Biotrickling Filtration of Biogas Produced from the Wastewater Treatment Plant of a Brewery
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 8
Abstract
The performance of a lab-scale biotrickling filter treating from biogas produced from an upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor of the wastewater-treatment plant of a brewery was evaluated. A sulfide-oxidizing culture obtained from the anaerobic sludge of the same upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor was immobilized on polyurethane foam. The nitrate and nitrite (final electron acceptor) depletion on the trickling medium resulted in remarkable destabilization in the performance of the system. The optimum temperature was in the range from 31 to 42°C (). At a temperature of 22°C the removal efficiency reduced to 39% [, empty bed residence time ]. Trickling liquid velocity (TLV) of 4.4, 7.4, and did not affect the system at EBRT of 6.2 min (, ). A TLV effect was observed at an EBRT of 1.6 min where the removal efficiency decreased from 50.9% () to 33.7% ().
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Acknowledgments
The research reported in this paper was financially supported by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) 472375/2012-1 and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) to which the writers greatly express their heartiest gratitude and indebtedness.
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Received: Aug 26, 2014
Accepted: Dec 16, 2014
Published online: Jan 22, 2015
Discussion open until: Jun 22, 2015
Published in print: Aug 1, 2015
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