Smart Approaches to Food Waste Final Disposal
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Concept of the Smart Wastewater Treatment Plant with Simultaneous Treatment of Wastewater and Food Waste
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Integrated Waste and Wastewater Plant Description
3.1.1. The Treviso Full-Scale Food Waste Pretreatment and Anaerobic Codigestion Plant
3.1.2. The Rovereto (TN) Full-Scale Food Waste Pretreatment and Anaerobic Codigestion Plant
3.1.3. The Camposampiero (PD) Full-Scale Food Waste Pretreatment and Anaerobic Codigestion Plant
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. The Treviso and Rovereto (TN) Full-Scale Anaerobic Codigestion Plants
4.2. Under-The-Sink Food Waste Disposal
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AcoD | anaerobic codigestion |
AD | anaerobic digestion |
BNR | biological nutrient removal |
COD | chemical oxygen demand |
FWD | food waste disposer |
GHG | greenhouse gas |
GPR | gas production rate |
HRT | Hydraulic retention time |
LCA | Life cycle assessment |
OFMSW | organic fraction of municipal solid waste |
OLR | Organic loading rate |
PE | people equivalent |
PHA | polyhydroxyalcanoate |
rbCOD | rapidly available chemical oxygen demand |
SBR | sequencing batch reactor |
SGP | specific gas production |
SS | sewage sludge |
TN | total nitrogen |
TS | total solid |
TSS | total suspended solid |
TVS | total volatile solid |
VFA | volatile fatty acid |
WWTP | wastewater treatment plant |
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Parameter | AcoD of Sludge, Manure, and OFMSW at Thermophilic Range |
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Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT), day | 22 |
Organic Loading Rate (OLR), kg TVS m3 day−1 | 3.52 |
Specific Gas Production (SGP), Nm3 kg TVS−1 | 0.67 |
Gas Production Rate (GPR), Nm3 m−3 day−1 | 1.46 |
CH4, % | 58–60 |
Parameters | Unit | Treviso | Rovereto |
---|---|---|---|
Temperature | °C | 35.7 | 35–37 |
pH | 7.15 | 7.42 | |
Total alkalinity | Mg CaCO3 L−1 | 2328 | 3842 |
Total solids | g L−1 | 30.1 | 23.98 |
Total volatile solids | g L−1 | 15.8 | 16.34 |
TS/TVS | % | 52.4 | 68 |
Biogas production | m3 month−1 | 14,097 | 86,070 |
Gas production rate (GPR) | m3 m3reactor day−1 | 0.21 | 0.43 |
Specific gas production (SGP) | m3 kg TVS−1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Hydraulic retention time (HRT) | day | 25–30 | 30–40 |
Organic loading rate (OLR) | kg TVS m3reactor d−1 | 0.87 | 1.38 |
OFMSW collected | ton month−1 | 107.7 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleCecchi, Franco, and Cristina Cavinato. 2019. "Smart Approaches to Food Waste Final Disposal" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 16: 2860. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162860