Preliminary assessment of the susceptibility of selected animal waste to stabilization in the Fenton process

The stabilization of post-slaughter soft animal waste with Fenton’s reagent has been studied. Crude waste was characterized by a high content of fat (581.8 g/kg d.m.) and proteins (264.5 g/kg d.m.), and the share of organic mass constituting 93.6% of d.m. The stabilization was investigated in two reaction variants using various dozes of oxidant (100–1000 cm3/kg/d.m.) and Fe2+:H2O2 molar ratios (1:10, 2:10 and 4:10), for a period of 1 day. During the stabilization, an increase in the solubility of FeSO4·7H2O in waste was observed, probably due to the binding of Fe2+ ions in ferroorganic ligands. The dynamics of the process and the efficiency of the decomposition of organic compounds increased with increased doses of reagents. The biggest loss of organic mass was recorded for the stabilization variant without initial acidification of the reaction environment. The studies confirm the possibility of disregarding the preacidification step of stabilized waste without adversely affecting the oxidation efficiency of organic compounds. A high degree of reduction in protein and fat concentrations with a low organic mass loss are evidence of incomplete oxidation of these compounds.