Anaerobic digestion of tannery solid waste by mixing with different substrates

Authors

  • SR Basak Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Sylhet
  • MA Rouf Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), BCSIR, Dr. Qudrat-I- Khuda Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • MD Hossain Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka
  • MS Islam Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), BCSIR, Dr. Qudrat-I- Khuda Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • T Rabeya Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD), BCSIR, Dr. Qudrat-I- Khuda Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v49i2.22006

Keywords:

Anaerbic digestion, Tannery solid waste, Biogas

Abstract

The tannery solid waste (fleshing) was collected from Hazaribagh, Dhaka. It has been found that fleshing contains 82.57% volatile matter. Further characterization of fleshing showed that it contains low C/N ratio of 2.64 and high pH of 10.99. These characteristics were not suitable for using fleshing as a substrate for anaerobic digestion. The study has been carried out in different ratio of waste fleshing, domestic sewage and cow dung at total solid 6% concentration. In all the reactors fleshing and domestic sewage were mixed at 1:1 ratio. On the basis of the performance of the reactors it was evident that the reactor which contains 75% fleshing with domestic sewage and 25% cow dung showed optimum result. Under optimum condition volatile solids destruction 52%, specific gas production 0.476 L/g volatile solids feed and methane yield 73% were achieved.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v49i2.22006

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 49(2), 119-124, 2014

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Published

2015-02-09

How to Cite

Basak, S., Rouf, M., Hossain, M., Islam, M., & Rabeya, T. (2015). Anaerobic digestion of tannery solid waste by mixing with different substrates. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 49(2), 119–124. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v49i2.22006

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