A Critical Review on The Effect of Feed to Inoculum Ratio on Biogas Digestion
M Kalyani
Department of Chemical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
Shalini Suran
Department of Chemical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
P Ramya
Department of Chemical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
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Vol: 11, Issue: 2, 2021
Receiving Date:
2021-04-28
Acceptance Date:
2021-06-19
Publication Date:
2021-06-20
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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrst.v11i02.001
Abstract
This paper primarily focuses on the effect of feed to inoculum ratio on biogas digestion; and outlines the various feeds, inoculums, and synergistic effects of the combination of inoculums by referring to the literature. The Start-up of an anaerobic digestion system is highly critical and pivotal for the successful operation of an anaerobic digester. For this purpose, a certain amount of inoculum is added to the digester along with the substrate to provide the necessary microorganisms to initiate the digestion process. The ratio and the type of inoculum used substantially affect the rate of biodegradation and the lag time. The degradation of substrate depends on the concentration of microorganisms. When food waste was considered as the feed it was found that factors such as waste oil content, the addition of alkaline buffer, particle size, organic loading rate had a considerable effect on the feed to inoculum ratio. Studies considering some other feeds such as animal by products from piggery slaughterhouses, poultry slaughterhouse wastes, agro-industrial waste, anaerobically digested sludge obtained from municipal wastewater, and dewatered digestate cake were also compared. Hence, the objective of this study is to offer an integrated view of the appropriate feed and the inoculum under the effect of various other essential parameters. The major performance indicators from this study were found to be particle size of inoculum, organic loading rate, the addition of alkaline buffer, F/I ratio, and structure of inoculum
Keywords:
biogas; inoculum; feed for biogas; feed to inoculum ratio
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