Effects of total ammonia on anaerobic digestion and an example of digestor performance from cattle manure-protein mixtures

Robbins, John E.; Gerhardt, S.; Kappel, T.

doi:10.1016/0269-7483(89)90026-8

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“…Early references to this procedure using sewage sludge and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) appeared in the late seventies (Miller et al, 1978), and the first reports in the area of agricultural wastes also date from the same period (Hills, 1979;Fujita et al, 1980;Hills and Roberts, 1981;Fischer et al, 1983;Hashimoto, 1983). Later on, various authors studied the behaviour of different substrate blends Mata-Álvarez, 1987 andLo et al, 1988;Kumar et al, 1988;Mtz-Viturtia et al, 1989;Robbins et al, 1989). These early studies focused more on the kinetic and yield aspects than energy.…”

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Codigestion of solid wastes: A review of its uses and perspectives including modeling

Mata‐Alvarez¹,

Dosta²,

Macé³

et al. 2011

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

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The last two years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of papers published on the subject of codigestion, highlighting the relevance of this topic within anaerobic digestion research. Consequently, it seems appropriate to undertake a review of codigestion practices starting from the late 1970s, when the first papers related to this concept were published, and continuing to the present day, demonstrating the exponential growth in the interest shown in this approach in recent years. Following a general analysis of the situation, state-of-the-art codigestion is described, focusing on the two most important areas as regards publication: codigestion involving sewage sludge and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (including a review of the secondary advantages for wastewater treatment plant related to biological nutrient removal), and codigestion in the agricultural sector, that is, including agricultural - farm wastes, and energy crops. Within these areas, a large number of oversized digesters appear which can be used to codigest other substrates, resulting in economic and environmental advantages. Although the situation may be changing, there is still a need for good examples on an industrial scale, particularly with regard to wastewater treatment plants, in order to extend this beneficial practice. In the last section, a detailed analysis of papers addressing the important aspect of modelisation is included. This analysis includes the first codigestion models to be developed as well as recent applications of the standardised anaerobic digestion model ADM1 to codigestion. (This review includes studies ranging from laboratory to industrial scale.).

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Codigestion of solid wastes: A review of its uses and perspectives including modeling

Mata‐Alvarez¹,

Dosta²,

Macé³

et al. 2011

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

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“…In the anaerobic digestion of a mixture of cattle manure and proteins at concentrations in the range of 50-300 mM, Robbins et al [8] concluded that acetate to methane passway was the most affected. In the anaerobic degradation of swine manure using continuously stirred digesters at ammonia concentration of 6 g-N/L and at a hydraulic retention time of 15 days and temperatures of 37 • C, 45 • C, 55 • C and 60 • C, Hansen et al [9] obtained methane yields of 188, 141, 67 and 22 mL CH 4 /g VS, respectively, showing the process inhibition.…”

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The impact of ammonia nitrogen concentration and zeolite addition on the specific methanogenic activity of granular and flocculent anaerobic sludges

Milán

Montalvo

Ilangovan

et al. 2010

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

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This work presents the effect of ammonia nitrogen concentration and zeolite addition on the specific methanogenic activity (SMA) of different anaerobic sludges with various physical structures (granular and flocculent), operating in batch conditions. Piggery, malting production and urban sludges derived from full-scale anaerobic reactors were tested in the experiment as the source of inoculum in batch digesters. It was found that piggery sludge was the most affected by the increase of ammonia nitrogen concentration while malting producing and municipal sludges were less affected. In general, the addition of zeolite at doses in the range of 0.01-0.1 g/g VSS reduced the inhibitory effect of N-NH(4)(+) for piggery sludge (P.S.). For this sludge, the propionic:acetic ratio increased when the concentration of N-NH(4)(+) increased, indicating that methanogenesis was affected. Finally, a study of the microbial population involved in this study for P.S. by using 16S rRNA based molecular techniques revealed a presence of microorganisms following the order: Methanococcaceae > Methanosarcina > Methanosaeta.

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“…It is, however, well accepted that toxicity effects may be detrimental to the anaerobic process performance in both homogeneous and fixed film systems. More specifically the anaerobic digestion of cattle manure [4][5][6] has been found to be very difficult at ammoniacal nitrogen concentrations of 3 g/1; in both these cases the authors attributed these difficulties to ammonia toxicity rather than CLAY MINERAL ZEOLITE AND AMMONIA INHIBITION 481 high volatile solids loadings. The effect is likely to be more pronounced on the methanogenic population in the digester as these are reported to have the greatest sensitivity [7], Methanobacterium formicwn, for example, was shown to be at least partially inhibited at an ammoniacal nitrogen concentration of 3.3 g/1.…”

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Effect of the clay mineral zeolite on ammonia inhibition of anaerobic thermophilic reactors treating cattle manure

Borja

Sánchez²,

Duran

1996

Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environme

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Effects of total ammonia on anaerobic digestion and an example of digestor performance from cattle manure-protein mixtures

Cited by 46 publications

References 9 publications

Codigestion of solid wastes: A review of its uses and perspectives including modeling

Codigestion of solid wastes: A review of its uses and perspectives including modeling

The impact of ammonia nitrogen concentration and zeolite addition on the specific methanogenic activity of granular and flocculent anaerobic sludges

Effect of the clay mineral zeolite on ammonia inhibition of anaerobic thermophilic reactors treating cattle manure

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