Investigation of biogas generation potential during digestion of food waste

• Date: 2016
• Author Affiliations: Yu. Matveev — Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, NAS of Ukraine; D. Kutsyi — Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, NAS of Ukraine
• Keywords: keywords
• Main Authors: Matveev, Yu., Kutsyi, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Institute of Renewable Energy National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2016
• Subjects: anaerobic digestion; gas generation model; methane generation potential; methane generation rate constant; food waste; MSW
• Online Access: https://ve.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/139
• Journal Title: Vidnovluvana energetika

Approximately 4.2 mill tons of food waste generated an­nually in Ukraine. Most of the food waste is landfilled with a subse­quent generation of landfill gas (LFG). Food waste is one of the main sources of LFG in Ukraine. The quantity of the generated LFG and methane can be evaluated based on the fir...