ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Experiment and Modeling to Evaluate the Effect
of Total Solid on Biogas Production from
the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Tofu Liquid
Waste and Rice Straw
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Diponegoro, Semarang 50239, Indonesia
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa,
Jl. Jendral Soedirman Km 3, Cilegon 42435, Indonesia
Submission date: 2020-06-15
Final revision date: 2020-08-29
Acceptance date: 2020-09-05
Online publication date: 2021-04-21
Publication date: 2021-07-07
Corresponding author
Iqbal Syaichurrozi
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Indonesia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(4):3489-3496
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Anaerobic co-digestion of tofu liquid waste and rice straw is an impressive study as the mixture
of both wastes produced substrates with ideal total solid content. This study aims to analyze the effect of
rice straw addition (0,1,3,5 and 7 g) to 250 mL tofu liquid waste on biogas yield. The rice straw addition
resulted different variations of total solid which were 1.36, 1.67, 2.28, 2.89 and 3.49% w/w respectively.
The increase in total solid content from 1.36 to 2.89% w/w, proportionally increased biogas yield from
58.66 to 130.44 mL/g TS. However, with total solid of 3.49% w/w, biogas yield would be decreased
to 78.38 mL/g TS. Furthermore, the more the biogas yield was obtained, the more the total solid was
removed. Biogas evolution profile followed the stepped curve and it was successfully modeled through
double modified Gompertz models. The predicted optimum TS level to produce the highest amount of
biogas yield (239.63 mL/g TS), after mixing with the total solid value of 3.14% w/w was successfully
calculated through the Ratkowsky model.