Two-Phase Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Steep Liquor in Pilot Scale Biogas Plant with Automatic Control System with Simultaneous Hydrogen and Methane Production

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Experimental studies of two-phase anaerobic digestion of corn steep liquor in semi-continuous automatic and semi-automatic modes of operation of a cascade of two anaerobic biore-actors with monitoring and control systems were performed. Corn steep liquor—a waste product from the process of treating corn grain for starch extraction—was used as a substrate in the process of anaerobic digestion with simultaneous hydrogen and methane production. The daily yields of biohydrogen in bioreactor 1 of the cascade (with a working volume of 8 dm3) are variable. In good operation, they are in the range of 0.7 to 1.0 L of biogas from a 1 dm3 working volume of the bioreactor, and the optimal pH is in the range of 5.0–5.5. The concentration of hydrogen in the biogas from the hydrogen bioreactor 1 is in the range of 14–34.7%. The daily yields of biomethane in bioreactor 2 of the cascade (with a working volume of 80 dm3) vary in the range 0.4 to 0.85 L of biogas from a 1 dm3 working volume of the bioreactor, and the concentration of methane in the biogas from bioreactor 2 is high and remains practically constant (in the range 65–69%). At a dilution rate of 0.4 day−1 and an organic loading rate of 20 gL for bioreactor 1, respectively, and a dilution rate of 0.05 day−1 for bioreactor 2, the best results were obtained. The computer control system is presented. Some energetical considerations were discussed.

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Chorukova, E., Hubenov, V., Gocheva, Y., & Simeonov, I. (2022). Two-Phase Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Steep Liquor in Pilot Scale Biogas Plant with Automatic Control System with Simultaneous Hydrogen and Methane Production. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126274

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