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Potential of Biogas Production in Anaerobic Co-digestion of Opuntia ficus-indica and Slaughterhouse Wastes

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Abstract

Purpose

This study assessed the co-digestion of slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) with Opuntia fícus-indica (OFI) under semi-continuous conditions.

Methods

Four different mixing ratios were studied at mesophilic temperature (38 ± 1°C): 100% SWW, 75% SWW/25% OFI, 25% SWW/75% OFI and 100% OFI. Process parameters such as biogas production, methane content, redox potential, pH, alkalinity, NH4-N, and VFA were used to infer differences in the bioreactors.

Results

Biodigester 2 (75% SWW and 25% OFI) presented the best cumulative biogas yield and methane content with 86 L and 57% (v/v), respectively. Inhibition of the biogas production process was observed in the remaining reactors.

Conclusion

The results showed that the co-digestion of SWW with OFI residues improved process performance in terms of biogas production. This improvement demonstrated that OFI could be applied as a novel co-substrate in systems digesting wastewaters that contain high levels of nitrogen compounds.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support given to the Project 0330_IDERCEXA_4_E-Renewable Investment, Development and Energy for the Improvement of the Entrepreneurial Fabric in the Region Centro, Estremadura and Alentejo co-financed by INTERREG-European Regional Development Fund through the FEDER. G. Lourinho also acknowledges FCT - Fundação para a Ciêcia e Tecnologia - for financial support under the Grant SFRH/BDE/111878/2015.

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  1. VALORIZA - Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Campus Politécnico 10, Portalegre, Portugal

    Roberta Mota Panizio, Luís Filipe do Carmo Calado, Gonçalo Lourinho & Paulo Sérgio Duque de Brito

  2. MEtRICs – Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center, Department of Science and Technology of Biomass, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Roberta Mota Panizio

  3. UTFPR – Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Medianeira, Brazil

    Juliana Bortoli Mees

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Panizio, R.M., Calado, L.F.d., Lourinho, G. et al. Potential of Biogas Production in Anaerobic Co-digestion of Opuntia ficus-indica and Slaughterhouse Wastes. Waste Biomass Valor 11, 4639–4647 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00835-2

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