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Assumptions<br />

Size <strong>of</strong> the community: 5,000<br />

Total <strong>waste</strong> generated by the community: 5 t/d (Waste generation in low-income countries<br />

is 1.0 kg/p/d (Bogner et al., 2007)<br />

Weight <strong>of</strong> organic <strong>waste</strong>: 60 % <strong>of</strong> total <strong>waste</strong> = 0.60 x 5 = 3 t/d,<br />

By applying the average <strong>waste</strong> collection efficiency i.e., 65-70% (Hoornweg <strong>and</strong> Bhada -<br />

Tata, 2012) <strong>of</strong> South Asian <strong>and</strong> East Asian regions, the resulted <strong>waste</strong> quantity: 2.0 t/d or<br />

2000 kg/d<br />

TS <strong>of</strong> <strong>waste</strong>: 18 % (please refer to Table B-2)<br />

VS <strong>of</strong> <strong>waste</strong>: 84 %TS (please refer to Table B-2)<br />

Density <strong>of</strong> pretreated <strong>waste</strong>: 1000 kg/m 3 (please refer to Table B-2 <strong>of</strong> Appendix B)<br />

Reactor working volume: 75 % <strong>of</strong> total volume<br />

Operating conditions (loading rate <strong>and</strong> retention) <strong>and</strong> methane yield used for design<br />

calculations have been taken from results <strong>of</strong> run 2 <strong>of</strong> phase II pilot experiment as given in<br />

Table B-1.<br />

Table B-1 Operating Conditions Versus Methane Yield <strong>of</strong> Phase II Pilot Experiment<br />

Detail Run 1 Run 2 Run 3<br />

OLR (kg VS/m 3 /d) 4.55 6.40 8.50<br />

RT (d) 30 24 18<br />

Methane yield (L/kg VS) 330 320 266<br />

1. Calculations for volume <strong>of</strong> reactor<br />

Method 1:<br />

Working volume <strong>of</strong> reactor = VS (kg) to be added per day<br />

VS load (kg VS/m 3 .d)<br />

VS to be added per day = 2000 kg/d x 18/100 (TS) x 84/100 (VS) = 300 kg VS/d<br />

Working volume = 300 (kgVS/d) / 6.4 (kgVS/m 3 /d) = 46.88 m 3<br />

Reactor total volume: 46.88 x 100/75 = 62.5 m 3<br />

Method 2:<br />

VS to be added per day = 2000 kg/d x 18/100 (TS) x 84/100 (VS) = 300 kg VS/d<br />

Volume <strong>of</strong> organic <strong>waste</strong> = weight/density = 2000 (kg/d) / 1000 kg/m 3 = 2.0 m 3 /d<br />

Working volume <strong>of</strong> reactor (L ) = Flow rate (L/d) * RT (d)<br />

= 2000 x 24 = 48,000 L = 48 m 3<br />

OLR at this volume = 300 (kg VS/d)/ 48 m 3 = 6.25 kg VS/ m 3 .d<br />

Working volume <strong>of</strong> reactor at OLR <strong>of</strong> 6.4 kg VS/m 3 .d = 48 x 6.25/6.4 = 46.88 m 3<br />

Total volume: 46.88 x 100/75 = 62.5 m 3<br />

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