Kinetic Study Of The Modified Gompertz Model On The Production Of Methane From Coffee Waste Through Anaerobic Digestion

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IJEP 41(8): 876-883 : Vol. 41 Issue. 8 (August 2021)

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S. Ait Lhaj Lahcen1,2*, S. Ibn Ahmed1, M. Aboulouafa1, M. Bakraoui2 and H. El Bari2

1. University Ibn Tofail Kenitra, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Morocco
2. University Ibn Tofail Kenitra, Laboratory of Renewable Energy and Environment. Faculty of Sciences, Morocco

Abstract

The objective of this study was to carry out laboratory-scale experiments on the anaerobic digestion (AD) of coffee waste (CW) in semi-continuous mode, under mesophilic conditions (37°C) and using digesters infinitely mixed with a litre capacity. The AD of the CW gave a methanogenic potential of the order of 263.71 NmL CH4/g SV. Stability parameters affecting digestors, namely the pH and the alkalinity, which were controlled throughout the process, were within the optimal range. The experimental data were fitted by two kinetic models: first-order kinetic model and modified Gompertz model. The values of the correlation coefficient (R) obtained were of the order of 99.508% for the modified Gompertz model and 99.199% for the first order kinetic model. Thus, the modified Gompertz model gave the best fit with the experimental results. The kinetic study results show that CW substrate can be easily biodegraded by anaerobic digestion with a short lag time from 0.49-4.62 hr resulting in biogas production (volume – 13.57 mL CH4/g VS). The first-order kinetic and the modified Gompertz model results show that the difference between the predicted and measured methanogenic potentials is higher in the first-order kinetic model (1.79-26.62%) than in the modified Gompertz model (0.37-19.61%) following the applied load value. The modified Gompertz model showed the best fit for the substrate used.

Keywords

Anaerobic digestion (AD), Coffee waste, Gompertz, Kinetic study, Semi continuous methanogenic potential

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