Co-digestion of glycerin and whey in AnSBBR for biohydrogen and biomethane production

• Grant number: 14/07692-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: February 05, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: José Alberto Domingues Rodrigues
• Grantee: Giovanna Lovato
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia Mauá (EEM). Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. São Caetano do Sul , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/15984-0 - Bioenergy production from wastewaters and environmental fitting of liquid and solid wastes generated, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/12773-2 - Anaerobic co-digestion of whey wastewaters with manure: effect of low pH, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Research groups from São Carlos School of Engineering of University of São Paulo (EESC/USP) and Mauá School of Engineering of Mauá Institute of Technology (EEM/IMT), in partnership and with support of FAPESP, have been studying anaerobic reactors operated in sequential batches with the goal of improving the performance and feasibility of their application since 1998. Currently the research projects are directed to bioenergy production, both hydrogen as methane, and to the environmental suitability of the treated effluent. Such projects are linked to the thematic project entitled "Bioenergy Production in Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Suitability of Effluents and Waste Generated" (FAPESP N°. 09/15.984-0). This research aims to evaluate the anaerobic reactor operated in batch and fed batch mode, containing immobilized biomass on inert support and recirculation of the liquid phase applied to biohydrogen production from co-digestion of glycerin (biodiesel production effluent) and whey (dairy production effluent). The stability, performance and conversion factor (between generated biogas and consumed organic matter) will be analyzed in terms of the percentage of each substrate fed to the system, the organic load variation (imposed by modifying the reactor influent concentration and cycle time), the filling time and temperature (15, 30 and 45 °C). The assays shall be performed using different proportions of the aforementioned substrates with different volumetric organic loading rates (10.3, 17.1 and 24.0 gDQO/L.d), which are modified depending on: (I) the influent concentration (3000, 5000 and 7000 mgDQO/L) and (II) the cycle time (4, 3 and 2 hours, or 6, 8 and 12 day cycles). Low density polyethylene will be used as inert support for biomass immobilization and poultry slaughterhouse sludge with thermal pretreatment will be used as inoculum. Assays for the production of biomethane will also be conducted from the co-digestion proposed in this project (with AVOL of 6.4 gDQO/L.d). (AU)

Scientific publications

(15)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROBERTA ALBANEZ; GIOVANNA LOVATO; SUZANA MARIA RATUSZNEI; MARCELO ZAIAT; JOSÉ ALBERTO D. RODRIGUES. Feasibility of biohydrogen production by co-digestion of vinasse (sugarcane stillage) and molasses in an AnSBBR. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 35, n. 1, p. 27-41, 2018-01-00. (14/07692-8, 09/15984-0)

VOLPINI, V.; LOVATO, G.; ALBANEZ, R.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.. Biomethane generation in an AnSBBR treating effluent from the biohydrogen production from vinasse: Optimization, metabolic pathways modeling and scale-up estimation. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 116, n. A, p. 288-298, FEB 2018. (14/07692-8, 14/20958-7)

ALBANEZ, ROBERTA; LOVATO, GIOVANNA; RATUSZNEI, SUZANA MARIA; ZAIAT, MARCELO; RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO D.. FEASIBILITY OF BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY CO-DIGESTION OF VINASSE (SUGARCANE STILLAGE) AND MOLASSES IN AN ANSBBR. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 35, n. 1, p. 27-41, JAN-MAR 2018. (09/15984-0, 14/07692-8)

LOVATO, GIOVANNA; ALBANEZ, ROBERTA; STRACIERI, LUCAS; RUGGERO, LETICIA SCUDELER; RATUSZNEI, SUZANA MARIA; DOMINGUES RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO. Hydrogen production by co-digesting cheese whey and glycerin in an AnSBBR: Temperature effect. Biochemical Engineering Journal, v. 138, p. 81-90, OCT 15 2018. (15/06246-7, 16/03109-1, 14/07692-8)

LOVATO, GIOVANNA; ALBANEZ, ROBERTA; TRIVELONI, MARIANNE; RATUSZNEI, SUZANA M.; RODRIGUES, JOSE A. D.. Methane Production by Co-Digesting Vinasse and Whey in an AnSBBR: Effect of Mixture Ratio and Feed Strategy. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, v. 187, n. 1, p. 28-46, JAN 2019. (15/08403-2, 15/06246-7, 14/07692-8)

