In Cuba, the alcohol distillation process from cane sugar molasses, produces a final waste (vinasse), with an enormous polluting potential and a high sulfate content. Applying the anaerobic technology, most of the biodegradable organic matter can turn into biogas, rich in methane but with concentrations of sulfide above 1%. The present work develops two experiences with anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBR) using both Cuban raw material, activated carbon and natural zeolite, as support media, with the purpose of obtaining high organic matter removal rates and keeping sulfide and ammonium concentrations in the permissible ranges. The reactors were operated during 120 days, achieving an organic loading rate of 10 kg COD/m3 day, with COD removal above 70%, and a methane production of 2 L/d. The activated carbon and natural zeolite used support materials in anaerobic fluidized bed reactors, and showed good results of distillery waste removal.
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August 01 2001
Use of activated carbon and natural zeolite as support materials, in an anaerobic fluidised bed reactor, for vinasse treatment
N. Fernández;
*Renewable Energy Technologies Study Center (CETER), High Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría (ISPJAE), Ave 127 s/n Marianao, CP 19390, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. E-mail: nfernandez@mecanica.ispajae.edu.cu
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F. Fdz-Polanco;
F. Fdz-Polanco
**Department. of Chemical Engineering, University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain. E-mail: ffp@siq.iq.cie.uva.es
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S. J. Montalvo;
S. J. Montalvo
***Renewable Energy Technologies Study Center (CETER), High Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría (ISPJAE), Ave 127 s/n Marianao, CP 19390, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. E-mail: silviomm@yahoo.es
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D. Toledano
D. Toledano
****Processes Engineering Study Center (CIPRO), High Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría (ISPJAE), Ave 127 s/n Marianao, CP 19390, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. E-mail: davidt@quimica.ispajae.edu.cu
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Water Sci Technol (2001) 44 (4): 1–6.
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N. Fernández, F. Fdz-Polanco, S. J. Montalvo, D. Toledano; Use of activated carbon and natural zeolite as support materials, in an anaerobic fluidised bed reactor, for vinasse treatment. Water Sci Technol 1 August 2001; 44 (4): 1–6. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2001.0161
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