Peroxidation enhances the biogas production in the anaerobic digestion of biosolids

The results of the treatments show a considerable increase of COD and BOD in the sludge water, and an increase of the BOD/COD ratio. The biogas production was moreover seen to increase significantly. A maximum increase of 75% was measured with Fenton, while the POMS treatment increased the biogas production by a factor of nearly 2, against an even higher 2.5 for the DMDO treatment. The methane content of the biogas remained between 65 and 70%, thus maintaining its heating value.