Abstract
The present study aims to evaluate the effect of thermal pre-treatment (50, 70 Y 90 °C during 1 h) and acid pre-treatment (2.5%, 5% y 10% v/v during 1 h) in anaerobic digestion process of coffee pulp. The methodology consisted of three stages where the waste was obtained and characterized, applied pre-treatments to evaluate the solubilization degree and biogas production. The residue presented a %VS of 91.80, pH of 5.04, total COD 24.26 g/L and soluble COD 14.88 g/L. The solubilization values obtained by applying thermal pre-treatment increased to 0.92-4.98%, while applying acids pre-treatments of 2.6-18.86%. Subsequently, in the anaerobic digestion process, retention time decreased from 23 up to 14 days. The results obtained in this study demonstrate that, pretreatment is significant to increase the percentage of hydrolysis rate, however, the hydrolysis rate percentage cannot be directly related to biogas production in anaerobic digestion.
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