ANAEROBIC DIGESTION 1985
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium
on Anaerobic Digestion held in Guangzhou, China on
11-15 November, 1985
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HCONTENTSft"
Foreword
GLOBAL ACTIVITY REVIEW
An outline on the biogas development in ChinaCui Xuan, Xie Zhiheng 3
Success or failure of. biogas plants in Europe. The paradoxof a mature technologyE.J. Nyns 15
Experiences with rural biodigesters in Latin AmericaR. Caceres , B. Chiliquinga 31
Biogas developments in North AmericaF.G- Poland and S.R. Harper 41
Biogas in South AmericaNormando A. Silva 83
POSTER SESSIONS
Planning and building in the third world by using alternative
technologies, including biogas-units 95
Recent developments in biogas technology in the Philippines 96
Village biogas installation in Nepal that keeps working 97
AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS
Solid fermentation for waste treatment, a global comparisonof batch anaerobic digestion of solid wastesDonald L. Wise, Alfred P. Leuschner, and Raiph L. Wentworth
101
A study on biogas solid fermentation in rural areaZou Yuanliang, Zhao Zhengju , 109
Pilot studies on two-phase methane fermentation pig manureat ambient temperatureXu Jiequan, Liao Ducqun, Shao Qiyu, Yang Chixifu 125
Economics of converting wheat straw and corn stover withmanure t o methaneA.G. Hashimoto, S.A. Robinson, Y.R. Cben 135
Methane fermentation of agro-wastes and grassesSusumi Oi, Gaysorn DhavLses, Permpong Sriprasertsak,Toshio Tanaka and Makoto Taniguchi 145
Danish biogas production from animal manureP. Keller 159
The demonstration of Sino-Federal German anaerobic digestiontechnology i n BeijingWang Mengjie, U. Lol l 165
Analysis on economic f e a s i b i l i t y for biogas construction inChinaHuang Zhij ie 179
The effect of operat ional parameters on biogas production and'a comparison of the dynamics of th ree reactors designsMamie M. Lau-Wang 191
POSTER SESSIONS '
Studies on the requirements of dry fermentation with agr icu l -t u r a l wastes 209
Studies on t h e combination of biogas dry and conventionalfermentation 210
A research on biogas dry fermentation with low s t a r t i n g con-centration 211
The study and application of dry fermentation of live-stockwaste and cornstalks: the bench scale experiment 212
Semi-dry methane fermentation of tropical fruit processingwastes 213
High rate anaerobic digestion of solid wastes and energycrops 214
Anaerobic digestion of solid wastes and waste-waters fromagricultural industries 215
on starting technology of biogas fermentation by stalks 217
Two phase anaerobic fermentation of plant materials for produc-tion of, biogas 218
Anaerobic digestion of grain dust in laboratory stirred tankand plug flow digesters 219
Two stage anaerobic digestion of solid pineapple waste 220
Polyurethane foam anaerobic reactors in the treatment of bananastem juice 221
Anaerobic digestion of fruit and vegetable wastes 222
The C:N ratio and methane production of coffee pulp 223
Study on technology of anaerobic digestion for water hyacinth 224
Thermophilic and nesophilic methane production from the alga
Spirulina maxima 225
The role of anaerobic digestion in the production of biogasf ran seaweed 226
Studies of methane fermentation using cow manure in the2 x 35 m3 biogas digester adopted for stock farm 227
A comparative study of biogas fermentation of the cow, pig
and hen feces 228
Anaerobic fermentation of cow dung biodegradability studies 229
Biogas production from the liquid fraction of dairy manure 230
Acetate production and utilization in Indian cattle waste
digesters 232Studies of biogas fermentation with pig dung and corn stock as
raw materialI. Relationship of fermentaticn and carbon-nitrogen ratio 233
Studies of biogas fermentation with pig dung and corn stockas raw materialn . Relationship of fermentation and pH value • 234
Anaerobic digestion for swine waster treatment adaptation andapplication in Mexico 235
Anaerobic digestion of piggery manure with polyurethane foamas colonization matrix 236
Biogas production fran swine manure: three different experi-ences in nearby Bologna 237
Ultraf i l t rat ion and reverse osmosis treatment of feedlotdigester effluents 238
Anaerobic digestion and methane production of fresh and storedliquid manure 239
Anaerobic digestion of sane organic wastes — reaction kineticsand effect of temperature 240
Studies on the fermentation technique of full charging withtwo different rat ios of raw materials and i t s application 241
Fermentative technology research for increasing gas productionrate in rural small digester 242
