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Biogas production from undiluted chicken manure and maize silage: a study of ammonia inhibition in high solids anaerobic digestion

Biogas production from undiluted chicken manure and maize silage: a study of ammonia inhibition in high solids anaerobic digestion
Biogas production from undiluted chicken manure and maize silage: a study of ammonia inhibition in high solids anaerobic digestion
The feasibility of co-digestion of chicken manure (CM) and maize silage (MS) without water dilution was investigated in 5-L digesters. Specific methane production (SMP) of 0.309 L CH4g?1 volatile solids (VS) was achieved but only at lower %CM. Above a critical threshold for total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), estimated at 7 g N L?1, VFA accumulated with a characteristic increase in acetic acid followed by its reduction and an increase in propionic acid. During this transition the predominant methanogenic pathway was hydrogenotrophic. Methanogenesis was completely inhibited at TAN of 9 g N L?1. The low digestibility of the mixed feedstock led to a rise in digestate TS and a reduction in SMP over the 297-day experimental period. Methanogenesis appeared to be failing in one digester but was recovered by reducing the %CM. Co-digestion was feasible with CM ?20% of feedstock VS, and the main limiting factor was ammonia inhibition.
ammonia inhibition, chicken manure, mesophilic anaerobic digestion, methanogenic pathway, isotope tracing
0960-8524
1215-1223
Sun, Chen
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Cao, Weixing
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Banks, Charles J.
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Heaven, Sonia
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Heaven, Sonia
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Sun, Chen, Cao, Weixing, Banks, Charles J., Heaven, Sonia and Liu, Ronghou (2016) Biogas production from undiluted chicken manure and maize silage: a study of ammonia inhibition in high solids anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology, 218, 1215-1223. (doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.082).

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The feasibility of co-digestion of chicken manure (CM) and maize silage (MS) without water dilution was investigated in 5-L digesters. Specific methane production (SMP) of 0.309 L CH4g?1 volatile solids (VS) was achieved but only at lower %CM. Above a critical threshold for total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), estimated at 7 g N L?1, VFA accumulated with a characteristic increase in acetic acid followed by its reduction and an increase in propionic acid. During this transition the predominant methanogenic pathway was hydrogenotrophic. Methanogenesis was completely inhibited at TAN of 9 g N L?1. The low digestibility of the mixed feedstock led to a rise in digestate TS and a reduction in SMP over the 297-day experimental period. Methanogenesis appeared to be failing in one digester but was recovered by reducing the %CM. Co-digestion was feasible with CM ?20% of feedstock VS, and the main limiting factor was ammonia inhibition.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 July 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 July 2016
Published date: October 2016
Keywords: ammonia inhibition, chicken manure, mesophilic anaerobic digestion, methanogenic pathway, isotope tracing
Organisations: Water & Environmental Engineering Group

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Local EPrints ID: 399183
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/399183
ISSN: 0960-8524
PURE UUID: 3185cb97-c99b-4350-9c77-2e5b06d791d5
ORCID for Charles J. Banks: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-814X
ORCID for Sonia Heaven: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-4683

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:47

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Author: Chen Sun
Author: Weixing Cao
Author: Sonia Heaven ORCID iD
Author: Ronghou Liu

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