Insights into organic loading rates of anaerobic digestion for biogas production: a review

Autor: Rosina Nkuna, Ashira Roopnarain, Charles Rashama, Rasheed Adeleke
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. :1-21
ISSN: 1549-7801
0738-8551
DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1942778
Popis: Anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production is affected by many factors that includes organic loading rate (OLR). This OLR appears to be closely linked to various other factors and understanding these linkages would therefore allow the sole use of OLR for process performance monitoring, control, as well as reactor design. This review's objective is to collate the various AD factor specific studies, then relate these factors' role in OLR fluctuations. By further analyzing the influence of OLR on the AD performance, it would then be possible, once all the other factors have been determined and fixed, to manage an AD plant by monitoring and controlling OLR only. Decisions on reactor design, process kinetics, biogas yield and process stability can then be made much more quickly and with minimal troubleshooting steps.
Databáze: OpenAIRE