Thermophilic (55 °C) and hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) anaerobic digestion as novel treatment technologies for concentrated black water

Autor: Cees J.N. Buisman, Marinus J. Moerland, Paraschos Chatzopoulos, Grietje Zeeman, Brendo Meulman, Maria E. Ruiz Velasco Sobrino, Laura Castañares Pérez, Vinnie de Wilde, Miriam H. A. van Eekert
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Bioresource Technology 340 (2021)
Bioresource Technology, 340
ISSN: 0960-8524
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125705
Popis: Thermophilic and hyper-thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) are promising techniques for the treatment of concentrated black water (toilet fraction of domestic wastewater collected by low flush volume toilets; BW), recovery of nutrients and simultaneous pathogen removal for safe recovery and reuse of those nutrients. This study showed that thermophilic AD (55 °C) of concentrated BW reaches the same methanisation and COD removal as mesophilic anaerobic treatment of BW (conventional vacuum toilets) and kitchen waste while applying a higher loading rate (OLR) (2.5–4.0 kgCOD/m3/day). With a retention time of 8.7 days, and an OLR of >3 kgCOD/m3/day, COD removal of 70% and a methanisation of 62% (based on CODt) was achieved during thermophilic AD. Hyper-thermophilic (70 °C) reached lower levels of methanisation (38%). Start-up time of thermophilic AD was 12 days. And during thermophilic AD, a shift from acetoclastic methanogenesis towards syntrophic acetate oxidation was observed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE