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Comparison of Anaerobic Degradation Processes for Bioenergy Generation from Liquid Fraction of Pressed Solid Waste

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A novel substrate (obtained from biofraction of municipal solid waste by pressing and called LPW) rich in organic substances was used in three anaerobic degradation processes (biogas, biohydrogen fermentation and microbial fuel cells) to comparatively assess their feasibility for energy recovery. It has turned out that all the processes have successfully degraded that substrate and produced energy carriers (methane and hydrogen) as well as bioelectricity. The maximum energy yields (J g−1 CODremoved day−1) and associated COD removal capacities were 255, 200, 2.8 and 46, 52 and 72 % for biohydrogen, biogas and microbial fuel cell, respectively. The outcomes suggested the prominence of biohydrogen process for simultaneous waste treatment and energy recovery from LPW under the test conditions ensured.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the European Union and co-financed by the European Social Fund in the frame of the TAMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0071 and TAMOP-4.2.2/A-11/1/KONV-2012-0038 projects. Nándor Nemestóthy acknowledges the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Research Institute on Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energetics, University of Pannonia, Egyetem ut 10, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary

    T. Rózsenberszki, L. Koók, D. Hutvágner, N. Nemestóthy, K. Bélafi-Bakó & P. Bakonyi

  2. Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of Pannonia, Egyetem ut 10, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary

    R. Kurdi & A. Sarkady

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Rózsenberszki, T., Koók, L., Hutvágner, D. et al. Comparison of Anaerobic Degradation Processes for Bioenergy Generation from Liquid Fraction of Pressed Solid Waste. Waste Biomass Valor 6, 465–473 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-015-9379-y

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