Influence of Inoculums/Substrate Ratios (ISRs) on the Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Slaughterhouse Waste in Batch Mode: Process Stability and Biogas Production

Batch digestion experiments were conducted to determine the effects of inoculums/substrate ratio of three different ratios (ISRs) 0.3, 0.5 and 1. The substrate chosen in this study was slaughterhouse waste from Adrar city (south west of Algeria). The inoculation was made by sludge issued from wastewater treatment plant. During this study, several parameters of anaerobic digestion were measured, such as pH, VFA, AT and volume of the produced biogas. pH variation and VFA/TA values have shown high stability of anaerobic digestion process.