Influence of temperature on enhancement of volatile fatty acids fermentation from organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Synergism between food and paper components.

This study explores individual contributions and synergistic effects of food and paper, main components of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) towards volatile fatty acids (VFA) fermentation under different temperatures (25, 37, 42 and 52 °C). Thanks to the synergism of food and paper component (FC & PC), the results revealed that OFMSW is suitable for VFA production. Maximum VFA production was noticed to be 21.

Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis to discern synergy during the co-pyrolysis of microalgae and swine manure digestate.

Background: Co-pyrolysis of wastes with other feedstock can synergistically improve the rate of biomass decomposition and also help to resolve the issues related to limited availability feedstock. In this regards, synergistic interaction between feedstock during co-pyrolysis is an important aspect of research. As the constituents of aquatic and lignocellulosic biomass are different, and the decomposition pattern of aquatic biomass is dissimilar when compared to lignocellulosic biomass, it is important to understand whether these two biomasses interact during co-pyrolysis.

The effect of ISR on OFMSW during acidogenic fermentation for the production of AD precursor: kinetics and synergies.

Acidogenic fermentation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and its components (food waste, paper waste) was studied in a batch percolator reactor without artificial pH adjustment. The effect of inoculum to substrate ratio on process performance, in terms of pH, hydrolysis and volatile fatty acid (VFA) production, has been investigated. The inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR) was varied from 0 to 0.