Major
Environmental Engineering
Anticipated Graduation Year
2023
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Open Access
Abstract
The small batch anaerobic digesters resemble the reactors that could one day be used on our campus. In this experiment diluting the inoculum as pretreatment was tested. To test this digester drawl was taken from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and diluted with various amounts of water. Each reactor was then fed the same amount of substrate. To measure which treatment was more effective the amount of total gas and methane produced by each treatment was collected. Each reactor was fed twice more. It can be concluded that diluting the inoculum as a form of pretreatment is not effective.
Community Partners
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Gaj Sivandran, Greg Palmer
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Reducing Food Waste Contributions to Greenhouse Gas Emission Through the Use of Anerobic Digesters
The small batch anaerobic digesters resemble the reactors that could one day be used on our campus. In this experiment diluting the inoculum as pretreatment was tested. To test this digester drawl was taken from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and diluted with various amounts of water. Each reactor was then fed the same amount of substrate. To measure which treatment was more effective the amount of total gas and methane produced by each treatment was collected. Each reactor was fed twice more. It can be concluded that diluting the inoculum as a form of pretreatment is not effective.