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T1 Integral (VOCs, CO2, mercaptans and H2S) photosynthetic biogas upgrading using innovative biogas and digestate supply strategies
A1 Franco Morgado, Mariana
A1 Toledo Cervantes, Alma
A1 González Sánchez, Armando
A1 Lebrero Fernández, Raquel
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
K1 Biometano
K1 Composición de microalgas
K1 Biomethane
K1 Microalgae composition
AB The performance of a pilot high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected with a biogas absorption column during the simultaneous upgrading of biogas and treatment of digestate was evaluated under two innovative biogas and nutrient supply strategies. Process operation with biogas supply during the night at a liquid recirculation/biogas ratio of 0.5 to prevent N2 and O2 stripping resulted in a biomethane complying with most international regulations for injection into natural gas grids (99.1 ± 1% CH4, 0.5 ± 0.2% CO2, 0.6 ± 0.5% N2 and 0.07 ± 0.08% O2). The potential of this technology to remove methyl mercaptan (MeSH), toluene and hexane from biogas (typically present at trace levels) was assessed, for the first time, with removal efficiencies under steady-state correlating with pollutant hydrophobicity (7 ± 7% for hexane, 66 ± 4% for MeSH and 98 ± 1% for toluene). Finally, the supply of digestate during the dark period shifted both microalgae population structure and biomass composition in the HRAP without a significant impact on biomethane quality. Overall, the removal of nitrogen and phosphorous from digestate in the HRAP was almost complete (96–99%) regardless of the nutrient supply strategy.
PB Elsevier
SN 1385-8947
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31050
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31050
LA eng
NO Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, Volume 354, Pages 363-369
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 19-abr-2024