TY - JOUR ID - 19120 TI - Application of anaerobic digestion products of municipal solid food wastes in treating wastewaters JO - International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management JA - IJHCUM LA - en SN - 2476-4698 AU - Fazeli, G. AD - Department of Environmental Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azd University, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 57 EP - 64 KW - Acidogenesis KW - Anaerobic digestion, Chemical oxygen demand (COD) KW - Denitrification KW - Food waste DO - 10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.007 N2 - Anaerobic digestion is the breakdown of biodegradable organic material by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen or in an oxygen-starved environment.This technology is superior to the landfilling and also the aerobic composting. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the effluent Volatile Fatty Acids from the anaerobic acidogenesis of the food waste can be used du to its high value in organic elements, as an external carbon source for the denitrificationin in waste water treatment plants . The results showed that Volatile Fatty Acids concentration in mg COD/L in the fermentation was in the range between 3,300 mg COD/L and 6,560 mgCOD/L.The n-butiric acid had the highest concentration in mgCOD/L followed by the propionic and acetic acid, while the valeric acid had the lowest concentration. As well as the concentration of the acetic and valeric acid were stable over the time. Opposite to these, the propionic and n-butyric acid showed high variability in the concentration, especially the n-butyric acid. The specific denitrification rate tests tests showed that the ethanol cultivated biomass was more successful in using the effluent of the food waste digestion as carbon source than methanol cultivated biomass.The specific denitrification reta tests results of our experiment, showed that the average of 0.15 an 0.51 mg N/mg for methanol and ethanol cultivated biomass respectively. UR - https://www.ijhcum.net/article_19120.html L1 - https://www.ijhcum.net/article_19120_5a98822f28b67f8bc04c6ee26b4cab1b.pdf ER -