Major
Environmental Engineering
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Abstract
Climate change is quickly impacting the environment . Humans are an active contributor to the increasing rates of climate change; food waste contributes to 8% of greenhouse gasses. At Loyola University of Chicago there is a need to work towards reducing this carbon footprint, this can be done using Loyola’s food waste. The food waste can be captured and utilized in the processes of anaerobic digestion to create biogas. Anerobic digestion follows four steps, hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis. Introducing this program to Loyola will help eliminate food waste and benefit the environment. In order to accomplish Loyola's net carbon goals, we have experimented with small-scale anaerobic digesters to test this beneficial program.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Gajan Sivandran
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Small Scale Anaerobic Digestion in an Urban Environment
Climate change is quickly impacting the environment . Humans are an active contributor to the increasing rates of climate change; food waste contributes to 8% of greenhouse gasses. At Loyola University of Chicago there is a need to work towards reducing this carbon footprint, this can be done using Loyola’s food waste. The food waste can be captured and utilized in the processes of anaerobic digestion to create biogas. Anerobic digestion follows four steps, hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis. Introducing this program to Loyola will help eliminate food waste and benefit the environment. In order to accomplish Loyola's net carbon goals, we have experimented with small-scale anaerobic digesters to test this beneficial program.