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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 23, No. 3, 270-280 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05054166

A side-by-side comparison of two systems of sequencing coupled reactors for anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Héctor M. Poggi-Varaldo

CINVESTAV-IPN., Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Environmental Biotechnology R&D Group, P.O. Box 14-740, México DF, 07000, México, hectorpoggi2001{at}yahoo.com

Liliana M. Alzate-Gaviria

Center for Research on Advanced Materials, S.C. (CIMAV). Chihuahua, Chih., México

Antonino Pérez-Hernández

Center for Research on Advanced Materials, S.C. (CIMAV). Chihuahua, Chih., México

Virginia G. Nevarez-Morillón

Autonomous University of Chihuahua. Faculty of Chemistry, Chihuahua, Chih, México

Noemí Rinderknecht-Seijas

ESIQIE-IPN, Division of Basic Sciences, Department of Chemical. Professional Unity Adolfo López Mateos, Bldg. 6, México, D.F.

The objective of this work was to compare the performance of two laboratory-scale, mesophilic systems aiming at the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (OFMSW). The first system consisted of two coupled reactors packed with OFMSW (PBR1.1-PBR1.2) and the second system consisted of an upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor (UASB) coupled to a packed reactor (UASB2.1-PBR2.2). For the start-up phase, both reactors PBR 1.1 and the UASB 2.1 (also called leading reactors) were inoculated with a mixture of non-anaerobic inocula and worked with leachate and effluent full recirculation, respectively. Once a full methanogenic regime was achieved in the leading reactors, their effluents were fed to the fresh-packed reactors PBR1.2 and PBR2.2, respectively. The leading PBR 1.1 reached its full methanogenic regime after 118 days (T m, time to achieve methanogenesis) whereas the other leading UASB 2.1 reactor reached its full methanogenesis regime after only 34 days. After coupling the leading reactors to the corresponding packed reactors, it was found that both coupled anaerobic systems showed similar performances regarding the degradation of the OFMSW. Removal efficiencies of volatile solids and cellulose and the methane pseudo-yield were 85.95%, 80.88% and 0.109 NL CH4 g-1 VSfed in the PBR-PBR system; and 88.75%, 82.61% and 0.115 NL CH4 g-1 VSfed in the UASB-PBR system [NL, normalized litre (273oK, 1 ata basis)]. Yet, the second system UASB-PBR system showed a faster overall start-up.

Key Words: Anaerobic digestion • coupled systems • packed bed reactor • solid waste • upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor • wmr 688-6


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