Design of a municipal solid waste anaerobic digestion system at Folsom Prison
- California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)
- Prison Industry Authority, Folsom, CA (United States); and others
This paper describes the design of an anaerobic digestion system for the treatment of the organic fraction of the municipal solid waste (MSW) from the city of Folsom, California. This organic fraction, estimated to be 76 tons per day, will be separated from the total waste stream (100 tons per day of MSW) at the materials recovery facility (MRF) operated by inmate labor from the Return-to-Custody (RTC) facility at Folsom Prison. The organic fraction will be shredded, the solids content will be adjusted to 30% or less using wastewater, and the resulting influent loaded into an anaerobic digester. The anaerobic fermentation treatment process will reduce the solids content of the organic fraction of the solid waste, while producing valuable methane gas for use as fuel for electrical generation. The resulting digested effluent will be aerobically composted and marketed as a soil amendment.
- OSTI ID:
- 135665
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410176--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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