Cassava starch extraction effluent treatment in a one phase tubular horizontal pilot reactor with support medium

Engenharia Agrícola

Osvaldo Kuczman²  Maria H. F. Tavares¹  Simone D. Gomes¹  Luciana P. C. Guedes¹  Geovane Grisotti¹ 

[1] ,UNIOESTE Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola

关键词: biodigester;    biogas;    anaerobic digestion;    cassava;    cassava wastewater;    biodigestor;    biogás;    digestão anaeróbia;    mandioca;    manipueira;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69162014000600021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The cassava starch industries generate a large volume of wastewater effluent that, stabilized in ponds, wastes its biogas energy and pollutes the atmosphere. To contribute with the reversion of this reality, this manipueira treatment research was developed in one phase anaerobic horizontal pilot reactor with support medium in bamboo pieces. The reactor was excavated into the ground and sealed with geomembrane in HDPE, having a volume equal to 33.6 m³ and continuous feeding by gravity. The stability indicators were pH, volatile acidity/total alkalinity ratio and biogas production. The statistical analyses were performed by a completely randomized design, with answers submitted to multivariate analysis. The organical loads in COD were 0.556; 0.670; 0.678 and 0.770 g L-1 and in volatile solids (VS) of 0.659; 0.608; 0.570 and 0.761 g L-1 for the hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 13.0; 11.5; 10.0 and 7.0 days, respectively. The reductions in COD were 88; 80; 88 and 67% and for VS of 76; 77; 65 and 61%. The biogas productions relatively to the consumed COD were 0.368; 0.795; 0.891 and 0.907 Lg-1, for the consumed VS of 0.524; 0.930; 1.757 and 0.952 Lg-1 and volumetric of 0.131; 0.330; 0.430 and 0.374 L L-1 d-1. The reactor remained stable and the bamboo pieces, in visual examination at the end of the experiment, showed to be in good physical conditions.

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