Temperature effect towards methane gas production and performances of anaerobic fixed bed reactors

2nd International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICCE) UNPAR

Budiastuti, H.^1 ; Widyabudiningsih, D.^1 ; Kurnia, D.R.D.^1

Chemical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Indonesia^1

关键词: Anaerobic fixed-bed reactors;    Artificial wastewater;    Controlled temperature;    Effect of temperature;    Mixed liquor volatile suspended solids;    Organic loading rates;    Producing efficiency;    Reactor temperatures;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/162/1/012012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/162/1/012012

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study was conducted to observe the effect of temperature towards methane gas production and performances of Anaerobic Fixed Bed Reactors (AFBR) in degrading artificial wastewater. During seeding and acclimatization as well as operation at normal loading rates the reactor was controlled at 35 ± 1 °C. The reactor temperature was then switched to room temperature to compare its performance with performance of the temperature controlled reactor. Seeding was performed by wastewater feeding at concentration of 5,300 mgCOD/L. Seeding was continued to acclimatization after COD efficiency reached about 30% and mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) in the reactor were in the range of 28 to 29 g/L. Acclimatization was conducted by step increased feeding while obtaining organic loading rates (OLR) of 530 mgCOD/L/day and 40 days HRT, and it was stopped when COD efficiencies almost constant at about 80% were achieved. Normal loads at OLR of 530 mgCOD/L/day and HRT of 40 days resulted in COD efficiencies in the range of 80 to 92%, produced methane gas ranged from 80 to 170 ml/day, at pH around 7 during controlled temperature. At room temperature, COD efficiencies decreased to the fluctuated range of 78 to 84%, methane gas dropped to the highest of 144 ml/day but pH range was still at around 7. At OLR 1.5 times normal OLR (795 mgCOD/L/day) and HRT of 40 days, the controlled temperature reactor shows superiority by producing efficiencies in the range of 84 to 94% and 260 mL/day of CH4 as the highest gas produced during observation. Efficiencies of COD obtained during uncontrolled temperature dropped to the range of 60 to 80%. The uncontrolled temperature reactor only produced the highest CH4 production of 48 mL/day. pH from both reactors still ranged in the normal pH range about 7. It shows that AFBR has to be controlled at around 35 °C to produce higher COD efficiencies and methane gas production.