Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas

Anaerobic digestion process is one of the alternative methods to convert organic waste into methane gas which is a fuel and energy source. Activities of various kinds of microorganisms are the main factor for anaerobic digestion which produces methane gas. Therefore, in this study a modified Anaero...

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Main Authors: Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr, Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin, Md Zain , Shahrom, Kutty, S.R.M., Isa, M.H.
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spelling my.utp.eprints.13432017-01-19T08:25:49Z Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin Md Zain , Shahrom Kutty, S.R.M. Isa, M.H. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Anaerobic digestion process is one of the alternative methods to convert organic waste into methane gas which is a fuel and energy source. Activities of various kinds of microorganisms are the main factor for anaerobic digestion which produces methane gas. Therefore, in this study a modified Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) with working volume of 50 liters was designed to identify the microorganisms through biogas production. The mixture of 75% kitchen waste and 25% sewage sludge was used as substrate. Observations on microorganisms in the ABR showed that there exists a small amount of protozoa (5%) and fungi (2%) in the system, but almost 93% of the microorganism population consists of bacteria. It is definitely clear that bacteria are responsible for anaerobic biodegradation of kitchen waste. Results show that in the acidification zone of the ABR (front compartments of reactor) fast growing bacteria capable of growth at high substrate levels and reduced pH was dominant. A shift to slower growing scavenging bacteria that grow better at higher pH was occurring towards the end of the reactor. Due to the ability of activity in acetate environment the percentages of Methanococcus, Methanosarcina and Methanotrix were higher than other kinds of methane former in the system. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1343/1/v60-224.pdf Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr and Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin and Md Zain , Shahrom and Kutty, S.R.M. and Isa, M.H. (2009) Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas. In: The International Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering , December 2009, Bangkok, Thailand. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1343/
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topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr
Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin
Md Zain , Shahrom
Kutty, S.R.M.
Isa, M.H.
Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
description Anaerobic digestion process is one of the alternative methods to convert organic waste into methane gas which is a fuel and energy source. Activities of various kinds of microorganisms are the main factor for anaerobic digestion which produces methane gas. Therefore, in this study a modified Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) with working volume of 50 liters was designed to identify the microorganisms through biogas production. The mixture of 75% kitchen waste and 25% sewage sludge was used as substrate. Observations on microorganisms in the ABR showed that there exists a small amount of protozoa (5%) and fungi (2%) in the system, but almost 93% of the microorganism population consists of bacteria. It is definitely clear that bacteria are responsible for anaerobic biodegradation of kitchen waste. Results show that in the acidification zone of the ABR (front compartments of reactor) fast growing bacteria capable of growth at high substrate levels and reduced pH was dominant. A shift to slower growing scavenging bacteria that grow better at higher pH was occurring towards the end of the reactor. Due to the ability of activity in acetate environment the percentages of Methanococcus, Methanosarcina and Methanotrix were higher than other kinds of methane former in the system.
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author Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr
Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin
Md Zain , Shahrom
Kutty, S.R.M.
Isa, M.H.
author_facet Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr
Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin
Md Zain , Shahrom
Kutty, S.R.M.
Isa, M.H.
author_sort Malakahmad, Dr, Amirhossein, Dr
title Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
title_short Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
title_full Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
title_fullStr Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Anaerobic Microorganisms for Converting Kitchen Waste to Biogas
title_sort identification of anaerobic microorganisms for converting kitchen waste to biogas
publishDate 2009
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