Seasonal variation of biogas upgrading coupled with digestate treatment in an outdoors pilot scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor
[EN] The yearly variations of the quality of the upgraded biogas and the efficiency of digestate treatment were evaluated in an outdoors pilot scale high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected to an external absorption column (AC) via a conical settler. CO2 concentrations in the upgraded biogas range...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de León |
| Repositorio: | BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/19743 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852418306400 https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19743 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ecología. Medio ambiente Ingenierías Algal-bacterial photobioreactor Biogas upgrading Digestate treatment Outdoors conditions Yearly evaluation 2417.07 Algología (Ficología) 2414.90 Degradación de Residuos Vegetales 3322.05 Fuentes no Convencionales de Energía |
| Sumario: | [EN] The yearly variations of the quality of the upgraded biogas and the efficiency of digestate treatment were evaluated in an outdoors pilot scale high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected to an external absorption column (AC) via a conical settler. CO2 concentrations in the upgraded biogas ranged from 0.7% in August to 11.9% in December, while a complete H2S removal was achieved regardless of the operational month. CH4 concentrations ranged from 85.2% in December to 97.9% in June, with a limited O2 and N2 stripping in the upgraded biogas mediated by the low recycling liquid/biogas ratio in the AC. Biomass productivity ranged from 0.0 g m−2 d−1 in winter to 22.5 g m−2 d−1 in summer. Finally, microalgae diversity was severely reduced throughout the year likely due to the increasing salinity in the cultivation broth of the HRAP induced by process operation in the absence of effluent |
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