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Anaerobic biodegradability of dairy wastewater pretreated with porcine pancreas lipase

Authors :
Adriano Aguiar Mendes
Ernandes Benedito Pereira
Agenor Furigo Jr.
Heizir Ferreira de Castro
Source :
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol 53, Iss 6, Pp 1279-1284 (2010)
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Instituto de Tecnologia do ParanĂ¡ (Tecpar), 2010.

Abstract

Lipids-rich wastewater was partial hydrolyzed with porcine pancreas lipase and the efficiency of the enzymatic pretreatment was verified by the comparative biodegradability tests (crude and treated wastewater). Alternatively, simultaneous run was carried out in which hydrolysis and digestion was performed in the same reactor. Wastewater from dairy industries and low cost lipase preparation at two concentrations (0.05 and 0.5% w.v-1) were used. All the samples pretreated with enzyme showed a positive effect on organic matter removal (Chemical Oxygen Demand-COD) and formation of methane. The best results were obtained when hydrolysis and biodegradation were performed simultaneously, attaining high COD and color removal independent of the lipase concentration. The enzymatic treatment considerably improved the anaerobic operational conditions and the effluent quality (lower content of suspended solids and less turbidity). Thus, the use of enzymes such as lipase seemed to be a very promising alternative for treating the wastewaters having high fat and grease contents, such as those from the dairy industry.O presente trabalho teve como objetivo o pré-tratamento de efluente da indústria de laticínios na hidrólise de lipídeos, empregando lipase de fonte de células animais de baixo custo disponível comercialmente (pâncreas de porco) na formação de gás metano por biodegradabilidade anaeróbia empregando diferentes concentrações de lipase (0,05 e 0,5 % w.v-1). A utilização de lipase no pré-tratamento do efluente acelerou a hidrólise de lipídeos e, conseqüentemente, auxiliou o tratamento biológico resultando na redução da matéria orgânica em termos de Demanda Química de Oxigênio (DQO), cor e sólidos em suspensão como lipídeos. Os melhores resultados em termos de remoção de DQO e cor foram obtidos quando a hidrólise e biodigestão foram realizadas simultaneamente, independente da concentração de lipase empregada. Estes resultados mostram que a hidrólise e biodigestão podem ser realizadas simultaneamente empregando baixa concentração de lipase (0,05% w.v-1), contribuindo para a redução de custo e tempo no processo de biodegradação aneróbia.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15168913 and 16784324
Volume :
53
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1f7bcac962024d808d5813364307c8fa
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-89132010000600003