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A Short Review on Feedstock Characteristics in Methane Production from Municipal Solid Waste Cover

A Short Review on Feedstock Characteristics in Methane Production from Municipal Solid Waste

Open Access
|Jan 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Methane production from landfills in India
Methane production from landfills in India

Figure 2

Various stages of AD
Various stages of AD

Figure 3

Typical Composition of MSW
Typical Composition of MSW

Figure 4

Percentage of more significant factors considered in substrate OFMSW
Percentage of more significant factors considered in substrate OFMSW

Figure 3

Typical Composition of MSW
Typical Composition of MSW

Using various feedstock, the operation conditions of AD studied by various authors

SubstrateAD conditionCH4 yield (LCH4/kgVS)Contributor
OFMSW (Karaj, Iran)Digester capacity: 100mLOperating Temperature: 37°CDigestion period: 25 daysTS = 6%Pretreatment: Ultrasonic478[42]
MSW (UK)Digester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 36°CInoculum: substrate ratio: 4.5:1300[64]
SSFWDigester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 37°CDigestion period: 30 days467–529[46]
SSFWDigester capacity: 3974LOperating Temperature: 35°COLR = 8gVS/L/dTS = 30.9%347[65]
KWDigester capacity: 1.5LOperating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 30 daysTS = 22.17% wet basis620[25]
FVWDigester capacity: 1.5LOperating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 30 daysTS = 7.94%693[25]
MS-OFMSWDigester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 55°C OLR = 2.26 Kg VS/m3/dTS = 24.7%176[29]
OFMSWOperating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 21 daysInoculum: substrate ratio: 4TS = 29.7%545[59]
OFMSW SyntheticDigester capacity: 4.5LOperating Temperature: 55°CHRT = 20 daysOLR = 8.862 g VS/L/dTS = 0.90 (g/g sample)131.4[30]
SMWOperating Temperature: 55°CHRT = 14 days pH = 7.5TS = 273 (g/Kg)678[63]

Input feedstock characteristics from references

S.No.Ln(CH4)Ln(pH)Ln(VS)Ln(TS)Water content (WC),%References
15.7651911.9387423.1780543.23867874.50[66]
26.1420371.5475632.9806193.05400178.80[67]
35.7493931.6677072.4248032.91235181.60[28]
46.1527331.4350853.0445223.13983375.00[3]
54.700481.7833913.1398333.4812467.50[68]
66.2146081.5368673.1945833.33220572.00[69]
76.2441671.5368673.1780543.40119770.00[70]
86.3508861.5368673.2733643.49650867.00[63]
96.1841491.5368673.2268443.38099570.00[71]
104.1108742.0672.0012.84582.80[72]
115.9215781.5368673.4242633.57234664.40[73]
125.4380791.8718022.5201133.00270875.01[74]
136.0637851.5260563.1945833.40119770.00[31]
146.2690961.6292413.1135153.23867874.50[75]
155.9661471.4350852.5877642.7080574.50[75]
165.7683211.6292412.5877642.7080585.00[76]
176.2709881.4109873.3322053.38099570.60[46]
186.1944051.7047483.335773.41772769.50[77]
195.1929572.0918643.0155353.09104278.00[72]
205.8998971.5260563.3141863.40119770.00[78]
216.0161571.4770493.1000923.18635375.80[79]
226.5191472.0149033.1945833.30688781.40[63]
236.5150391.3862943.7400483.80932665.00[63]
246.21861.3609772.856473.04927378.90[80]
254.3820272.0668632.001482.84490982.80[72]
265.9661471.4469192.2353762.37954675.00[25]
275.176151.6863993.5862933.91601549.80[58]
286.0753461.5475633.2733643.43075669.10[81]
296.1312261.6292413.000723.12676174.80[82]
305.5053321.8718023.711133.95124480.00[70]
315.7493931.7490943.0252913.32503675.00[21]
326.1158922.001483.1398333.28091180.00[63]
336.1092481.5454332.7725892.99573280.00[38]
346.4297191.9600953.1135153.3843981.50[63]
355.7333411.9878743.605223.7936954.00[83]
366.2146081.6292412.5478812.77881985.00[38]
376.4645881.6292413.1945833.32143279.00[62]
386.2166061.5454333.1350593.20882575.12[80]
395.5606821.9699062.9887082.99822979.95[80]
406.0402551.8180773.1612473.31309576.00[80]
416.7557691.4350853.0996423.14372176.76[84]
426.1527331.8718022.8390782.89591280.00[67]
436.551081.6253112.8831233.0987485.00[80]
443.9120232.0541242.6447553.01553579.60[72]
455.7493931.5062973.2546293.31745372.30[80]
465.8493251.6486592.8332132.91777181.37[80]
476.0867751.3217561.6582281.70474894.49[80]
486.0402551.613433.1780543.25385775.00[80]
495.9506431.5912743.1389663.36729669.49[85]
506.1047931.4770493.1000923.18635375.80[85]
516.1660061.3862943.0777733.09783777.40[83]
526.0867751.6752263.2152693.29657775.00[86]
535.9661471.6639262.2353762.37954692.06[87]
545.2781151.6448053.2936123.70622852.28[85]
555.8348111.6601313.1625173.46885664.89[85]
565.4638321.8131953.2204753.68887970.00[85]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0032 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 75 - 85
Submitted on: Apr 13, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 3, 2022
Published on: Jan 28, 2023
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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