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T1 Technology validation of photosynthetic biogas upgrading in a semi-industrial scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor
A1 Rodero Raya, María del Rosario
A1 Lebrero Fernández, Raquel
A1 Serrano, Esteban
A1 Lara, Enrique
A1 Arbib, Zouhayr
A1 García Encina, Pedro Antonio
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
K1 Algal-bacterial photobioreactor
K1 Fotobiorreactor de algas y bacterias
K1 Biogas upgrading
K1 Mejora de biogás
K1 23 Química
K1 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
AB The performance of photosynthetic biogas upgrading coupled to wastewater treatment was evaluated in an outdoors high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected to an absorption column at semi-industrial scale. The influence of biogas flowrate (274, 370 and 459 L h−1), liquid to biogas ratio (L/G = 1.2, 2.1 and 3.5), type of wastewater (domestic versus centrate) and hydraulic retention time in the HRAP (HRT) on the quality of the biomethane produced was assessed. The highest CO2 and H2S removal efficiencies (REs) were recorded at the largest L/G due to the higher biogas-liquid mass transfer at increasing liquid flowrates. No significant influence of the biogas flowrate on process performance was observed, while the type of wastewater was identified as a key operational parameter. CO2 and H2S-REs of 99% and 100% at a L/Gmax = 3.5 were recorded using centrate. The maximum CH4 content in the biomethane (90%) was limited by N2 and O2 desorption.
PB Elsevier
SN 0960-8524
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/47072
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/47072
LA eng
NO Bioresource Technology, 2019, vol. 279, p. 43-49
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 29-dic-2024