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Francisco Pola- Albores

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• Research Article
  Anaerobic Treatment of Vinasse from Sugarcane Ethanol Production in Expanded Granular Sludge Bed Bioreactor
  Author(s): Florencia Ramos-Vaquerizo, Abumalé Cruz-Salomón, Edna Ríos-Valdovinos, Francisco Pola-Albores, Selene Lagunas-Rivera, Rocío Meza-Gordillo, Víctor M. Ruíz-Valdiviezo, Roel Simuta-Champo and Joel Moreira-Acosta Florencia Ramos-Vaquerizo, Abumalé Cruz-Salomón, Edna Ríos-Valdovinos, Francisco Pola-Albores, Selene Lagunas-Rivera, Rocío Meza-Gordillo, Víctor M. Ruíz-Valdiviezo, Roel Simuta-Champo and Joel Moreira-Acosta
  
  The sugarcane vinasse cause an environmental problem, due they do not a previous treatment and are discharged directly into the environment. For this reason, the main aim of this project was to evaluate the anaerobic digestion in Expanded Granular Sludge Bed (EGSB) bioreactor as a sustainable alternative for the treatment of sugarcane vinasse. In addition, the production of biogas and Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) were determined. Vinasse was characterized physico-chemically and its parameters such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), bio Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), pH, metal ions, among others were evaluated. Simultaneously, an anaerobic inoculum was acclimated in a batch bioreactor to assimilate the vinasse during 75 days. After that, the EGSB bioreactor was started-up with the previously acclimated inoculum and evaluated to determinate the BMP, biogas production and COD remova.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7048.1000375

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