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Effect of Organic Loading Rate on the Biological Performance of the Thermophilic Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Treating Pulp and Paper Primary Sludge
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Research Square Platform LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Waste-to-energy or value-added products have been increasingly considered in many pulp and paper mills (PPMs) worldwide. However, developing appropriate conversion technologies is a major challenge in transforming PPMs wastes into biofuels or value-added biomaterials. In the present study, a long-term (320 d) anaerobic digestion of primary sludge of a thermomechanical pulp mill (TMP) was carried out for the first time in a thermophilic anaerobic membrane bioreactor (ThAnMBR). Effect of organic loading rate (OLR) in the range of 2.5–6.8 kg-COD/m3 d and hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 3–8 d on the process performance was investigated. Under various OLRs, stable biogas productions were obtained, and the best results were achieved with lower OLR (2.5 kg-COD/m3 d) and higher HRT (8 d), at biogas yields of 189 L biogas/kg MLSS fed. However, it was found that biogas production and sludge biomass degradation decrease when the organic loading rate increases. The proportion of sludge reduction ranged from 28.9 to 46.7% depending on the applied OLRs. Despite varying OLRs, stable membrane performance was obtained, where the required membrane flux was easily maintained during the reactor operation. In this study, also the properties of digestate and membrane permeates were studied under different operating conditions, and they fluctuated to some extent with OLR. ThAnMBR is a promising new technology for pulp and paper mill primary sludge treatment.
- Subjects :
- Pulp mill
Economics and Econometrics
Environmental Engineering
020209 energy
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
engineering.material
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
Biogas
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Environmental Chemistry
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Chemistry
business.industry
Pulp (paper)
Paper mill
Pulp and paper industry
General Business, Management and Accounting
6. Clean water
Anaerobic digestion
13. Climate action
Biofuel
Digestate
engineering
Sewage sludge treatment
business
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aa04c0659c308a53ddb4e838510fee12