Optimization of two phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion of biowaste for bio-hythane production

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dc.contributor.advisor Pavan, Paolo it_IT
dc.contributor.author Cavinato, Cristina <1979> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2011-06-18T11:56:28Z it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-30T16:04:16Z
dc.date.available 2011-06-18T11:56:28Z it_IT
dc.date.available 2012-07-30T16:04:16Z
dc.date.issued 2011-03-11 it_IT
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/1091 it_IT
dc.description.abstract Il processo di digestione anaerobica dei rifiuti solidi urbani, è una tecnologia che si basa sul duplice concetto di riduzione dei rifiuti e recupero energetico. La ricerca di nuovi vettori energetici ha portato recentemente allo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie che si basano sulla produzione biologica di idrogeno utilizzando substrati organici, mediante processi di tipo fotosintetici o fermentativi. Questo lavoro di dottorato ha come obiettivo l’ottimizzazione del processo di digestione anaerobica termofila a fasi separate finalizzato alla produzione di bio-idrogeno, ottenuto nella prima fase del processo (fermentazione), e biogas ottenuto nella seconda fase di trattamento dell’effluente idrolizzato. Punto chiave del lavoro è l’applicabilità in piena scala dell’intero processo, infatti si è scelto di agire su parametri facilmente modificabili e che non comportino ulteriori spese di esercizio. Oltre a questo aspetto, nel lavoro di tesi è stata considerata anche la qualità dell’effluente da digestione anaerobica di rifiuti organici, testata mediante prove di Indice Respirometrico Dinamico e mediante la misura del potenziale di biometanizzazione. it_IT
dc.description.abstract The anaerobic digestion process is a well-known technology for organic waste treatment, and it met the necessity to treat wastes and recover energy from renewable sources. Recently, the urgent necessity of new energy vectors drove the scientific research to biological hydrogen production technology, through photosynthetic and fermentative processes. This PhD thesis deals with the optimization of a two-phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion process treating organic waste for hydrogen and methane production. Nor physical neither chemical pretreatment were used to treat the inoculum or the substrates in order to optimize the process for a sustainable scale-up. It was further verified the biologic stability of the digested material by means of aerobic tests, based on the dynamic respirometric index (DRI), where the oxygen uptake rate by the substrate was continuously monitored, and anaerobic tests that were based on the biochemical methane potential (BMP), where the biogas produced by digestate in long-term batch tests, was measured. These values can be used to define the stability of the reactors effluent to verify the possibility to reduce the treatment time it_IT
dc.format.medium Tesi cartacea it_IT
dc.language.iso en it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it_IT
dc.rights © Cristina Cavinato, 2011 it_IT
dc.subject Digestione anaerobica it_IT
dc.subject Idrogeno it_IT
dc.subject Bio hythane it_IT
dc.subject Rifiuti organici - Trattamento it_IT
dc.subject Dark fermentation it_IT
dc.title Optimization of two phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion of biowaste for bio-hythane production it_IT
dc.type Doctoral Thesis it_IT
dc.degree.name Scienze ambientali it_IT
dc.degree.level Dottorato di ricerca it_IT
dc.degree.grantor Scuola di dottorato in Scienze e tecnologie (SDST) it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2009/2010 it_IT
dc.description.cycle 23 it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator Pavoni, Bruno it_IT
dc.location.shelfmark D001021 it_IT
dc.location Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato it_IT
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 955526 it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber XIII, 76 p. it_IT
dc.subject.miur ING-IND/25 IMPIANTI CHIMICI it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent ABSTRACT III RIASSUNTO V ACRONYM VIII TABLE OF CONTENT IX 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 METHANE PRODUCTION IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESSES: FUNDAMENTALS 2 1.2 HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION BY DARK FERMENTATION 5 1.2.1 Process biochemistry and microbiology 7 1.2.2 Substrates for hydrogen production 10 1.2.3 State of the art of hydrogen production by dark fermentation treating organic waste 11 1.2.4 Inoculum/substrate treatment 11 1.2.5 Process parameters: hydraulic retention time (HRT), organic loading rate (OLR), temperature and pH control 14 1.3 BATCH TESTS FOR HYDROGEN POTENTIAL (BHP) 22 1.4 STABILITY EVALUATION OF AD EFFLUENT: DYNAMIC RESPIROMETRIC INDEX (DRI) AND BIOLOGICAL METHANE POTENTIAL (BMP) 24 1.5 AIM OF THE PH.D RESEARCH STUDY 25 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 26 2.1 BIOCHEMICAL HYDROGEN POTENTIAL (BHP) TESTS 26 2.1.1 Inoculum and substrate 26 2.1.2 Analytical program 27 2.1.3 Experimental set up 27 2.2 CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN AND METHANE PRODUCTION IN CSTR REACTORS 28 2.2.1 Inoculum and substrate 28 2.2.2 Sampling and analysis program 29 2.2.3 Experimental set-up 31 2.2.4 Work plan 32 2.3 DYNAMIC RESPIROMETRIC INDEX (DRI) AND BIOLOGICAL METHANE POTENTIAL (BMP) 33 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 37 3.1 BHP TEST 37 3.2 TWO PHASE HYDROGEN AND METHANE PRODUCTION 39 3.2.1 Run I 40 3.2.2 Run II 47 3.2.3 Run III 52 3.2.4 Energetic considerations 63 3.2.5 Photofermentation process comparison 64 3.3 DRI AND BMP TESTS RESULTS 66 4 CONCLUSIONS 69 4.1 ADDRESSES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 70 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 71 REFERENCES 72 it_IT
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation Cavinato, Cristina. "Optimization of two phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion of biowaste for bio-hythane production", Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, tesi di dottorato, 23. ciclo, 2011 it_IT


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