[Digestion] Digestion Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 - BMP of Paper plus

[David]

Bill,

On 12/8/2011 7:42 PM, Bill Rucks wrote:
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> Greetings all
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> I am looking for a BMP of paper  ?
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> ·News paper
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> ·Plane paper
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> ·Paper mixed with human effluent
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> ·Paper mixed with other material
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> Any think would be good
>

Thinking is generally good...

There has been a lot of work done on wastewater from paper processing, 
and relatively little-- as far as I have found-- about paper per se. 
But there are some references, particularly given that most paper is 
mostly cellulose:

    Fermentation Products of Cellulose [by the venerable Buswell]
    Effect of Waste Paper on Biogas Production from Co-digestion of
    Cow Dung and Water Hyacinth in Batch Reactors
    Enhancement of solubilization rate of cellulose in anaerobic
    digestion and its drawbacks
    Pilot-Scale Fermentation of Office Paper and Chicken Manure to
    Carboxylic Acids [a thesis from Texas A&M]
    Some Factors Affecting Cellulose Digestion by Rumen Microorganisms
    in vitro ["vegetable parchment" was used as cellulose source]


But of course BMP may be measured for "paper" or cellulose, but it 
will depend on so many factors that can easily differ-- among them the 
ecology of the test digester and the specifics of the paper used-- 
that it is best to do one's own batch studies.

Just by the way, I think the Buswell study, from 1929, is particularly 
interesting because it shows a rather large underground digester 
(large for a test digester-- 9 ft deep, ~8 ft across) that has several 
characteristics similar to today's most widely used underground 
masonry village digesters. It may therefore be considered to be among 
the first if not the first precursor to those digesters.


d.
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David William House
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/Vahid Biogas/, an alternative energy consultancy |www.vahidbiogas.com

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