Max Domaschko

TL;DR: Results suggest some changes to the pilot plant configuration are necessary to reduce power consumption although maximizing biodigester performance, and a modification of the typical continuous stirred tank reactor is a promising process being relatively stable and owing to its capability to manage considerable amounts of residuals at low operational cost.

TL;DR: The effect of feed-loading frequency on digester performance was studied on a thermophilic anaerobic digester with a working volume of 27.43 m3 and the feed- loading frequency of six times per day treatment provided the greatest biogas production.

TL;DR: Under the experimental conditions studied here, an increment of 30.6% on the global biodigester performance index was observed when a span of 1.0 °C was compared to the one of 0.2 ° C.

TL;DR: The use of variable overall heat transfer coefficients improved the temperature change prediction and reduced the effect of a non-ideal performance of the pilot plant modeled.

TL;DR: In this article, a 40 m 3 pilot plant was used to determine the effect of temperature on methane production, using poultry litter as substrate, and the chemical composition of the substrate, the effluent and the biogas were monitored throughout the experiments.