Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8071079 | Energy | 2018 | 31 Pages |
Abstract
An anaerobic membrane reactor (AnMBR) was investigated and compared with a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) in order to treat thermal hydrolyzed sludge. Long term experiments were carried out by shortening the hydraulic retention time (HRT) from 30â¯d to 3â¯d under mesophilic conditions. The results obtained show that at each HRT the AnMBR had higher removal efficiencies for total solids and volatile solids, and higher specific methanogenic activities. Comparable process stability was obtained for the two reactors. A flat sheet membrane could work with the high solid system but the trans-membrane pressure appeared sensitive to total solid concentrations. Foaming occurred in the AnMBR at a HRT of 3â¯d, and an organic loading rate of 8.84â¯kg-COD/(m3·d) further deteriorated the membrane filtration. Hydrogentropic methanogens, in particular Methanospirillum, dominated the archaea community in both the AnMBR and the CSTR at a HRT of 3â¯d (i.e. 85% in the AnMBR and 95% in the CSTR). An obligate acetoclastic methanogen, Methanosaeta, was found at a very low level during all the HRTs. As a whole, the efficiency of methanogenesis in the AnMBR to treat thermal hydrolyzed sludge was proved to be better than in the CSTR during short HRTs.
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Authors
Simon M. Wandera, Wei Qiao, Mengmeng Jiang, Dalal E. Gapani, Shaojie Bi, Renjie Dong,