Treatment of actual slaughterhouse wastewater by combined anaerobic-aerobic processes for biogas generation and removal of organics and nutrients: An optimization study towards a cleaner production in the meat processing industry

被引:82
作者
Bustillo-Lecompte, Ciro Fernando [1 ]
Mehrvar, Mehrab [2 ]
机构
[1] Ryerson Univ, Grad Programs Environm Appl Sci & Management, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
[2] Ryerson Univ, Dept Chem Engn, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Slaughterhouse wastewater; Anaerobic digestion; Activated sludge; Combined processes; Response surface methodology; Biogas yield; DEGRADATION; PATHOGENS; TOC;
D O I
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.060
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Environmental protection initiatives and the increasing market demands for green practices are driving the meat processing industry to consider sustainable methods for wastewater treatment since slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) is seen as detrimental worldwide. Thus, on-site treatment is the preferred option to treat the slaughterhouse effluents for water reuse and potential energy recovery due to the conversion of organics into biogas. The treatment of an actual SWW is studied in a combined biological system, including aerobic and anaerobic processes. An anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) followed by an aerobic activated sludge (AS) reactor are used in continuous mode at laboratory scale. Response surface methodology (RSM) is used for the process optimization to maximize biogas yield and to remove the total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) while minimizing the total suspended solids (TSS) residuals. The effects of the flow rate, the pH, the influent TOC concentration, and their interactions on the overall treatment efficiency as well as the biogas yield are studied. Maximum TOC and TN removals of 85.03 and 72.10%, minimum TSS residual of 19.54 mg/L, and maximum biogas yield of 116.56 mL/min are found at the optimum operating conditions of the influent TOC concentration of 343 mg/L, the feed flow rate of 63 mL/min, and the pH of 6.84. The agreement between model predictions and experimental values indicates that the proposed model could describe the performance of combined anaerobic aerobic systems for SWW treatment and the reduction of operating costs via biogas production while providing high-quality treated effluent for water reuse. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:278 / 289
页数:12
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