The Possibility of Hybrid-Bioreactor Heating by the Microwave Radiation
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Marcin Zieliński
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Marcin Dębowski
Abstract
The hybrid bioreactor heated by microwave or conventional by hot water jacket is presented. The reactor consisted of two functional sections. The upper section was constituted by an unsinkable anaerobic biological bed, whereas the bottom section – by suspended anaerobic activated sludge. Both sections were closed in one casing. The study was conducted in mesophilic (35 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C) conditions. Depending on the method of heating, the homogeneity of the temperature field in both functional parts of the reactor was determined. In mesophilic conditions only at measurement points located directly under the wave-guide the temperatures were significantly higher than in the other zones inside the reactor. This implies that it is possible to homogenous heat of the bioreactor in semi-technical scale by microwave irradiation. Under thermophilic conditions a homogenous field of temperature was obtained in the upper and in the bottom section of the bioreactor, however, significant differences were found in values of the temperature between the particular sections of the bioreactor.
Funding statement: We are grateful for the financial support of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology of Poland (Project No. N N523 455436).
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