Performance evaluation of full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating distillery spentwash |
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Authors: | M Selvamurugan P Doraisamy M Maheswari K Valliappan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Abstract: | Performance of full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors treating distillery spentwash was evaluated. The
plant was designed to handle 650 m3 day−1 of distillery spentwash having an average chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration of 112,400 mg l−1 with a HRT of 6 days. In the plant, the pH level of the influent varied from 3.50 to 4.40 but the pH of the treated effluent
stabilized to a range of 7.36 to 7.68 during the study period. The operation of the reactors during study period revealed
the stable conditions of the reactors, which is evident from the low COD, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total solids
(TS) contents in treated effluent. In the plant, the COD, BOD5 and TS removal efficiencies were stabilized to the range of 62.19–66.59, 72.42–77.11, and 58.47–60.46%, respectively at an
organic loading rate of 2.15–4.60 kg COD m−3 day−1. The biogas production was stabilized to the range of 48,290–135,115 m3 week−1 with 60% methane content. The total quantity of biogas produced ranged from 0.40 to 0.57, 1.04 to 1.71 and 0.40 to 0.56 m3 kg−1 removals of COD, BOD and TS, respectively. This study concluded that the treatment of distillery spentwash using UASB reactors
contributed significantly for pollution load reduction besides generating renewable in-house bio-energy. |
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