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Recovery of Biogas from Meat Industry Wastewater Using Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR): Modeling and Optimization

  • K. Thirugnanasambandham , V. Sivakumar EMAIL logo and B. Sruthi
Published/Copyright: September 11, 2015
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 14 Issue 1

Abstract

The main objective of the present study is to investigate the biogas recovery process from meat industry wastewater using continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). Plackett–Burman design was used to screen the effective process variables among temperature, alkalinity dose, organic loading rate, agitation speed, nutrients, dilution factor and volatile fatty acid content. Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to study the individual and interactive of process variables on the biogas recovery process. Optimum conditions for maximizing the biogas recovery was determined using derringer’s desired function methodology as follows; temperature of 45°C, organic loading rate of 8 m3/COD/day, C:N ratio of 90:10 and dilution factor of 15%. Under these optimal conditions, predicted biogas recovery and COD removal are found to be 0.08 m3/L/d and 94%, respectively. This result confirms the effectiveness of CSTR to treat meat industry wastewater in terms of biogas recovery.

Keywords: biogas; continuously stirred tank reactor; meat industry wastewater; model development; optimization

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Published Online: 2015-9-11
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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2014-0143
Keywords for this article
biogas; continuously stirred tank reactor; meat industry wastewater; model development; optimization

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  2. Review
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  4. Research Articles
  5. Modeling and Simulation Study of an Industrial Radial Moving Bed Reactor for Propane Dehydrogenation Process
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