Effect of organic loading rate (OLR) of slurry on biogas production quality

Mel, Maizirwan and Nadiah, Mohd Suhuli and Avicenna, Avicenna and Ihsan, Sany Izan and Ismail, Ahmad Faris and Yaacob , Sharifah (2015) Effect of organic loading rate (OLR) of slurry on biogas production quality. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 . pp. 325-330. ISSN 1022-6680

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Abstract

In this study, three different concentration of organic loading rate (OLR) wereinvestigated to examine the effect of the change in the organic loading rate on the efficiency of thebiogas production. Daily amount of biogas of different type of organic loading rate (OLR), rates ofproduction of biogas, removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total solid (TS)matter, volatile solids (VS) matter from the slurry were investigated in 30 days retention tyme using50 L digester. The digester was operated at different organic feeding rates of 25000 mg/L COD,50000 mg/L COD, and 75000 mg/L COD. The material used in this system is the fruits waste,vegetables waste and cow dung. The system operated in continuous system. The reactor showedstable performance with the highest quality of methane (concentration about70.3% of CH4) and rateof biogas production is 38.1 L/day with COD reduction of 52.1% during organic loading rate 50000mg/L COD. As the organic loading rate was increased, the COD degradation and biogas yielddecreased. Based on this result, the OLR of 50000 mg/L COD is suggested as design criteria forpilot biogas production.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4085/43392 -The renewal of scopus subscription is currently under reviewed by Ministry of Education Malaysia 17/6/2015 - RO
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biogas, agricultural biomass, slurry, COD, OLR, feedstock
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP155 Chemical engineering T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP248.13 Biotechnology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Maizirwan Mel
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2015 09:47
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2017 09:19
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/43392

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