Kinetics and effect of temperature in anaerobic fluidised bed reactors with clayey supports

An anaerobic treatment in batch regime of swine wastewater was carried out. Five stirred tank reactors were used, one of them containing suspended biomass for reference, and the other four with various suspended micronised clay supports of different chemical composition (saponite, zeolite, calcined...

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Autores: Durán-Barrantes, María de la Montaña, Álvarez-Mateos, María Paloma, Carta Escobar, Felisa de los Ángeles, Romero Guzmán, Fernando, Fiestas-Ros de Ursinos, José Antonio
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/23077
Acesso em linha:http://pierre.fkit.hr/hdki/cabeq/pdf/22_4_2008/Cabeq_2008_04_02.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/11441/23077
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Anaerobic digestion
Kinetics
Mesophilic process
Support
Swine wastewater
Thermophilic process
Descrição
Resumo:An anaerobic treatment in batch regime of swine wastewater was carried out. Five stirred tank reactors were used, one of them containing suspended biomass for reference, and the other four with various suspended micronised clay supports of different chemical composition (saponite, zeolite, calcined sepiolite and esmectite). The experimental device was maintained at three different temperatures: 25, 35 and 47°C. The obtained removal efficiency (ηCOD/%) was about 80 % at 25°C, in reactors containing esmectite, saponite and calcined sepiolite support. The reactor with zeolite support showed the minimum mean concentrations in NH4+-N and volatile acids in the effluents, at any temperature. The Romero methane production kinetic model has been applied obtaining the value of the maximum specific growth rate of microorganisms, μmax, and the specific kinetic constant, k, for each temperature studied. The highest mean μmax was obtained at 25°C and a decrease was observed as the temperature applied increased.