Evaluation of Co-digested Biogas Production Using Waste Cooking Oil as a Co-substrate

Jose Armando Hidalgo Crespo, N. M. Berrones-Rivera, A. F. Teran-Alvarado, Manuel Soto, Jorge Luis Amaya-Rivas

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Abstract

Nowadays, many countries suffer economic, social, and environmental problems due to the lack of proper final disposal systems for different types of residues, like municipal solid waste (MSW), agricultural waste (AG), and waste cooking oil (WCO). In this context, the controlled degradation of wastes through anaerobic digestion (AD) in the absence of oxygen with the help of different groups of bacteria offers a sustainable solution for otherwise unusable waste. The main objective of this study was to develop artisanal anaerobic biodigesters and water displacement gasometers, to measure the influence of waste cooking oil as co-substrate for the anaerobic co-digestion with four different types of waste: cow, pig, chicken, and food from restaurants. As demonstrated, waste cooking oil ameliorated the values of 75% of the types of garbage. This study also indicated that the biogas production was comparatively higher in the co-digested bottles than in the mono-digested bottles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research - Greening Energy to Shape a Sustainable Future
EditorsNídia S. Caetano, Manuel Carlos Felgueiras
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages559-567
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783031435584
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 12 Sep 202216 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameEnvironmental Science and Engineering
ISSN (Print)1863-5520
ISSN (Electronic)1863-5539

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/09/2216/09/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

Keywords

  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Chicken
  • Cow
  • Manure
  • Pig
  • Waste cooking oil

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