Seasonal effects on anaerobic digestion of the source sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Methane and leachate pollutant emission potential from various fractions of municipal solid waste (MSW): Effects of source separation and aerobic treatment

“…tenfold compared to that in the residual grey waste. Similar methane yields were obtained in our previous study (437 m 3 t -1 TS; Jokela et al 2001), in a similar batch assay (447 m 3 t -1 TS; Einola et al 2001) and also with a continuously stirred tank reactor (476 m 3 t -1 TS (calculated by authors); Cecchi et al 1992) at 35 ˚C with HRT of 50 days in the source-separated PFMSW. In addition, the significantly higher methane production of PFMSW (i.e.…”

Substituting energy crops with organic fraction of municipal solid waste for biogas production at farm level: A full-scale plant study

“…On the other hand, as the OFMSW waste is a biodegradable component, the alternative managements to the landfill or incineration are biological processes, such as composting and AD [6][7][8][9][10]. So far, composting represented the main method that uses OFMSW, and in the last 10 years, composting has been used increasingly.…”

Evaluation of regional bioenergy recovery by local methane fermentation thermal recycling systems

“…A 110% increase in biogas yield was observed in another case where the digestion conditions moved from mesophilic to thermophilic conditions (Cecchi et al, 1993). Variation of seasonal temperature was found to affect the performance of digestion, in which the kinetic constant for the first-order substrate utilization model in the summer doubled that in the winter with constant digestion temperature (Cecchi et al, 1992). Thermophilic condition is also credited with better performance in disinfection and inhibition of pathogen growth.…”