IntroductionToday, anaerobic digestion is widely applied to treat a diverse range of organic waste that promotes betterment in landfill management and produces a potential renewable energy source. Organic waste (mainly food waste) is very attractive and a potential feedstock for anaerobic digestion due to it high fraction in waste generation, especially in Malaysia. Moreover, the high composition of fat and lipids in organic waste contributes to higher conversion of organic matter in the waste fraction for biogas production. However, degradation of lipids and fats produces longPol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 25, No. 4 (2016), 1549-1554
AbstractThis paper describes a batch study on four different mixture ratios of household organic waste and cow manure. The biomethane potential test is used to evaluate the suitability of high solid anaerobic co-digestion of household organic waste and cow manure and its biodegradability. The maximum methane yield was observed for both co-digestions in R 3 (247 mL/g VS) and R 4 (244 mL/g VS). The percentages of mass recovery were 65-80% (based on VS removal). The biodegradability of each reactor was recorded as 97.7%, 10.7%,71.6% and 76.8% for R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 , respectively. High solid co-digestion of household organic waste and cow manure in different mixture ratios increase the specific methane yields compared to mono-digestion. Hence, this clearly demonstrates a synergistic effect on the stability of anaerobic digestion. Upon correcting the results of the theoretical method with experimental data, an agreement ranged 70-90% was achieved.