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Impact of photoactivated cobalt oxide nanoparticles addition on manure and whey for biogas production through dry anaerobic co-digestion

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The dry anaerobic co-digestion is progressively implemented for treating manure with different agricultural wastes. Nanoparticles (NPs) were hypothesized to accelerate the dry anaerobic co-digestion process, which increases the biogas and methane production. The objective of this study is to produce biogas using dry anaerobic co-digestion of manure and whey with addition of photoactivated cobalt oxide nanoparticles (Co3O4 NPs). The effects of NPs on biogas and methane production were investigated using a specially designed batch anaerobic system, where a series of 2-L biodigesters were manufactured and implemented. The treatments were: mono-digestion of manure (control), co-digestion of manure with whey, co-digestion of manure and whey and 1, 2 and 5 mg/l of photoactivated Co3O4 NPs, respectively. The results revealed that the greatest specific production of biogas and CH4 (P < 0.0001) were attained through dry anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) of manure and whey with 5 mg/l of photoactivated Co3O4 NPs and were 273.43 ml biogas g−1 VS and 169 ml CH4 g−1 VS, respectively; in comparison with the control (50.34 ml biogas g−1 VS and 28.01 ml CH4 g−1 VS). This treatment significantly raised biogas and CH4 volume (P < 0.0001) by 5.43 and 6.03 times those produced by the control, respectively. It can be concluded that implementing the dry anaerobic co-digestion technology with the addition of nanoparticles is an effective technique to biomass treatment.

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The researchers thank the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) for supporting this study through the project number 30278, which is a work package of the project EranetMedBiogasmena (ID 72-026).

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    E. M. Abdelsalam, S. Mohamed & Y. Attia

  3. Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Samer, M., Abdelsalam, E.M., Mohamed, S. et al. Impact of photoactivated cobalt oxide nanoparticles addition on manure and whey for biogas production through dry anaerobic co-digestion. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 7776–7793 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01757-7

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