Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Batch anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure and waste milk in two-stage process for hydrogen and methane productions

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure (CM) and waste milk (WM), produced by sick cows during treatment with antibiotics, was evaluated in two-stage process under thermophilic condition (55 °C) to determine the effect of WM addition on hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) production potentials, volatile solids (VS) removal, and energy recovery. Six CM to WM VS ratios of 100:0, 90:10, 70:30, 50:50, 30:70, and 10:90 were examined using 1-L batch digesters. The WM VS ratio of 30 % was found to be the minimum limit for significant increases in specific H2 and CH4 yields, and VS removal as compared to digestion of manure alone (P < 0.05). The highest specific H2 and CH4 yields, VS removal and energy yield were 38.2 mL/g VS, 627.6 mL/g VS, 78.4 % and 25,459.8 kJ/kg VS, respectively, in CM:WM 30:70. Lag phases to H2 and CH4 productions were observed in CM–WM mixtures, increased with increasing the amount of WM in the feedstock and were greater than 72 h in CM:WM 50:50 and 30:70. The digestion system failed in CM:WM 10:90. The results suggest that CM:WM 30:70 was optimum, however, due to limited amount of WM usually generated and long lag phase at this ratio which may make the process uneconomical, CM:WM 70:30 is recommended in practice.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Guiliano A, Bolzonella D, Pavan P, Cavinato C, Cecchi F (2013) Co-digestion of livestock effluents, energy crops and agro-waste: feeding and process optimization in mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. Bioresour Technol 128:612–618

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. El-Mashad HM, Zhang R (2010) Biogas production from co-digestion of dairy manure and food waste. Bioresour Technol 101:4021–4028

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Callaghan FJ, Luecke K, Wase DAJ, Thayanithy K, Foster CF (1997) Co-digestion of cattle slurry and waste milk under shock loading conditions. J Chem Tech Biotechnol 68:405–410

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Wu X, Dong C, Yao W, Zhu J (2011) Anaerobic digestion of dairy manure influenced by the waste milk from milking operations. J Dairy Sci 94(8):3778–3786

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Lateef SA, Beneragama N, Yamashiro T, Iwasaki M, Ying C, Umetsu K (2012) Biohydrogen production from co-digestion of cow manure and waste milk under thermophilic temperature. Bioresour Technol 110:251–257

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Gomez X, Fernandez C, Fierro J, Sanchez ME, Escapa A, Moran A (2011) Hydrogen production: two stage process for waste degradation. Bioresour Technol 102:8621–8627

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Koutrouli EC, Kalfas H, Gavala HN, Skiadas IV, Stamatelatou K, Lybertos G (2009) Hydrogen and methane production through two-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion of olive pulp. Bioresour Technol 100:3718–3723

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Gilroyed BH, Chang C, Chu A, Hao X (2008) Effect of temperature on anaerobic fermentative hydrogen gas production from feedlot cattle manure using mixed microflora. Int J Hydrogen Energy 33:4301–4308

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Liu D, Liu D, Zeng RJ, Angelidaki J (2006) Hydrogen and methane production from household solid waste in the two-stage fermentation process. Water Res 40:2230–2236

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. van Haandel A (1994) Influence of digested COD concentration on alkalinity requirement in anaerobic digesters. Water Sci Technol 30(8):23–24

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Yokoyama H, Waki M, Moriya N, Yasuda T, Tanaka Y, Haga K (2007) Effect of fermentation temperature on hydrogen production from cow waste slurry by using anaerobic microflora within the slurry. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 74:474–483

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Moller HB, Sommer SG, Ahring BK (2004) Methane productivity of manure, straw and solid fractions of manure. Biomass Bioenergy 26:485–495

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Lallai A, Mura G, Onnis N (2002) The effects of certain antibiotics on biogas production in the anaerobic digestion of pig waste slurry. Bioresour Technol 82:205–208

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Alvarez JA, Otero L, Lema JM, Omil F (2010) The effect and fate of antibiotics during digestion of pig manure. Bioresour Technol 101:8581–8586

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Sanz JL, Rodriguez N, Amils R (1996) The action of antibiotics on the anaerobic digestion process. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 46:587–592

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Beneragama N, Lateef SA, Iwasaki M, Yamashiro T, Umetsu K (2013) The combined effect of cefazolin and oxytertracycline on biogas production from thermophilic anaerobic digestion of dairy manure. Bioresour Technol 133:23–30

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Khanal SK, Chen WH, Li L, Sung S (2004) Biological hydrogen production: effects of pH and intermediate products. Int J Hydrogen Energy 29:1123–1131

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Wang W, Xie L, Chen J, Luo G, Zhou Q (2011) Biohydrogen and methane production by co-digestion of cassava stillage and excess sludge under thermophilic condition. Bioresour Technol 102:3833–3839

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Perera KRJ, Nirmalakhandan N (2010) Enhancing fermentative hydrogen production from sucrose. Bioresour Technol 101:9137–9143

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Callaghan FJ, Wase DAJ, Thayanithy K, Foster CF (2002) Continuous co-digestion of cattle slurry with fruit and vegetable wastes and chicken manure. Biomass Bioenergy 27(1):71–77

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Lo KV, Liao PH (1989) Anaerobic-aerobic biological treatment of a mixture of cheese whey and dairy manure. Biol Waste 28:91–101

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Comino E, Riggio VA, Rosso M (2012) Biogas production by anaerobic co-digestion of cattle slurry and cheese whey. Bioresour Technol 114:46–53

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Siegert I, Banks C (2005) The effect of volatile fatty acid additions on the anaerobic digestion of cellulose and glucose in batch reactors. Process Biochem 40:3412–3418

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Yokoyama H, Yamashita T, Ogino A, Ishida M, Tanaka Y (2010) Hydrogen fermentation of cow manure mixed with food waste. Jpn Agric Res Q 44(4):399–404

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Schievano A, Tenca A, Scaglia B, Merlino G, Rizzi A, Daffonchio D, Oberti R, Adani F (2012) Two-stage vs single-stage thermophilic anaerobic digestion: comparison of energy production and biodegradation efficiencies. Environ Sci Technol 46:8502–8510

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Li R, Chen S, Li X (2010) Biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste with dairy manure in a two-phase digestion system. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 160:643–654

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan

    Suraju A. Lateef, Nilmini Beneragama, Takaki Yamashiro, Masahiro Iwasaki & Kazutaka Umetsu

Authors
  1. Suraju A. Lateef
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Nilmini Beneragama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Takaki Yamashiro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Masahiro Iwasaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Kazutaka Umetsu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kazutaka Umetsu.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lateef, S.A., Beneragama, N., Yamashiro, T. et al. Batch anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure and waste milk in two-stage process for hydrogen and methane productions. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 37, 355–363 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-013-1000-9

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-013-1000-9

Keywords

Search

Navigation