Aerobic treatment of swine manure to enhance anaerobic digestion and microalgal cultivation

Autor: Bo Zhang, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Lijun Wang, Matthew Scott Todd, Dominic Bekoe
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. 53:145-151
ISSN: 1532-4109
0360-1234
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2017.1397454
Popis: Aerobic treatment of swine manure was coupled with anaerobic digestion and microalgal cultivation. A 14-day aerobic treatment reduced the total solid content of swine manure by >15%. Ammonia and carbon dioxide were stripped by the air supplied, and this off-gas was further used to aerate the culture of Chlorella vulgaris. The microalgal growth rates in Bristol medium and the wastewater with the off-gas increased from 0.08 to 0.22 g/L/d and from 0.15 to 0.24 g/L/d, respectively. Meanwhile, the aerobically treated swine manure showed a higher methane yield during anaerobic digestion. The experimental results were used to establish a demonstration unit consisting of a 100 L composter, a 200 L anaerobic digester, a 60 L tubular photobioreactor, and a 300 L micro-open raceway pond.
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