ALBANEZ, ROBERTA; LOVATO, GIOVANNA; RATUSZNEI, SUZANA MARIA; ZAIAT, MARCELO; RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO D.. FEASIBILITY OF BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY CO-DIGESTION OF VINASSE (SUGARCANE STILLAGE) AND MOLASSES IN AN ANSBBR. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 35, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2018-01-01. (09/15984-0, 14/07692-8)

LOVATO, GIOVANNA; ALVARADO-MORALES, MERLIN; KOVALOVSZKI, ADAM; PEPRAH, MARIA; KOUGIAS, PANAGIOTIS G.; DOMINGUES RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO; ANGELIDAKI, IRINI. In-situ biogas upgrading process: Modeling and simulations aspects. Bioresource Technology, v. 245, n. A, p. 332-341, DEC 2017. (16/12773-2, 14/07692-8, 15/06246-7)

TEIXEIRA PENTEADO, ALBERTO; LOVATO, GIOVANNA; PEREZ ORTIZ, ABIGAIL; ESCHE, ERIK; DOMINGUES RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO; GODINI, HAMID REZA; ORJUELA, ALVARO; GUSCA, JULIJA; REPKE, JENS-UWE. Economic Potential of Bio-Ethylene Production via Oxidative Coupling of Methane in Biogas from Anaerobic Digestion of Industrial Effluents. PROCESSES, v. 9, n. 9, SEP 2021. (14/07692-8, 18/17715-6)

LOVATO, G.; ALBANEZ, R.; STRACIERI, L.; ZAIAT, M.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.. Design study of an AnSBBR for hydrogen production by co-digestion of whey with glycerin: Interaction effects of organic load, cycle time and feed strategy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 42, n. 15, p. 9567-9576, APR 13 2017. (16/03109-1, 14/07692-8)

ALBANEZ, R.; LOUATO, G.; ZAIAT, M.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.. Optimization, metabolic pathways modeling and scale-up estimative of an AnSBBR applied to biohydrogen production by co-digestion of vinasse and molasses. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 41, n. 45, p. 20473-20484, DEC 7 2016. (14/07692-8)

LOVATO, G.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.; ZAIAT, M.. Co-digestion of Whey with Glycerin in an AnSBBR for Biomethane Production. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, v. 178, n. 1, p. 126-143, JAN 2016. (14/07692-8)

LOVATO, G.; LAZARO, C. Z.; ZAIAT, M.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.. Biohydrogen production by co-digesting whey and glycerin in an AnSBBR: Performance optimization, metabolic pathway kinetic modeling and phylogenetic characterization. Biochemical Engineering Journal, v. 128, p. 93-105, DEC 15 2017. (14/07692-8)

LOVATO, G.; BRAVO, I. S. MONCAYO; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.; ZAIAT, M.. The effect of organic load and feed strategy on biohydrogen production in an AnSBBR treating glycerin-based wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 154, p. 128-137, MAY 1 2015. (14/07692-8)

LOVATO, GIOVANNA; ALVARADO-MORALES, MERLIN; KOVALOVSZKI, ADAM; PEPRAH, MARIA; KOUGIAS, PANAGIOTIS G.; DOMINGUES RODRIGUES, JOSE ALBERTO; ANGELIDAKI, IRINI. In-situ biogas upgrading process: Modeling and simulations aspects. Bioresource Technology, v. 245, p. 10-pg., 2017-12-01. (14/07692-8, 16/12773-2, 15/06246-7)

VOLPINI, V.; LOVATO, G.; ALBANEZ, R.; RATUSZNEI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. A. D.. Biomethane generation in an AnSBBR treating effluent from the biohydrogen production from vinasse: Optimization, metabolic pathways modeling and scale-up estimation. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 116, p. 11-pg., 2018-02-01. (14/07692-8, 14/20958-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LOVATO, Giovanna. Co-digestion of glycerin and whey in AnSBBR for biohydrogen and biomethane production. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.