Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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37
th
International Conference of Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering
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Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia
May 24 – 28, 2010
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Kubaská, M., Sedláˇcek, S., Bodík, I., Kissová, B.: Food waste as biodegradable substrates for biogas production, Editor: Markoš, J., In Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of Slovak Society of
Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, 1413–1418, 2010.
37th International Conference of SSCHE
May 24–28, 2010, Tatransk´e Matliare, Slovakia
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Food Waste as Biodegradable Substrates for Biogas Production
M.KUBASKÁ*, S.SEDLÁČEK, I.BODÍK, B.KISSOVÁ
Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Slovak University of Technology,
Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
(*E-mail: miroslava.kubaska@stuba.sk)
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste, organic biodegradable substrates
The presented contribution deals with laboratory testing of biodegradable municipal organic substrates for biogas production. The anaerobic fermentation and biogas production from biodegradable organic substrates such as expired wine, beer, bread, meat and dairy products, food oils and fats, were tested in the laboratory anaerobic models.
INTRODUCTION
According to Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
SEC(2008)2936 bio-waste is defined as biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, and comparable waste from food processing plants. Anaerobic digestion is especially suitable for treating kitchen waste. It produces a gas mixture (mainly methane – 50 to 75 % - and carbon dioxide) in controlled reactors. Biogas can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions most significantly if used as biofuel for transport or directly
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