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• TITLE: Optimization of Biogas Production from Organic Municipal Waste: Development of Activated Sludge as Digesters Inoculum

  AUTHORS: Mahamadi Nikièma, Marius K. Somda, Kifouli Adéoti, Désiré Traoré, Farid Baba-Moussa, Fatiou Toukourou, Dayéri Dianou, Alfred S. Traoré

  KEYWORDS: Bioconversion, Municipal Waste, Activated Sludge, Biomethane, Burkina Faso

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.8 No.13, December 28, 2017

  ABSTRACT: This study is a contribution to the optimization of organic fraction of municipal waste bioconversion into biomethane, by activated sludge production as inoculum for digesters. The wastewater (WW) and cow dung (CD) samples were taken from the slaughterhouse of Ouagadougou town, Burkina Faso. Different mixtures were made, enriched with mineral solution and cellulose at 5% (w/v) as: 10% CD + 90% WW (C7), 30% CD + 70% WW (C6), 50% CD + 50% WW (C5), 70% CD + 30% WW (C4), 90% CD + 10% WW (C3), 100% CD (C2) and 100% WW (C1). The pH evolution and biogas (CH4 and CO2) production were followed for 25 days. Cultures tend to acidify with increase in cow dung proportion. Biogas production was significantly higher (p