AbstrakDalam penelitian ini, biowaste yang digunakan adalah sampah pasar. Sampah pasar menyumbang sekitar 12% dari berat total sampah kota. Upflow Anaerobic Fixed Bed Reactor (UAFB-R) yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini memakai media penunjang batu apung dengan resirkulasi efluen dan tanpa pengatur pH. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kinerja UAFB-R dengan media penunjang batu apung dalam penyisihan organik dan pembentukan biogas terutama gas metan biowaste fasa cair. Hydraulic Retention Time UAFB-R ditentukan sebesar 6 hari dengan volume operasi sebesar 9 liter. Variasi beban organik influen dalam penelitian adalah ± 0,32 kg COD/m hari di kondisi tunak, semakin besar beban organik influen maka efisiensi penyisihan COD semakin kecil dan rasio TAV/Alkalinitas semakin besar. Namun, semakin kecil beban organik influen maka komposisi dan volume gas metan serta methane yield cenderung semakin besar. Saat variasi beban influen ± 0,96 kg COD/m 3.hari dihasilkan volume gas metan terbesar sebanyak 1,77 liter, sedangkan saat variasi beban organik influen ± 0,64 kg COD/m 3.hari dicapai komposisi gas metan dan methane yield terbesar sebesar 77,4% dan 0,249. Selain itu, semakin tinggi konsentrasi sulfat maka maka volume biogas yang terbentuk menjadi lebih kecil.Kata kunci: batu apung, biogas, biowaste, UAFB-R
AbstractThe biowaste utilized in this study was market waste. Market waste accounts for approximately 12% of the total weight of municipal solid waste. Upflow Anaerobic Fixed Bed Reactor (UAFB-R) used in this research was equipped by pumice stone as supporting media, effluent recirculation, and sans pH regulator. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of UAFB-R supported by pumice stone in organics removal and biogas formation, mainly methane, from liquid phase biowaste. The determined Hydraulic Retention Time of UAFB-R was 6 days with operation volume of 9 liter. Influents of organic load were varied to ± 0.32 kg COD/m day in steady state condition, the greater the organic load of influent, the smaller the COD removal efficiency and the bigger the TAV/Alcalinity ratio. However, the smaller the organic load of the influent, the composition, volume and yield of methane tend to be greater. 1.77 Liter of methane was obtained from ± 0.96 kg COD/m 3. day influent, meanwhile the highest amount of methane composition and yield was achieved from influent with organic load of ± 0.64 kg COD/m 3. day, which was 77.4% and 0.249 respectively. In addition, the volume of biogas formed dropped smaller with the increase of concentration of sulfate.