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy

Antonio Marcomini

Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia. Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy

Paolo Pavan

Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia. Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy

Guido Fazzini

Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia. Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy

Joan Mata-Alvarez

Departament d'Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona. C. Marti i Franquès, 1, 6p., 08028 Barcelona, Spain

The anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste sorted by plant was investigated in a 3 m3 stirred digester, operating under mesophilic conditions. Yields of gas obtained at 7 kg total volatile solids per m3 per day and 15-day hydraulic residence time (about 10% biodegradeable solids, 20% total solids) were as much as 1.6 times the digester volume per day. Better sorting should improve the yields which already compare favorably with the existing literature data. A kinetic study on the substrate utilization was performed by employing the "first order" model.

Key Words: Anaerobic digestion • municipal solid waste • biogas • refuse • kinetic model • solid waste • dry digestion.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, 33-44 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9000800104
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