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Impact of feed pH on biogas generation from liquid waste of tapioca starch industry through anaerobic digestion assisted by microbial electrolysis cell
 
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Jl. Jendral Soedirman Km 3, Cilegon, 42435, Indonesia
 
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Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Jl. Jendral Soedirman Km 3, Cilegon, 42435, Indonesia
 
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Jl. Prof. Jacub Rais, Semarang, 50275, Central Java, Indonesia
 
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Process System Engineering Center (PROSPECT), Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
 
 
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Iqbal Syaichurrozi   

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Jl. Jendral Soedirman Km 3, Cilegon, 42435, Indonesia
 
 
 
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The amount of liquid waste from the tapioca flour industry in Indonesia is quite high. Because of its high organic content, the waste is suitable for use as a biogas feedstock. The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of feed pH on the biogas generation from tapioca liquid waste via anaerobic digestion (AD) combined with microbial electrolysis cell (MEC-AD). The results revealed that the MEC-AD increased biogas yield up to 1.85 times compared to the AD alone. Then, in MEC-AD, the optimum feed pH was 7. At a feed pH of 7, biogas yields generated from AD and MEC-AD processes were 190.30 mL/g-CODadded and 340.58 mL/g-CODadded, respectively. Furthermore, MEC-AD removed a higher chemical oxygen demand (COD) content (43 %) compared to AD alone (37 %). Consequently, it can be concluded that the optimum conditions were the MEC-AD at a feed pH of 7. The existence of MEC in AD enhanced the values of maximum biogas yield (A), biogas generation rate (µ), and adaptation time (λ). The MEC-AD at feed pH 7 had ym, µ, and λ of 340.58 mL/g-CODadded, 170.00 mL/g-CODadded/day, and 0.00 days, respectively.
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