Effect of pH on phase separated anaerobic digestion

Authors
Jung, J.-Y.Lee, S.-M.Shin, P.-K.Chung, Y.-C.
Issue Date
2000-10
Publisher
Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Citation
Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, v.5, no.6, pp.456 - 459
Abstract
A pilot scale experiment was performed for a year to develop a two-phase anaerobic process for piggery wastewater treatment (COD: 6,000 mg/L, BOD: 4,000 mg/L, SS: 500 mg/L, pH 8.4, alkalinity 6,000 mg/L). The acidogenic reactor had a total volume of 3 m3, and the methanogenic reactor, an anaerobic up-flow sludge filter, combining a filter and a sludge bed, was also of total volume 3 m3 (1.5 m3 of upper packing material). Temperatures of the acidogenic and methanogenic reactors kept at 20°C and 35°C, respectively. When the pH of the acidogenic reactor was controlled at 6.0-7.0 with HC1, the COD removal efficiency increased from 50 to 80% over a period of six months, and as a result, the COD of the final effluent fell in the range of 1,000-1,500 mg/L. BOD removal efficiency over the same period was above 90%, and 300 to 400 mg/L was maintained in the final effluent. The average SS in the final effluent was 270 mg/L. The methane production was 0.32 m 3 CH4/kg CODremoved and methane content of the methanogenic reactor was high value at 80-90%. When the pH of the acidogenic reactor was not controlled over the final two months, the pH reached 8.2 and acid conversion decreased compared with that of pH controlled, while COD removal was similar to the pH controlled operation. Without pH control, the methane content in the gas from methanogenic reactor improved to 90% , compared to 80% with pH control.
Keywords
Anaerobic process; pH controlled; pH uncontrolled; Piggery wastewater; Two-phase
ISSN
1226-8372
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/141083
DOI
10.1007/bf02931947
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