Application of Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 for describing an existing biogas power plant

Pragmatic approach was adopted in order to reduce the amount of parameters necessary for determination, prior to simulation with Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1). As a result common kinetic constants describing hydrolysis phase, applicable for a wide range of substrates, were determined and tested. Afterwards, this simulation methodology was tested against industrial scale biogas power plant, with 7 dam3 fermenter size, and feed with cattle manure and food waste. The result confirmed the applicability of ADM1 with modified kinetic constants in describing an existing biogas power plant.