BioChem - DOS

Volatile fatty acids production from food waste: Effects of pH, temperature, and organic loading rate

Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies

Jiang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Li, K.; Wang, Q.; Gong, C.; Li, M.

The effects of pH, temperature, and organic loading rate (OLR) on the acidogenesis of food waste have been determined. The present study investigated their effects on soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), volatile fatty acids (VFAs), volatile solids (VS), and ammonia nitrogen (NH<SUB>4</SUB><SUP>+</SUP>-N). Both the concentration and yield of VFAs were highest at pH 6.0, acetate and butyrate accounted for 77% of total VFAs. VFAs concentration and the VFA/SCOD ratio were highest, and VS levels were lowest, at 45<SUP>o</SUP>C, but the differences compared to the values at 35<SUP>o</SUP>C were slight. The concentrations of VFAs, SCOD, and NH<SUB>4</SUB><SUP>+</SUP>-N increased as OLR increased, whereas the yield of VFAs decreased from 0.504 at 5g/Ld to 0.306 at 16g/Ld. Acetate and butyrate accounted for 60% of total VFAs. The percentage of acetate and valerate increased as OLR increased, whereas a high OLR produced a lower percentage of propionate and butyrate.

2013

Elsevier Applied Science

0960-8524

143

pp.525-530

10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.025

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VFA; pH; Temperature; Organic loading rate; Food waste