1. Process Monitoring and Control for an Anaerobic Covered Lagoon Treating Abattoir Wastewater
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Peter W. Harris, Thomas Schmidt, and Bernadette K. McCabe
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Waste management ,Process (engineering) ,020209 energy ,General Chemical Engineering ,Scale (chemistry) ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Monitoring and control ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Wastewater ,Biogas ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Environmental science ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Biogas production - Abstract
This study presents results from lab-scale studies and highlights issues related to process monitoring equipment and analytical methods at the field scale. This includes the evaluation of data from on-site online sensors and sample analyses as well as results from discontinuous and continuous digestion tests in a biogas laboratory. The results demonstrate the influence of the organic loading and wastewater composition on process stability, sludge activity, and biogas production. Key recommendations for plant operation include the avoidance of strong fluctuations in input volume and concentration, to ensure good functioning of online sensors, and to adapt the management of the different wastewater streams according to their characteristics.
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- 2018
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