Valorisation of Anaerobic Digestate: Towards Value-Added Products

Guilayn, F.; Jimenez, J.; Monlau, F.; Vaneeckhaute, C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87633-3_9

F. Guilayn ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-2932⁷,
J. Jimenez⁸,
F. Monlau⁹ &
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C. Vaneeckhaute ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5148-8091¹⁰

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Abstract

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is considered an important brick of the circular economy allowing to treat and stabilize organic residues, produce renewable energy and promote the return to soil of organic matter and mineral nutrients. Digestate has been historically seen as a biogas by-product with a fertilizing value while representing a significant cost sector to AD plant operators. A paradigm shift is now necessary as other renewable energy sources with lowering production costs tend to disrupt an AD economic model greatly relying on subsidized biogas valorisation either via electricity or purification to biomethane. This chapter is focused on digestate post-treatments allowing to generate value-added products while closing and enhancing the loop between major agricultural inputs and outputs, the latter being indirectly present in digestates. Several options exist to generate mineral fertilizers, soil amendments, organo-mineral fertilizers, biostimulants, biocontrol products, energy and beyond from digestate. Consumer behaviour and regulatory framework evolution are necessary for increasing the demand and enabling a more sustainable agriculture based on biosourced upcycled materials. A major global milestone has been recently achieved as the EU has introduced a new fertilizer regulation (CE 2019/1009) that will tend to boost the commercialisation of digestate-based products within the world’s largest common market.

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Abbreviations

ABP:: Animal by-products
AD:: Anaerobic digestion
APL:: Aqueous pyrolysis liquid
Bt:: Bacillus thuringiensis
CMC:: Component material categories of EU regulation CE 2019/1009
CSTR:: Continuous stirred-tank reactor
DM:: Dry matter
EU:: European Union
LF:: Digestate liquid fraction after phase separation
MBT:: Mechanical biological treatment
OFMSW:: Organic fraction of municipal solid waste (here defined as obtained from mixed-collection after MBT)
OM:: Organic matter
PAH:: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCB:: Polychlorinated biphenyls
PFC:: Product function categories of EU regulation CE 2019/1009
PFR:: Plug flow reactor
R&D:: Research and development
SF:: Digestate solid fraction after phase separation
SHF:: Separate hydrolysis and fermentation
SSF:: Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
TAN:: Total ammoniacal nitrogen
VFA:: Volatile fatty acids
WWTP:: Wastewater treatment plant

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