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Controlling Foam In Anaerobic Digesters

Last Updated on Mon, 24 Oct 2016 | Anaerobic Digesters

Digester scum consists of floating materials such as grease and vegetable

matter with a specific gravity <1.0. Plastics, hair, and rubber products are
commonly found in scum.

Scum may have entrapped bubbles of gas. If scum is broken or dissipated by

mixing over a very short period of time, the rapid breakdown of the grease and
vegetable matter results in a buildup of volatile acids. These acids at the surface
of the digester are responsible for the production of foam.
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TABLE 20.2 Control Measures for Foam and Scum Production

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Blankets of scum may form during a start-up or in a mature system. During Lymph Nodes
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startup a thin zone of high volatile acid content may become localized at the
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digester surface. Under a mature system a thick, black layer of grease,
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