I've seen many assertions that digestate is useful as a soil amendment, but no first hand accounts. Has anyone used it before? Are there any caveats that people don't know about?

I have very limited knowledge on the subject so please excuse my ignorance.

I am trying to find a way to create bioethanol, using the cheapest and easiest possible method. I've been using fermentation to produce ethanol from fruits and sugar, but sugar is becoming too expensive.

My plan was to use AD for the acquisition of sugars, created from carbohydrates, proteins etc at the hydrolysis stage, this way, I could get my glucose from kitchen waste, and not have to use any additional sugars.

From what I understand, during the acidogenesis stage, the sugars are converted into acetic acid, this is the part I don't want. I've read a couple of sources from institutions, reporting that the stages can all be isolated, but with my limited knowledge it's not the easiest to understand.

Would anyone here be able to answer my question? The end goal for me ideally, would be to halt the process at the hydrolysis stage, and then force ferment to maximize the alcohol content.

Deficiencies in the organs of the digestive system are referred to as digestive problems. Some examples of these organs are the gallbladder, stomach, intestines, and esophagus. Many symptoms that interfere with daily activities are caused by digestive problems. Vomiting, bloating, nausea and constipation are some of the typical symptoms. Digestive disorders can be caused by a variety of factors such as autoimmune diseases, genetics, digestive health, environmental factors, mental health conditions, and family history. Digestion diseases and its cure is very important in initial call.

To efficiently absorb all the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from our meals, our digestive system is equipped. The body needs these things in order to operate normally. Deficits in nutrition can therefore result from digestive issues. Other problems may develop as a result of a vitamin, mineral, or nutrient shortage. Anemia, for instance, might result from a lack of iron. It is a typical condition brought on by gastrointestinal problems.

Hello people,

I noticed that many agricultural research institutes do not have direct access to
a real biogas digester. That was also a problem for me when I was myself a student.

So I created a webpage that lets anybody run experiments on a real biogas digester remotely.
It can also be used to evaluate if a small home reactor generates enough gas for one's purpose, before going out and buying one.

Because the resulting data is public, I expect that at the end we will arrive at a large dataset that anybody can use for e.g. machine learning purposes or other stuff! I think this would also gain potentially more insights into the anaerobic digestion process itself, as to my knowledge there is no single large body of biogas data (from a single source) available.

I would love to have feedback and ideas on how to make it better!

What chemicals and in what concentrations have you guys seen that create toxic conditions for anaerobic digestion?

I'm eager to make my own power generator using anaerobic digestion and I know that basic food scraps, human waste and garden waste would make enough methane for the most part, but I want to have exceptional production of methane for natural gas usage in cooking and potentially use in vehicles, also I'd like to set up a server run on methane power which will require a lot of energy.

I know the effluent from anaerobic digesters is really good nutrients for algae production but I was curious if it would work the other way around, I assume I'd want to kill the algae before feeding it to the digester so it doesn't add oxigen to the anaerobic environment but would the algae even be a good feed stock? I've read that algae decomposing on shorelines is a large source of greenhouse methane so this is where my idea comes from.

Ultimately I'd like to produce more algae than I'd need as well so I can use it for carbon sequestration to make the system carbon negative, seeing as algae uses CO2 to grow it would be possible to pump the exhaust from the power generator back into the system and the heat from the generator operating could be used to heat the whole system, and ideally the algae strain would be an edible strain such as spirulina for that extra usefulness.

Pretty much the title, would anyone please mind providing me some insight as to how biogas is separated from the solid and liquid contents of a UASB reactor? Thank you very much.

Hi All,

I have recently started working on a new AD plant which has been running for 4 years.

The plant has been run by a management company and the energy output we have been getting has varied which is ultimately impacting our revenue.

I am keen to get an understanding from other plants what the average percentage of energy production capacity they run at?

We have fluctuated from 75% in a year to 96% another year.

Thanks

Hi all,

I am intending on building a UASB reactor for biohydrogen production and was wondering whether anyone could provide suggestions as to how I may assay activated sludge sampled from my bioreactor so as to measure the presence of various chemicals in said sludge (e.g., VFAs). Thanks a lot.

Hi all,

Can someone answer this?

Some farmers have feed seaweed to cow in order to reduce thier methane output.

Would the manure from such a animal be better or worse for a anaerobic digester?

Hi all,

So i've got a 4m3 AD set up and I'm producing a lot of gas that I have no use for. I'm currently burning it off every day, but this is taking a long time as my pump can only do 40L/min.

Do you have any suggestions for low-tech or low cost ways in which I could actively use this biogas so that I don't have to be constantly burning it?

My initial thoughts are of using some sort of caravan gas heater that has an auto shutoff when gas runs out.

Thanks for your time!

Hi all, was wondering how I may transport effluent in a domestic, multi-stage anaerobic digester between tanks. I have seen people use pumps, however, am still unsure and was looking for some advice. Could you please explain how I may do so? Thank you very much.

Hello all. I am an engineering student currently taking my thesis. My thesis is a small-scale anaerobic digester and I've been wondering how do I make sure there is no oxygen inside the reactor? My professor asked me "How anaerobic is anaerobic?" And I seriously have no answer to that.

Hope you guys can help me.

Hello all,

I'm very interested in implementing AD waste treatment systems.

I'd like to learn from experienced running facilities.

Anyone know of municipal waste treatment or agricultural waste treatment facilities in USA?

Im in PNW and am attempting investigation into facilities that operate in my region. I want to visit and see the operations/talk to engineers/designers.

Excuse me for the somewhat vague question, but assuming one would somehow have as raw material pure glucose and/or cellulose, what would roughly be the best mix for maximum methane generation?

I’m wondering if there is a method to theoretically calculate the composition of nutrients of digestate from an AD plant that I’m designing for school. It uses household food waste btw