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Enhancement of biogas production from industrial solid pineapple wastes by two-stage anaerobic digestion systems

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The use of agricultural waste to produce biofuel is challenging for waste management. This study investigated the biogas including methane production, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency by anaerobic digestion (AD) from mixed pineapple pulp and peel (MPP). Two-stage of anaerobic digestion system was configured as a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) installed with an anaerobic hybrid reactor (AHR). Total solids (TS) of MPP loading at 4% (w/v) was used with four different hydraulic retention times (HRT) to investigate the subsequent effects, such as pH, alkalinity, biogas and methane production, and COD removal efficiency. The overall pH in CSTR was more acidic than the AHR system and exhibited less stability of the AD process by highly volatile acids. The highest biogas production (0.39 v/v-d) was obtained at HRT 7 with the biogas yield of 0.43 m3/kg COD removed and COD removal efficiency of 67.05% in the AHR system. The separated acidogenic and methanogenic stages in the two-stage system improved the digestion performance. The methane yields in the AHR system remained stable except for the lowest HRT condition (HRT5). Biogas production from pineapple wastes by two-stage anaerobic digestion systems was elucidated and could be applied for a larger digestion scale.

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Abbreviations

ABR:

Anaerobic baffled reactor

AD:

Anaerobic digestion

AHR:

Anaerobic hybrid reactor

AnMBR:

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor

ASBR:

Anaerobic sequencing batch reactor

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

CSTR:

Continuous stirred tank reactor

HRT:

Hydraulic retention time

MPP:

Mixed pulp and peel

OLR:

Organic loading rate

PSW:

Pineapple solid wastes

TS:

Total solids

VFA:

Volatile fatty Acids

VSS:

Volatile suspended solids

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We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (TGIST) and Graduate Fund, and the National Research Council of Thailand (KMUTNB-BasicR-65-46) for their financial support.

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  1. Department of Agro-Industrial, Food and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, Food and Agro-Industrial Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518 Pracharat 1 Road, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

    **tana Jitpupakdee, Napisa Pattharaprachayakul & Vilai Rungsardthong

  2. Excellent Center of Waste Utilization and Management, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, National Science and Technology Development Agency, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand

    Worakrit Suvajittanont

  3. Division of Biochemical Technology, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 83 Moo 8, Thakham, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand

    Dudsadee Uttapap

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Jitpupakdee, J., Pattharaprachayakul, N., Rungsardthong, V. et al. Enhancement of biogas production from industrial solid pineapple wastes by two-stage anaerobic digestion systems. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 25, 3734–3746 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01790-w

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