Review Article

Biogas Production Optimization in the Anaerobic Codigestion Process: A Critical Review on Process Parameters Modeling and Simulation Tools

Table 6

Summary of Aspen Plus and ADM1-based biogas simulation and optimization models.

ModelMono/cosubstratesObjectivesReferences

APWastewaterTo simulate and optimize the operating parameters, including OLR, temperature, effects of H2 addition/pH value, and recycle ratios to maximize biogas production[122]
Waste sludge and expired yogurtPrediction of kinetic parameters and simulation of codigestion[112]
Cattle manure and dairy milk processing wasteTo simulate dairy milk process plant and investment profitability of biogas use in drying milk[120]
Cow dung and food wasteTo simulate codigestion to predict the amount of biogas production[116]
Potato stem and milk wheyOptimization of organic load and evaluation of technoeconomic assessment[114]
Pulp mill primary and secondary sludgeTo evaluate the potential of bioenergy production and optimization of mixing ratios[123]
VOC emissionsTo optimize and simulate biogas production[124]
Palm oil mill effluentTo optimize and simulate process parameters to produce maximum methane[125]
Cow manureModeling and optimization of biogas and hydrogen production and effects of process parameters[126]
Municipal solid wasteTo optimize and analyze methane production[127]
Food waste and primary sludgeTo model biogas production, combined heat and power, economic analysis, and optimization of mixing ratios[128]

ADM1Food wasteEffect of hydraulic retention time (HRT), C/N ratio, and changes in feed composition on the biogas production[129]
Municipal solid wasteTo optimize and simulate the OLRs, pH, and other parameters[111]
Solid wasteTo investigate the effects of pH and VFA on biogas production[130]
Primary sludgeTo simulate the dynamic properties of a primary sludge digester in a full-scale digester[131]
Pig manure with silages, thin stillage, and glycerine phaseTo optimize and simulate codigestion and kinetic parameters to predict biogas production[132]

ADM1xpLactateTo assess the effect of adding lactic acid into ADM1 in influencing the prediction potential of the model[133]
Food waste and waste-activated sludgeTo model, predict, and simulate operational performances and biological behavior of monodigestion/codigestion[134]
Dairy manure spent and mushroom substrateTo model and predict pH and the kinetics of biogas production to optimize the substrate ratio and HRT[135]

ADM1-PIDWaste-activated sludge and corn silageTo simulate and optimize the mixing ratio to achieve maximum methane production[136]
Diluted dairy manure kitchen wastesTo optimize the mixing ratio of codigestion and HRT and to evaluate hydrolysis kinetics to enhance methane production[137]