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Due to a limited number of available measurements on agricultural biogas plants, established process models, such as the Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1), are rarely applied in practise. To provide a reliable basis for model-based monitoring and control, different model simplifications of the ADM1 were implemented for process simulation of semi-continuous anaerobic digestion experiments using agricultural substrates (maize silage, sugar beet silage, rye grain and cattle manure) and industrial residues (grain stillage). Individual model structures enable a close depiction of biogas production rates and characteristic intermediates (ammonium nitrogen, propionic and acetic acid) with equal accuracy as the original ADM1. The impact of different objective functions and standard parameter values on parameter estimates of first-order hydrolysis constants and microbial growth rates were evaluated. Due to the small number of required model parameters and suitable system characteristics, simplified model structures show clear advantages for practical application on agricultural biogas plants.
Rigorous process models provide a reliable basis for model-based monitoring and control of anaerobic digestion plants. Due to the complex model structure and non-linear system characteristics, the established Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) is rarely applied in industrial plant operation. The present investigation proposes a systematic procedure for successive model simplification and presents the description of five model variants of a mass-based ADM1. Individual model structures greatly differ in their number of implemented process phases, characteristic components and required parameters. Simplified model variants combine nutrient degradation and biogas formation based on first-order sum reactions, whereas complex model structures describe individual degradation pathways and intermediates during acido- and acetogenesis. Characteristic features of the derived model structures as well as the stoichiometric methane potentials and microbial biomass yields of the underlying degradation pathways of individual model variations are evaluated and discussed in detail.
The Influence of Pressure-Swing Conditioning Pre-Treatment of Cattle Manure on Methane Production
(2020)
Different methods for optimization the anaerobic digestion (AD) of sugarcane filter cake (FC) with a special focus on volatile fatty acids (VFA) production were studied. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreatment at different concentrations was investigated in batch experiments and the cumulative methane yields fitted to a dual-pool two-step model to provide an initial assessment on AD. The effects of nitrogen supplementation in form of urea and NaOH pretreatment for improved VFA production were evaluated in a semi-continuously operated reactor as well. The results indicated that higher NaOH concentrations during pretreatment accelerated the AD process and increased methane production in batch experiments. Nitrogen supplementation resulted in a VFA loss due to methane formation by buffering the pH value at nearly neutral conditions (∼6.7). However, the alkaline pretreatment with 6 g NaOH/100 g FCFM improved both the COD solubilization and the VFA yield by 37%, mainly consisted by n-butyric and acetic acids.
Different model structures were compared to simulate the characteristic process variables of the anaerobic digestion of maize, sugar beet and grain silage. Depending on the type and number of the required components, it can be shown that in comparison to the complex Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) different simplified model structures can describe the gas production rate, ammonia nitrogen and acetate concentration or pH value equally well. Since the reduction of the predominantly fast kinetics of the methanogenesis, acetogenesis or acidogenesis will only have little effect on the simulation of the specific gas production, it can be proven that the hydrolysis is the rate-limiting step during the uninhibited anaerobic digestion of complex particulate substrates. However, the stoichiometric comparison reveals that the model protein gelatine is not suitable for a representative characterization of agricultural energy crops.
Die aktuelle Standardisierung und Normung von Dienstleistungen in der Abfall- und Wertstoffsammlung unter Angebe konkreter Service Levels verdeutlicht die Notwendigkeit von Qualitätsprüfungen als Bestandteil des Qualitätsmanagements in diesem Bereich. Die aktuelle Untersuchung hat das Ziel, praxisrelevante Qualitätsmerkmale abzuleiten, in der Praxis messbare Indikatoren zu identifizieren und eine Methodik zur Durchführung der Qualitätsprüfungen zu entwickeln.
Die Diskussion über die Standardisierung und Normung von Dienstleistungen in der Abfallwirtschaft unter Angabe konkreter Service Levels verdeutlicht die Notwendigkeit von Qualitätsprüfungen als Bestandteil des Qualitätsmanagement in diesem Umfeld. Aktuelle Forschungen verfolgen vor diesem Hintergrund das Ziel, für den Prozess der Sammlung als eine Komponente der Abfallwirtschaft praxisrelevante Qualitätsmerkmale abzuleiten, in der Praxis messbare Indikatoren zu Identifizieren und eine Methodik zur Durchführung von Qualitätsprüfungen zu entwickeln. Zu diesem Zweck wurde der Sammelprozess innerhalb mehrerer Modellszenarien bis auf die Ebene der einzelnen Tätigkeit detailliert.