The objective of this study was to investigate the benefits of co-digestion of a sludge-mix of primary sludge (PS)/thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) with concentrated fat-oil-grease (FOG) over a wide range of FOG/sludge-mix volumetric feed ratios. The biodegradability (i.e., COD to methane conversion) of PS, TWAS, sludge-mix, and FOG was 43.0, 38.6, 41.8, and 97.7%, respectively, with a pseudo first-order rate of 0.13, 0.12, 0.13, and 0.18 d, respectively. Batch co-digestion of sludge-mix and FOG at COD ratios ranging from 93.2:6.8 to 27.3:72.7% resulted in methane production linearly correlated to both the total waste blend and FOG COD feed concentration. An enhanced extent of degradation of the sludge-mix COD to as much as 10.9% (increased from 42.2 to 53.1%) and an increased degradation rate by 17% (increased from 0.12 to 0.14 d) was observed when the feed FOG COD was 18.5% of the total waste COD feed. Overall, co-digestion of mixed municipal sludge with FOG is feasible and recommended to meet target biogas/methane levels at municipal wastewater treatment facilities taking into account the trade-off between energy production and solids destruction to fit their particular needs.
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