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Anaerobic digestion as a technology to optimize the management of municipal organic waste in Colombia

Alejandro Ruiz Pulgarin
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Katherin Rivera Echavarria
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Carlos Andres Tamayo Londono Andrea Uribe Trujillo
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Ludwig, Christian  
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Matasci, Cecilia  
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October 16, 2015
Natural Resources - Sustainable Targets, Technologies, Lifestyles and Governance

A two stage dry-wet anaerobic digestion system pilot project, fed with the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) of a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia, is being developed. The system produces as byproducts: biogas with high methane content (55%- 60%), organic mineral liquid fertilizers and Renewable Solid Fuels (RSF), with significant positive environmental and economic impacts such as reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), optimization of the lifetime of landfills, production of alternative energy, improvement of the environmental conditions of agro-ecosystems, possible reduction in waste management costs, environmental leadership, among others benefits to the municipalities. With a load of 1000 kg per week of OFMSW in the system, the pilot plant has shown a production of up to 2.4m3 biogas/day, which means yields of 33 liters of biogas and 0.3 liters of effluent per kg of organic matter.

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book part or chapter
Author(s)
Alejandro Ruiz Pulgarin
Katherin Rivera Echavarria
Carlos Andres Tamayo Londono Andrea Uribe Trujillo
Karem Castro Pelaez
Gloria Restrepo Zapata
Carlos Alberto Pelaez Jaramillo
Editors
Ludwig, Christian  
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Matasci, Cecilia  
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Edelmann, Xaver
Date Issued

2015-10-16

Publisher

Villigen PSI, World Resources Forum, printed by Paul Scherrer Institute

Published in
Natural Resources - Sustainable Targets, Technologies, Lifestyles and Governance
ISBN of the book

978-3-9521409-6-3

Total of pages

172-177

Book part title

Technological Innovation, Business and Finance

Start page

356

Subjects

municipal solid waste

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anaerobic digestion

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renewable solid fuels

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biogas

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Colombia

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March 24, 2024
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