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

Arunthathi Sendilvadivelu
Arunthathi Sendilvadivelu
, 
Balaji Dhandapani
Balaji Dhandapani
 and 
Sivapriya Vijayasimhan
Sivapriya Vijayasimhan
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Published Online: Jan 28, 2023
Page range: 75 - 85
Received: Apr 13, 2022
Accepted: Jun 03, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0032
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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

Substrate AD condition CH4 yield (LCH4/kgVS) Contributor
OFMSW (Karaj, Iran) Digester capacity: 100mLOperating Temperature: 37°CDigestion period: 25 daysTS = 6%Pretreatment: Ultrasonic 478 [42]
MSW (UK) Digester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 36°CInoculum: substrate ratio: 4.5:1 300 [64]
SSFW Digester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 37°CDigestion period: 30 days 467–529 [46]
SSFW Digester capacity: 3974LOperating Temperature: 35°COLR = 8gVS/L/dTS = 30.9% 347 [65]
KW Digester capacity: 1.5LOperating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 30 daysTS = 22.17% wet basis 620 [25]
FVW Digester capacity: 1.5LOperating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 30 daysTS = 7.94% 693 [25]
MS-OFMSW Digester capacity: 5LOperating Temperature: 55°C OLR = 2.26 Kg VS/m3/dTS = 24.7% 176 [29]
OFMSW Operating Temperature: 35°CHRT = 21 daysInoculum: substrate ratio: 4TS = 29.7% 545 [59]
OFMSW Synthetic Digester capacity: 4.5LOperating Temperature: 55°CHRT = 20 daysOLR = 8.862 g VS/L/dTS = 0.90 (g/g sample) 131.4 [30]
SMW Operating 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
1 5.765191 1.938742 3.178054 3.238678 74.50 [66]
2 6.142037 1.547563 2.980619 3.054001 78.80 [67]
3 5.749393 1.667707 2.424803 2.912351 81.60 [28]
4 6.152733 1.435085 3.044522 3.139833 75.00 [3]
5 4.70048 1.783391 3.139833 3.48124 67.50 [68]
6 6.214608 1.536867 3.194583 3.332205 72.00 [69]
7 6.244167 1.536867 3.178054 3.401197 70.00 [70]
8 6.350886 1.536867 3.273364 3.496508 67.00 [63]
9 6.184149 1.536867 3.226844 3.380995 70.00 [71]
10 4.110874 2.067 2.001 2.845 82.80 [72]
11 5.921578 1.536867 3.424263 3.572346 64.40 [73]
12 5.438079 1.871802 2.520113 3.002708 75.01 [74]
13 6.063785 1.526056 3.194583 3.401197 70.00 [31]
14 6.269096 1.629241 3.113515 3.238678 74.50 [75]
15 5.966147 1.435085 2.587764 2.70805 74.50 [75]
16 5.768321 1.629241 2.587764 2.70805 85.00 [76]
17 6.270988 1.410987 3.332205 3.380995 70.60 [46]
18 6.194405 1.704748 3.33577 3.417727 69.50 [77]
19 5.192957 2.091864 3.015535 3.091042 78.00 [72]
20 5.899897 1.526056 3.314186 3.401197 70.00 [78]
21 6.016157 1.477049 3.100092 3.186353 75.80 [79]
22 6.519147 2.014903 3.194583 3.306887 81.40 [63]
23 6.515039 1.386294 3.740048 3.809326 65.00 [63]
24 6.2186 1.360977 2.85647 3.049273 78.90 [80]
25 4.382027 2.066863 2.00148 2.844909 82.80 [72]
26 5.966147 1.446919 2.235376 2.379546 75.00 [25]
27 5.17615 1.686399 3.586293 3.916015 49.80 [58]
28 6.075346 1.547563 3.273364 3.430756 69.10 [81]
29 6.131226 1.629241 3.00072 3.126761 74.80 [82]
30 5.505332 1.871802 3.71113 3.951244 80.00 [70]
31 5.749393 1.749094 3.025291 3.325036 75.00 [21]
32 6.115892 2.00148 3.139833 3.280911 80.00 [63]
33 6.109248 1.545433 2.772589 2.995732 80.00 [38]
34 6.429719 1.960095 3.113515 3.38439 81.50 [63]
35 5.733341 1.987874 3.60522 3.79369 54.00 [83]
36 6.214608 1.629241 2.547881 2.778819 85.00 [38]
37 6.464588 1.629241 3.194583 3.321432 79.00 [62]
38 6.216606 1.545433 3.135059 3.208825 75.12 [80]
39 5.560682 1.969906 2.988708 2.998229 79.95 [80]
40 6.040255 1.818077 3.161247 3.313095 76.00 [80]
41 6.755769 1.435085 3.099642 3.143721 76.76 [84]
42 6.152733 1.871802 2.839078 2.895912 80.00 [67]
43 6.55108 1.625311 2.883123 3.09874 85.00 [80]
44 3.912023 2.054124 2.644755 3.015535 79.60 [72]
45 5.749393 1.506297 3.254629 3.317453 72.30 [80]
46 5.849325 1.648659 2.833213 2.917771 81.37 [80]
47 6.086775 1.321756 1.658228 1.704748 94.49 [80]
48 6.040255 1.61343 3.178054 3.253857 75.00 [80]
49 5.950643 1.591274 3.138966 3.367296 69.49 [85]
50 6.104793 1.477049 3.100092 3.186353 75.80 [85]
51 6.166006 1.386294 3.077773 3.097837 77.40 [83]
52 6.086775 1.675226 3.215269 3.296577 75.00 [86]
53 5.966147 1.663926 2.235376 2.379546 92.06 [87]
54 5.278115 1.644805 3.293612 3.706228 52.28 [85]
55 5.834811 1.660131 3.162517 3.468856 64.89 [85]
56 5.463832 1.813195 3.220475 3.688879 70.00 [85]
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