Publication: Two-phase anaerobic digestion (UASB-UASB) process: design criteria and optimal system loading capacity
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1995-01-01
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03151468
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Mahidol University
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Canadian journal of civil engineering. Vol.22, No.3 (1995), 551-565
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Prayoon Fongsatitkul, Donald S. Mavinic, K. V. Lo Two-phase anaerobic digestion (UASB-UASB) process: design criteria and optimal system loading capacity. Canadian journal of civil engineering. Vol.22, No.3 (1995), 551-565. doi:10.1139/l95-064 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17282
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Two-phase anaerobic digestion (UASB-UASB) process: design criteria and optimal system loading capacity
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This research evaluated the effectiveness and feasibility of two-phase (separation acid and methanogenic phases) anaerobic digestion of simulated sewage sludge using a UASB-UASB (upflow anaerobic sludge blanket) process. Predictive models of chemical oxygen demand (COD) (soluble) removal efficiency and CH4gas production during loading maximization and the recovery (after failure) period were made. The optimum hydraulic retention time (HRT) for the A-UASB was about 1.0 d; for the M-UASB system, two different optimum HRTs were evident, depending on the operational mode. When the UASB-UASB system was run under the maximum loading possible, the best HRT in the M-UASB was about 2.0 d, to achieve high COD removal and concurrent optimum CH4production; after deliberate overloading, to induce failure, and subsequent system recovery, the predicted optimum HRT in the methane unit was about 2.7 d, to achieve concurrent adequate CH4production and COD removal. There also appeared to be a restructuring of the bacterial community inside the M-UASB, during the recovery period. For overall design purposes, optimum operating HRTs of 1 and 2 d, with an internal recycle rate of 1.6 and 2.5 times the influent flow rate, are recommended for A- and M-UASBs, respectively; a conservative organic loading rate of 19 kg COD (total)/(m3·d) is suggested. Finally, the optimum HRTA-UASB/HRTM-UASBratio was found to be about 0.63 and HRTA-UASB/HRTsystemwas 0.38, which are within the boundaries of this research project.