Slaughterhouse fatty waste saponification to increase biogas yield.

A thermochemical pretreatment, i.e. saponification, was optimised in order to improve anaerobic biodegradation of slaughterhouse wastes such as aeroflotation grease and flesh fats from cattle carcass.

Performance and kinetic evaluation of anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor for treating milk permeate from dairy industry.

High strength milk permeate derived from ultra-filtration based cheese making process was treated in an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (AMBBR) under mesophilic (35 degrees C) condition. Total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) removal efficiencies of 86.3-73.

The treatment of cheese whey wastewater by sequential anaerobic and aerobic steps in a single digester at pilot scale.

The treatment of reconstituted whey wastewater was performed in a 400 L digester at 20 degrees C, with an anaerobic digestion step, followed by a step of aerobic treatment at low oxygen concentration in the same digester. In a first set of 48 cycles, total cycle time (T(C)) of 2, 3 and 4 days were tested at varying organic loading rates (OLR). The COD removal reached 89+/-4, 97+/-3 and 98+/-2% at T(C) of 2, 3 and 4 days and OLR of 0.

Successful bacterial incorporation into activated sludge flocs using alginate.

Bioaugmentation experiments with the aerobic denitrifier Microvirgula aerodenitrificans were performed in an aerobic continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) treating urban wastewater. The fate of the added bacteria was monitored by a specific fluorescent oligonucleotide probe targeting 16S rRNA. The first addition of the strain led to its rapid disappearance because of grazing.

Treatment of distillery vinasse in a high rate anaerobic reactor using low density polyethylene supports.

An anaerobic fixed bed reactor, filled with small floating supports of polyethylene material (Bioflow 30) as inert media, was operated for 6 months to treat vinasse (wine residue after distillation). Bioflow 30 has a density of 0.93 and a specific area of 320 m2/m3.