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Continuously-stirred Anaerobic Digester to Convert Organic Wastes into Biogas: System Setup and Basic Operation
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 02:34Digester Construction
- 06:11Digester Inoculation and Conditioning using an Active Methanogenic Biomass
- 07:26Digester Operation and System Monitoring
- 08:36Representative Anaerobic Digester Results
- 11:06Conclusion
Laboratory-scale anaerobic digesters allow scientists to research new ways of optimizing existing applications of anaerobic biotechnology and to evaluate the methane producing potential of various organic wastes. This article introduces a generalized model for the construction, inoculation, operation, and monitoring of a laboratory-scale continuously stirred anaerobic digester.
