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Determination of Ultimate Biodegradability and Multiple Decay Rate Coefficients in Anaerobic Batch Degradation of Organic Wastes  

Kang, Ho (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Shin, Kyung-Suk (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Richards, Brian (Department of Ag and Bio Engineerng, Cornell University)
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Abstract
A new graphical method was developed to separate two distinctive decay rate coefficients($k_1$ and $k_2$) at their respective degradable substrate fractions($S_1 and $S_2$). The mesophilic batch reactor showed $k_1$ of $0.151\;day^{-1}$ for wasted activated sludge(WAS), $0.123\;day^{-1}$ for thickened sludge(T-S), $0.248{\sim}0.358\;day^{-1}$ at S/I ratio of $1{\sim}3$ for sorghum and $0.155{\sim}0.209\;day^{-1}$ at S/I ratio $0.2{\sim}1.0$ for swine waste, whereas their long term batch decay rate coefficients($k_2$) were $0.021\;day^{-1}$, $0.001\;day^{-1}$, $0.03\;day^{-1}$ and $0.04\;day^{-1}$ respectively. At least an order of magnitude difference between $k_1$ and $k_2$ was routinely observed in the batch tests. The portion of $S_1$, which degrades with each $k_1$ appeared 71% for WAS, 39% for T-S, 90% for sorghum, and $84{\sim}91%$ at S/I ratio of $0.2{\sim}1.0$ for swine waste. Ultimate biodegradabilities of 50% for WAS, 40% of T-S, $82{\sim}92%$ for sorghum, and $81{\sim}89%$ for swine waste were observed.
Keywords
Sewage Sludge; Anaerobic Digestion; Ultimate Biodegradability; Multi k Analysis; Sorghum; Swine Waste;
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