Produção específica de biogás a partir de manipueira em reator de fase única

This article presents a study on biogas production from wastewater cassava considering the volume of a one-phase horizontal tubular flow reactor. The objective was to evaluate the biogas production, enlarging the organic loadings and feeding volums, resulting in minor hydraulic retention times (HRT). The reactor was continuously fed with organic charges corresponding to 1.18; 1.28; 1.57 and 2.68 g COD L-1r d-1 (grams of oxygen chemical demand per liter of reactor per day), resulting in hydraulic retention times 15; 13; 8.3 and 6.6 days. The correspondent specific biogas productions were, respectively, 0.52; 0.41; 0.65 and 0.63 L L-1rd-1 , emphasizing that the 13-day was the first HRT rated, followed by 8.3, 6.6 and 15 days. It was concluded that with the HRT decrease occurred larger biogas production per reactor volume. Therefore, with the correct selection for HRT, it is possible to make the best of the reactor volume, resulting in economy at the technology implantation in cassava starch industries.

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