TY - GEN
T1 - Enhanced pig slurry biomethanation using pulsed electric field pre-treatment
AU - Safavi, Seyedeh Masoumeh
AU - Unnthorsson, Runar
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate if and then how much the methane production of pig slurry can be increased using a pre-treatment technique called Pulsed Electric Field. Laboratory scale batch digesters were used to compare the methane yield obtained from anaerobic digestion of pretreated and untreated (control) pig slurry. The batches were pre-treated using the following three PEF treatment intensities: 54 kJ/kg, 108 kJ/kg and 180 kJ/kg. The results indicate that the pre-treatment increases the methane yield by 13%, 29% and 50% for the batches treated by 54, 108 and 180 kJ/kg respectively over the control batches.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate if and then how much the methane production of pig slurry can be increased using a pre-treatment technique called Pulsed Electric Field. Laboratory scale batch digesters were used to compare the methane yield obtained from anaerobic digestion of pretreated and untreated (control) pig slurry. The batches were pre-treated using the following three PEF treatment intensities: 54 kJ/kg, 108 kJ/kg and 180 kJ/kg. The results indicate that the pre-treatment increases the methane yield by 13%, 29% and 50% for the batches treated by 54, 108 and 180 kJ/kg respectively over the control batches.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971326589&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84971326589
T3 - Sustainable Engineering Forum 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
SP - 624
EP - 629
BT - Sustainable Engineering Forum 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
PB - AIChE
T2 - Sustainable Engineering Forum 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
Y2 - 8 November 2015 through 13 November 2015
ER -