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Title:

Assessing Co-digestion Performance of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 8, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Alberta, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q3-00431

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Dhar, Bipro (University of Alberta)

Program:

Engage Grants for universities

Program Purpose:

Adopting waste-to-bioenergy technologies as waste management practice can provide dual benefits ofx000D
diversion of waste from landfills and recovery of value-added resources. Thus, waste can be sustainablyx000D
utilized as a valuable resource rather than treated as waste. Anaerobic digestion, which is by far the mostx000D
widely implemented waste-to-bioenergy technology for conversion of the organic fraction of municipal solidx000D
waste to methane. However, anaerobic digestion of a single waste stream can sometimes be challenging due tox000D
inadequate nutrients and presence of toxic or inhibitory compounds in the feedstock. Co-digestion ofx000D
complementary waste streams is a promising engineering approach to overcome these difficulties via nutrientsx000D
balance and dilution of toxicants, which ultimately enhance methane production. In collaboration with GHD,x000D
the proposed research will investigate co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge for improving processx000D
stability and digestion performance.