Valuation of fruit peels from the juice industries through anaerobic digestion technology

• Grant number: 22/00950-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2022
• End date: October 16, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: Tânia Forster Carneiro
• Grantee: Brenda Bassanello Forli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/14938-4 - Waste2energy: integration of supercritical technologies and anaerobic digestion through an automated system for the production of biofuel precursors, AP.JP2

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study the reuse of liquid and solid waste (washing wastewater and fruit peels) from the food industry through the development of an integrated treatment and analysis system using Anaerobic Digestion technology. Anaerobic digestion technology can be applied for reuse, treatment and recovery of water and waste while generating biogas (biohydrogen/methane). In order to evaluate the recovery of waste, it is proposed to set up an experimental unit with stirred reactor, mesophilic conditions, of the dry type (30% total solids), batch regime that will allow studies of operational parameters, gas composition and technical aspects -economic. (AU)