Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor

Anaerobic digestion technology provides an alternative route for sustainable management of organic waste. In this study, the performance of the hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (HUASB) reactor consisting of synthetic grass media as attached growth surface was investigated for the treatment of...

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Main Authors: Musa, Mohammed Ali, Idrus, Syazwani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38168/1/38168.pdf
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description Anaerobic digestion technology provides an alternative route for sustainable management of organic waste. In this study, the performance of the hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (HUASB) reactor consisting of synthetic grass media as attached growth surface was investigated for the treatment of cattle slaughterhouse wastewater under mesophilic (35 ± 1 °C) condition. After acclimatization with synthetic wastewater, the reactor was loaded up to OLR 10 g L−1d−1, corresponding to 20 g COD/L at a varying hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24, 30, 36, 42, and 48 h. The system attained a maximum COD removal efficiency of 97% total suspended solids (TSS), volatile suspended solids (VSS), fats, oil, and grease (FOG), color removal, and turbidity were found as 97%, 284 mg/L, 79%, 78%, and 91% respectively. The biogas production after 48 h was found as 38 L/d, with about 85% methane and specific methane production of 0.24 LCH4/gCODadded. The ratio of alkalinity was 0.22, while ammonia nitrogen concentration reached a maximum of 839 mg/L at a steady state. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis revealed a predominance of Methanosarcina bacteria with the coccoidal shape at the end of the performance study. Therefore, the results of the experiment showed that increasing HRT significantly affects the performance of the system.
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spelling upm.eprints-381682020-05-03T23:02:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38168/ Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor Musa, Mohammed Ali Idrus, Syazwani Anaerobic digestion technology provides an alternative route for sustainable management of organic waste. In this study, the performance of the hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (HUASB) reactor consisting of synthetic grass media as attached growth surface was investigated for the treatment of cattle slaughterhouse wastewater under mesophilic (35 ± 1 °C) condition. After acclimatization with synthetic wastewater, the reactor was loaded up to OLR 10 g L−1d−1, corresponding to 20 g COD/L at a varying hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24, 30, 36, 42, and 48 h. The system attained a maximum COD removal efficiency of 97% total suspended solids (TSS), volatile suspended solids (VSS), fats, oil, and grease (FOG), color removal, and turbidity were found as 97%, 284 mg/L, 79%, 78%, and 91% respectively. The biogas production after 48 h was found as 38 L/d, with about 85% methane and specific methane production of 0.24 LCH4/gCODadded. The ratio of alkalinity was 0.22, while ammonia nitrogen concentration reached a maximum of 839 mg/L at a steady state. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis revealed a predominance of Methanosarcina bacteria with the coccoidal shape at the end of the performance study. Therefore, the results of the experiment showed that increasing HRT significantly affects the performance of the system. MDPI 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38168/1/38168.pdf Musa, Mohammed Ali and Idrus, Syazwani (2020) Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor. Water, 12 (2). art. no. 490. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2073-4441 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/2/490 10.3390/w12020490
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Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title_full Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title_fullStr Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title_full_unstemmed Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title_short Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from HUASB reactor
title_sort effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of real cattle slaughterhouse wastewater and biogas production from huasb reactor
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38168/1/38168.pdf
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