BIO-DEGRADABILITY AND METHANE POTENTIAL OF
DISTILLERY WASTE WATER BY ANAEROBIC SEQUENTIAL
BATCH REACTOR
M.AJONA
ME II YEAR
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
DR.S . JAYANTHI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
INTRODUCTION
• One of the industrial wastes of serious consequence
from the point of pollution is the waste water from
distillery.
• The wastewater has high organic and inorganic
matter.
• The treatment is done by anaerobic digestion, which
is an excellent method of reducing about 90 % of
BOD and recovery of methane having about 60-65%
methane.
ANAEROBIC SEQUENTIAL BATCH
REACTOR
• An anaerobic sequential batch process carried out in a
single vessel.
• The biological reactions occur under anaerobic
conditions and the vessel is operated on a fill and
draw basis in a sequential method.
• The anaerobic sequencing batch reactor is applicable
for the conversion of a wide variety of organic waste
waters to methane and carbon-di oxide through the
action of mixed micro organisms..
ANAEROBIC SEQUENTIAL BATCH
REACTOR
The operation takes place in four cyclic steps:
Feed,
Reaction,
Settling and
Discharge
The experimental apparatus consists of a bioreactor
with a working capacity of 5L (includes the volume
of wastewater and of biomass) and with arrangements
for mixing the contents
ANAEROBIC SEQUENTIAL BATCH
REACTOR
A simplified model will be developed considering the
anaerobic bacterial metabolism as a consecutive first order
model that consists of two steps:
conversion of soluble substrate into total volatile
acids i.e. Hydrolysis, Acidogenesis and acetogenesis and
the conversion of this compound into methane i.e.
aceticlastic methanogenesis
ANAEROBIC SEQUENCING BATCH
PROCESS
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(iii)
(iv)
ADVANTAGES
Good removal ability of the biodegradable substrates
High production of biogas
Low running cost
Operational simplicity
Efficient quality control of the effluent
Flexibility of use in a wide variety of wastewaters to be treated
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the work is to determine the basis for the
design of an Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor
(ASBR) operated in mesophilic conditions for the
treatment of waste water.
To enhance the performance of Anaerobic
Sequencing Batch Reactor (ASBR) for distillery
wastewaters and for the production of maximum
yield of methane gas .
METHODOLOGY
PHASE I
Collection of high strength wastewaters (Distillery waste water)
Analysing the characteristics of wastewaters
Treating the wastewaters in ASBR
Varying the operational parameters to enhance the performance
of ASBR.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WASTE WATER
OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS OBSERVED VALUES
COLOUR Dark brown
pH 7.1
ACIDITY 4000mg/l
ALKANITY 15000mg/l
TOTAL SOLIDS 5900mg/l
DISSOLVED SOLIDS 7000mg/l
VOLATILE SOLIDS 5.2mg/l
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 1100mg/l
VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS 3.2
COD 1,12,000mg/l
TEMPERATURE 35 o-40o C (MESOPHILIC
CONDITION)
EXPERIMENTAL SET UP
LITERATURE REVIEW
Effect of feeding time and organic loading in an
anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor
treating diluted whey
-Journal of environmental management 85,2007.Marcelo Zaiat et al.
Quantitative analysis of methanogenic community
dynamics in three anaerobic batch digestors treating
different wastewaters
-water research 43,2009. Jaai Kim ,Seokhwan Hwang et al.
Anaerobic digestion of tannery waste in anaerobic
sequencing batch reactor process
-Bioresource technology,101,2010,Gregor D.Zupancic,A.Jemec.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Pilot scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor for
distillery wastewater treatment
- Energy and Environment,2009.
Anaerobic sequencing batch reactors in pilot-scale
for domestic sewage treatment
- Desalination 216,2007. Arnaldo Sarti,Marcelo Zaiat
Treatment of brewery wastewater using anaerobic
sequencing batch reactor
- Bioresource Technology 99,2008.Shao Xiangwen, Ju Xinghua
LITERATURE REVIEW
Domestic sewage treatment in a pilot scale
anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor
-Resources,conservation and Recycling 51,2007,Arnaldo
Improving anaerobic sequencing batch reactor
performance by modifying operational parameters
- Water Research 36,2002 ,Ioannis Shizas, David M.Bagley
A sequencing batch anaerobic reactor for treating piggery
waste water
- Biological wastes 28,1989,Ng Wun-Jern.
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