Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 1705-1713Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00280-8
Keywords
acidification; carbohydrates; dewaterability; domestic sewage; hydrolysis; lipids; primary sludge; proteins; rate limiting step; SRT; two steps; UASB
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The effect of the sludge retention time (SRT) between 3 and 15 days, on hydrolysis, acidification and methanogenesis of domestic sewage was researched by simulating a sludge bed segment of an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) system as a completely stirred rank reactor (CSTR). The CSTR systems were fed with primary sludge (settled solids of domestic sewage) as the influent at 25 degrees C, The study revealed that an SRT less than or equal to 8 days resulted in acidogenic conditions with negligible biogas production, whereas an SRT > 8 days resulted in methanogenic conditions. The hydrolysis of lipids and carbohydrates increased with increasing SRT, whereas protein hydrolysis only occurred under methanogenic conditions. Approximately 20 and 60% of the particulate biopolymers are hydrolysed under acidogenic and methanogenic conditions, respectively. Hydrolysis was found to be the fate-limiting step for the conversion of carbohydrates. Under acidogenic conditions, acidification was the rate-limiting step for conversion of lipids, while both hydrolysis and acidification were limiting for the conversion of proteins. Under methanogenic conditions, hydrolysis was the rate-limiting step in the whole digestion process. None of the main components of primary sludge followed first order kinetics with respect to hydrolysis. The dewaterability of the sludges from the CSTRs operated under acidogenic conditions deteriorated, whereas the dewaterability of the methanogenic sludge improved in comparison with the dewaterability of the raw primary sludge. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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