Valorisation of saline wastewaters: a challenge for the obtainment of bioproducts

The present thesis proposes the obtainment of high value-added products from industrial waste with high content of salt. The value-added products considered in this thesis are: (1) Biogas, well-known of being a renewable energy produced by means of anaerobic digestion. (2) Fatty acids, also obtained...

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Autor: Palmeiro Sánchez, Tania María
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/15833
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15833
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3308 Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente::330807 Eliminación de residuos
Materias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3308 Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente::330810 Tecnología de aguas residuales
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Sumario:The present thesis proposes the obtainment of high value-added products from industrial waste with high content of salt. The value-added products considered in this thesis are: (1) Biogas, well-known of being a renewable energy produced by means of anaerobic digestion. (2) Fatty acids, also obtained by anaerobic digestion, but without allowing the process to continue to the methanogenesis stage. From these compound, chemicals, biofuels, or even bioplastics can be obtained. (3) Polyhydroxyalkanoates, obtained from the aerobic treatment of the acidified effluent from the anaerobic fermenter. These biopolymers are known to have comparable properties to conventional thermoplastics and are good candidates to substitute them in some fields. The proposed system for the treatment of industrial saline effluents includes the start-up of the different reactors, the follow-up of the operation and the characterisation of the influents, effluents and value added products.