The treatment of cheese whey wastewater by sequential anaerobic and aerobic steps in a single digester at pilot scale |
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Authors: | J-C Frigon J Breton T Bruneau R Moletta SR Guiot |
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Institution: | 1. Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount, Montreal, Canada H4P 2R2;2. Génie des Systèmes Industriels, Université Professionnalisée de Perpignan, France;3. Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Chambéry, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac, France |
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Abstract: | The treatment of reconstituted whey wastewater was performed in a 400 L digester at 20 °C, with an anaerobic digestion step, followed by a step of aerobic treatment at low oxygen concentration in the same digester. In a first set of 48 cycles, total cycle time (TC) of 2, 3 and 4 days were tested at varying organic loading rates (OLR). The COD removal reached 89 ± 4, 97 ± 3 and 98 ± 2% at TC of 2, 3 and 4 days and OLR of 0.56, 1.04 and 0.78 gCOD L−1 d−1, respectively. The activity of the biomass decreased for the methanogenic population, while increasing by 400% for the acidogens, demonstrating a displacement in the predominant trophic group in the biomass bed. A second set of 16 cycles was performed with higher soluble oxygen concentration in the bulk liquid (0.5 mg L−1) during the aerobic treatment at a TC of 2 days and an OLR of 1.55 gCOD L−1 d−1, with a soluble COD removal of 88 ± 3%. The biomass specific activities showed a compartmentalization of the trophic group with methanogenic activity maintained in the biomass bed and a high acidogenic activity in the suspended flocs. |
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Keywords: | Anaerobic SBR Treatment Wastewater Whey |
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