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Leach-bed two-phase digestion: the LanFilgas concept

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6231720
The development of a novel two-phase anaerobic digestion process configuration that is suitable for the production of chemicals or methane or both from high solids-content organic feeds is presented. The process consists of a leach-bed anaerobic bioreactor for solid-phase acid fermentation, a slurry-phase acid digester, and a methane digester; the process is known as the LanFilgas Process, since it was originally conceived to accomplish accelerated gasification of solid-waste landfills. Data presented in this paper showed that methane and volatile fatty acids can be produced in high yields from nutritionally deficient and complex dry organic feeds without the addition of external nutrients or buffering agents; slurrification of the dry feed is not required as in conventional fermentation. The process is expected to be more economical than slurry-phase digestion. 19 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.
Research Organization:
Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (USA)
OSTI ID:
6231720
Report Number(s):
CONF-850104-9; ON: TI86900907
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English