Zinatizadeh, A.A. and Mohammadi, P. and Mirghorayshi, M. and Ibrahim, S. and Younesi, H. and Mohamed, A.R. (2017) An anaerobic hybrid bioreactor of granular and immobilized biomass for anaerobic digestion (AD) and dark fermentation (DF) of palm oil mill effluent: Mass transfer evaluation in granular sludge and role of internal packing. Biomass and Bioenergy, 103. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0961-9534, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.05.006.
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Among various bioreactors examined in anaerobic digestion and dark fermentation, UASB bioreactor has shown to be a promising alternative. However, mass transfer resistance and biomass washout have been the issues that reported as draw backs of the granular system in the literature. Another problem associated with such a system is its long start-up period as a result of biomass washout and long microbial granulation stage. In this paper, the results obtained from an UASFF bioreactor in methane (AD process) and hydrogen (DF process) production from POME, are presented to assess mass transfer of substrate into the granules and also study the role of internal packing used in the middle part of reactor in the process stability. The value of effectiveness factor, η, for AD and DF processes were calculated to be 0.96 and 0.94, respectively, indicating that there was no mass transfer resistance due to internal and/or external factors. The results showed that the packing material could retain biomass in the reactor and had outstanding contribution in the granulation enhancement. Its role as a supplementing treatment stage was more significant at low HRTs and up-flow velocities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya IPPP (Project No. RU019D-2014A) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mass transfer; Granular sludge; Immobilized biomass; Anaerobic digestion; Dark fermentation |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2018 04:08 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2018 04:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/18808 |
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