Studies on increasing biogas production ra te of biogas digesterin rural areas 243
The technique research of rural household biogas digester con-r
struction 244
Biogas plants in India: an evaluation 245
The design and t e s t results of two stage anaerobic digestion
process in rural areas of China 246
Thin arched biogas generator with/floating holder 247
Characteristics of a multipurpose methane generator 248
A novel digester appropriate for rural areas 249
A study of auto-flew-outlet apparatus of digester in plainregion 250
Research on siphoning effluent out of rural biogas digester 251
The ut i l izat ion of red mud plastics in biogas technique 252
The using of the red mud plast ics in biogas project 253
The emulsified polychloroprene rubber-base coating as sealing
paint 254
Study on polymer seal paint of concrete biogas digester 255
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Status quo and prospects on the study of anaerobic disposalfor indus t r ia l wastewater i n ChinaWang Zuxuan, Chen Zepeng, Qian Zeshu 259
Anaerobic wastewater treatment based on biomass retentionwith emphasis on the UASB-proosssGatze Lettinga, Willem de Zeeuw,Look Hulshoff Pol, Wim Wiegant Arjen Rinzema 279
The downflow fixed film and upflow blanket f i l t e r reactorL. van den Berg, K.J. Kennedy, S . Guiot 303
A study of meat packing plant wastewater treatment with upflowanaerobic sludge blanket processZheng Yan-jin, Wu Wei-guo 327
Properties of granular sludge i n upflow anaerobic sludgeblanket (UASB) reactor and i t s formationWu Wei,-jnin, Hu J i - cu i , Gu Xia-sheng 339
Anaerobic f i l t e r s : large scale indus t r i a l applications:experience gained by AgipGiza since 1982: two workingexamplesM. Bregoli, V. Pozzi, A. Viglia 353
Anaerobic rotat ing biological contact reactor processK.V. Lo, P.H. Liao . 369
The application of two phase anaerobic digestion on the dis-posal of organic wastewaterChen Zepeng, Wu Ycngfen, Xu Xueying, Wang Zuxuan 375
Anaerobic digestion of olive o i l mill waste waters:a new process ;F. Medici, C. Merli, E. Spagnoli 385
Making biogas from fluid a lcohol -d is t i l le rs ' grain wasteFang Xiurong, Wang Tiarihong 399
POSTER SESSIONS
Comparisons airong models of anaerobic fermentors for treatmentof sewege frcm d i s t i l l e ry with dry s l ices of sweet potatosas raw material 415
A p i lo t scale experiment en alcohol d i s t i l l e ry waste water t r e a t -ment with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB) 416
The experiment of using up-flow sludge bed anaerobic reactorto t r ea t the waste water 418
A study of medium-sized experimental application of SWN mixerdevice 419
The effectiveness of the pipeline-type anaerobic digesterused in the treatment of c i t r i c -ac id fermentation wastewater 420
Treatment of tannery sludge by two-stage digestion 421
Dynamic research of the anaerobictreatment of rnijed waste-liquid in pharmaceutical fermentation process 422
Anaerobic degradaticn of a sulfur rich waste stream from theforest industry 423
The full-scale anaerobic fLuidised bed treatnent plant (Enso-
Fenox) for bleaching effluents of kraft pulping 424
Anaerobic-aerobic treatment of pulp and paper mill effluent 425
Effect of disinfectants , phenolic compounds and detergentson anaerobic digestion of ca t t l e dung 426
Inhibition of methanogenesis by synthetic chelating agents 427
Anaerobic treatment of food processing wastes 428
Anaerobic treatment of edible o i l refinery waste water ingranular sludge UASB-reactors 429
Thermophilic methanogenesis frcm gelatin by a mixed definedbacterial culture . 430
Sugarcane bagasse pretreatments and the i r effect en i t s anaero-bic digestion 431
The research of t reat ing the starch wastes by improving the
UASB digester 432
Dry anaerobic methane fermentation of coffee pulp 433
Anaerobic digestion for caffeine biodegradation in coffee pulp 434Anaerobic treatment of a high concentrated waste water using
simply constructed upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactorsand anaerobic f i l t e r s 435
Anaerobic digestion of source separated organic reaction of muni-cipal solid waste and primary sludges 438
The co-disposal black box 439
Design and study of large decontaminating nightsoil treatmentplant 440
High rate treatment of night soil by anaerobic upflow sludge
blanket (UASB) process 441
Widening application of the Paques U.A.S.B .-system 444
Methodological implications of multiobjective optimization of
anaerobic digester design 446Anaerobic waste water treatment in fixed bed loop reactors using
reticulated sinter glass for ndcrobial storage 448
AnaxLc fluidised bed reactor fed with industrial effluents 450
