Accelerated formation of hydrogen-producing granules for the start-up of UASB reactors using vinasses

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: González-Ugalde, César, Durán-Herrera, J. Esteban
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2014
الوصف:Hydrogen-producing granules formation was studied in a CSTR. The aim of this process is to later transfer the mixed liquor to a UASB reactor to reduce its start-up period. Vinasses from a national bioetha­nol-producing industry (from sugar cane) were used as substrate and their anaerobic fermentation was carried out under mesophilic conditions. The seed sludge was collected from an UASB reactor oper­ated in an industrial wastewater treatment plant and it was heat treated to inactivate methanogenic bacteria. Total viable and non-viable material growth curves were generated and it was determined that the exponential growth phase of the thermally pre­treated mixed culture was between 20 and 120 h. Finally, the anaerobic fermentation of the vinasses in batch mode for 70 hours, and then in continuous CSTR mode for 7 days, showed to be an effective method for accelerating the formation of hydrogen-producing granules. Using this method, granules with an average size of 1.24 mm were achieved. The good efficiency of the process is attributed to high mass transfer in the CSTR reactor.
البلد:Portal de Revistas TEC
المؤسسة:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
اللغة:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1694
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/1694
كلمة مفتاحية:Hidrógeno
fermentación anaerobia
gránulos productores de hidrógeno
vinazas
reactor UASB
Hydrogen
anaerobic fermentation
hydrogen-producing granules
vinasses
UASB reactor