%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization and BMP Tests of Liquid Substrates for High-rate Anaerobic Digestion
%A Cabbai
%A V.
%A Goi
%A D.
%A Mainardis
%A M.
%A Visintini
%A D.
%A Zannier
%A G.
%J -
%D 2017
%R 10.15255/CABEQ.2017.1083
%X Sa£żetak This work was focused on the physicochemical characterization and biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests of some liquid organic substrates, to verify if they were suitable for undergoing a process of high-velocity anaerobic digestion. The selected substrates were: first and second cheese whey, organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) leachate, condensate water and slaughterhouse liquid waste. Firstly, a physicochemical characterization was performed, using traditional and macromolecular parameters; then, batch anaerobic tests were carried out, and some continuous tests were planned. The results revealed that all the analyzed substrates have a potential to be anaerobically treated. Valuable information about treatment rate for a high-velocity anaerobic digestion process was obtained. Start-up of a lab-scale UASB reactor, treating diluted cheese whey, was successfully achieved with good COD removal efficiency. These preliminary results are expected to be further investigated in a successive phase, where continuous tests will be conducted on condensate water and OFMSW leachate. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
%K BMP
%K anaerobic digestion
%K cheese whey
%K OFMSW leachate
%K slaughterhouse waste
%K P&P wastewater
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