Methane production as from the mixture of the urban solid waste lixiviate and municipal wastewater

Authors

  • MSc. Reyna I. Rodríguez-Pimentel Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, D.F
  • Dra. C. Suyén Rodríguez-Pérez Centro de Estudios de Biotecnología Industrial (CEBI), Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba
  • Dr. C. Oscar Monroy-Hermosillo Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, D.F
  • Dra. Florina Ramírez-Vives Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, D.F

Abstract

The generation of solid wastes and wastewater in Mexico, as other countries, has increased considerably of late years, so its treatment is very important to reduce the pollution. In this work are presented the results on the anaerobic digestion of lixiviate generated with the hydrolysis and acidogenesis of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste recollected in the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Iztapalapa coffee shop. Theses lixiviated were diluted with municipal wastewater to different organic loads (2,3-20 gCOD/L.d) and after treated anaerobically in UASB reactor. Biogas’s average production in the last load of the UASB reactor was up  to  12 L/L.d with  an efficiency to remove COD on top of 90 % and a production of methane of 0,38 LCH4.gVSS-1.
Keywords:  urban solid wastes, municipal wastewater, lixiviate, anaerobic digestion, UASB, biogas.

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2015-10-30

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Rodríguez-Pimentel, M. R. I., Rodríguez-Pérez, D. C. S., Monroy-Hermosillo, D. C. O., & Ramírez-Vives, D. F. (2015). Methane production as from the mixture of the urban solid waste lixiviate and municipal wastewater. Revista Cubana De Química, 27(3), 243–251. Retrieved from https://cubanaquimica.uo.edu.cu/index.php/cq/article/view/239

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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2015)

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