Development Simulation of Biogas Production in a Scaled-down Hybrid-Channel Digester

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Tammathat Boonkamnerd
Chairat Siripatana
Pornwimon Wadchasit
Sunwanee Jijai
Niratisai Rakmak

Abstract

Controlling and monitoring the performance of the biogas production system can be done through a mathematical model. This research extends the scope of the extended advanced monitoring and control system for anaerobic processes (Extended AMOCO model) for a more complex feedstock of co-digestion of palm oil mill effluent, returned biogas plant effluent (ADE), and palm oil decanter cake in a hybrid channel reactor. The control objective was to keep the exit COD under 10,000 mg/l adjusting the hydraulic retention time (HRT) or recirculation rate of anaerobic digested effluent (ADE). The experimental results showed the system could produce biogas at 0.23-0.60 ml Biogas/mg COD. The developed model could explain biogas production. Controlling HRT was more effective on biogas production than the recirculation rate of ADE adjusting, nevertheless, increasing the recirculation rate of ADE keeps the system running during low production.

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Boonkamnerd, T., Siripatana, C., Wadchasit, P., Jijai, S. ., & Rakmak, N. (2023). Development Simulation of Biogas Production in a Scaled-down Hybrid-Channel Digester. YRU Journal of Science and Technology, 8(1), 38–49. retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/yru_jst/article/view/256760
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