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Co-digestion of grease trap sludge and sewage sludge.

Davidsson, Åsa LU orcid ; Borell Lövstedt, Charlotta LU ; la Cour Jansen, Jes LU ; Gruvberger, C and Aspegren, H (2008) In Waste Management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology 28(6). p.986-992
Abstract
Redirection of organic waste, from landfilling or incineration, to biological treatment such as anaerobic digestion is of current interest in the Malmö-Copenhagen region. One type of waste that is expected to be suitable for anaerobic digestion is sludge from grease traps. Separate anaerobic digestion of this waste type and co-digestion with sewage sludge were evaluated. The methane potential was measured in batch laboratory tests, and the methane yield was determined in continuous pilot-scale digestion. Co-digestion of sludge from grease traps and sewage sludge was successfully performed both in laboratory batch and continuous pilot-scale digestion tests. The addition of grease trap sludge to sewage sludge digesters was seen to increase... (More)
Redirection of organic waste, from landfilling or incineration, to biological treatment such as anaerobic digestion is of current interest in the Malmö-Copenhagen region. One type of waste that is expected to be suitable for anaerobic digestion is sludge from grease traps. Separate anaerobic digestion of this waste type and co-digestion with sewage sludge were evaluated. The methane potential was measured in batch laboratory tests, and the methane yield was determined in continuous pilot-scale digestion. Co-digestion of sludge from grease traps and sewage sludge was successfully performed both in laboratory batch and continuous pilot-scale digestion tests. The addition of grease trap sludge to sewage sludge digesters was seen to increase the methane yield of 9-27% when 10-30% of sludge from grease traps (on VS-basis) was added. It was also seen that the grease trap sludge increases the methane yield without increasing the sludge production. Single-substrate digestion of grease trap sludge gave high methane potentials in batch tests, but could not reach stable methane production in continuous digestion. (Less)
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  author       = {{Davidsson, Åsa and Borell Lövstedt, Charlotta and la Cour Jansen, Jes and Gruvberger, C and Aspegren, H}},
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  title        = {{Co-digestion of grease trap sludge and sewage sludge.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2007.03.024}},
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