FUNDAMENTAL AtD THEORETICAL RESEARCH
Microbial physiology in anaerobic digestionJ.G. Zeikus, M. Chartrain, and J. Thiele 453
Primary microbial population in rural biogas digesters ofChinaZhao Yizhang, Zhang Hui, Liu Guanyie, Lian Liwen,Yiao Yong, Zhou Weibo 477
Genetic engineering of methanogens: current statusJordan Konisky 497
Immunologic probes for identification of methanogenic bac-teria in anaerobic digestorsE. Conway de Macario and A.J.L. Macario 505
Toxicity in anaerobic digestion ••*•-,'.R.E. Speece \ 515
A dynamic model of anaerobic digestion process in a fullyitdjaad reactorKe Yi-hua - 529
POSTER SESSIONS
Isolation and characterization of nethanobrevibacter s t ra in HX 545
Isolation of methanotroph from a methanogenic fermenter 546
Genetical studies with methanogenic bacteria important in
mssophilic anaerobic digestion . 547
Study of the growth-decline law of several biogas bacteria
groups on different fermentation 548
A study en mathematical model for anaerobic reactor 549
Modelling anaerobic treatment of sulfate containing waste
water 550A kinetic model of methanogens degradating acetate under
NaCl inhibition 551
Mathematical simulation of the kinetics of full scale
anaerobic digesters 552
A mathematical model for refuse digestion \ 553
Dynamic model of a two-phase digester 554
Efficiency, stability and microbiology of thermophilic
nethane fermentation 555Enzymology of indian cattle waste digesters 556
Thermophilic degradation of cellulose by a triculture ofclostridium thermDcellum, methanobacterium sp. andmsthanosarcina MP 557
Thermophilic nethanogenesis from sugar beet pulps by amixed defined bacterial culture ' 558
A primary study on the controlled measures of biogas fermen-. tation 559
Possible role of lactic bacteria in the methanisation ofbiomass . 560
Uncoupling of methanogenesis from bacterial growth by
phosphate limitation ' 561
An adaptive estimation method for anaerobic digestion 563
Fundamental studies of transport phenomena in anaerobic
systems 564Heat recovery and thermodynamic second-law eff iciencies of
a he l ica l - tube heat exchanger t o recover effluent heatfrom a thermophilic d iges ter 565
Results of t h e research i n t o the optimum conditions fordigest ion of s lu r ry a t low temperatures 566
THE MULTIUSES OF DIGESTED PRODUCTS
A study on energy v i l l age i n ChinaXu Zeng-fu 569
Holistic farming: an energy, ecology, and health integratedpoultry farmJason C. H. Shih 581
\The utilization of biogas digester residue in China
Shen Rei-zhi \ 591
The change in nutrient contents of distillers' corn grainsafter fermentation for biogas and the effective use ofthe fermentation residueChen Zu-jie, Cao Dan-jun \ 599
The preliminary exploration on biological recycling of ricestraw (feed, fuel, fertilizer)He Jing-xing, Hong Li-qin, Yang Pei-yu,Lin Xin-jian, Zheng Shi-li, Liu Chung-chu 609
Experiment on the utilization of biogas fermentationresidues in fish farmingHan Yu-qin 617
Utilization of biogas in ChinaJiang Zhenghpu, Cao Zexi 625
The selection of biogas pipelinesZhang Rong-lin 639
Experiment investigation on improving thermal efficiencyof diesel fuel'-biogas engineZhong Pengfei 649
. Biogas engineErich Dohne 661
Development on the ZF-3800 biogas incubatorPan Yi, Shao Bao-hua 679
POSTER SESSIONS
Development and multipurpose of anaerobic digestion in
a new ecological farm 687
Comprehensive utilization of rural bio-energy source . 688
Application of biogas energy as an experiment in Xinbu
new energy village . 689
Biogas for an integrated farm energy system 690
Study of culturing mushroom with the residue after biogas
fermentation 691
Researches for the utilization of the residues of methanefermentation (RMF) process to develop mushrooms 692
The technique for using the dregs of biogas fermentation
to cultivate mushroom 693
Study of flame stability of biogas 694
The technical approach to the development of the low
pressure biogas range 695Biogas electricity generator heat-exchange technology and
equipment 696
Effect in study of improving soils and increasing yieldby utilizing the residue of biogas fermented 697
SANITATION AND HYGIENE
The hygienic and environmental protection effect of biogasdigester in ChinaZhao Xi-hui 701
The building of latrine connected with a biogas digesterand it's sanitary effectsCoordinating Group of Scientific Research 711
POSTER SESSIONS
The sanitary effect of biodigester with solar energy innorthern provinces of China • ' . 717
A study of survival of Ascaris ova and enteropathogens inthe biodigester 718
The fate of enterovirus during anaerobic digestion ofpiggery waste 720
