Utilization of producing biogas from food waste in anaerob biodegester at thermophilic temperature

Abstract

The problem of food waste is increasing as food needs increase as a source of human protein. Therefore, biogas conversion can also answer the problem of household food waste treatment. The purpose of this study is to find out the producing of biogas from a mixture of food waste and liquid waste tofu in anaerobic biodegester at thermophylic temperature. The manufacture of biogas in this study using batch feeding, which is a type of digester that replenishes organic matter is done once full and then waited until biogas is produced. The manufacture of biogas is carried out for 5 weeks. The observed parameters are COD, BOD, TS, VS, and the resulting volume of biogas. From the observations obtained that, by varying substrate can decrease COD, BOD, TS, while substrate temperature can increase VS. The volume of biogas produced in the mixture of liquid waste tofu 60% and food waste 30% is 22.600 ml. The results showed that the percentage of substrate from the mixture of food waste with liquid waste tofu had an effect on increasing biogas production.