The acidogenic fermentation of dairy wastewater (DW) was evaluated for carboxylic acids (CA) production, investigating the influence of substrate/microorganism (S/X) ratio and applying different mathematical models to the bioproduct formation data. The experiments were performed in batch reactors for 28 days, and four S/X ratios were tested (0.8, 1.2, 1.6, and 1.9 gCOD gVSS). The S/X ratio increase did not influence the percentage of DW conversion into carboxylic acids (42-44%), but the productivity was positively affected (100-200% in general). Acetic acid was the CA formed in the highest concentration for all experiments, followed by propionic and butyric acids. Exponential models were better suited to describe this kinetics process. Therefore, according to the estimated kinetic parameters, the S/X ratio 1.6 was more suitable for CA production from acidogenic fermentation of dairy wastewater, in which the concentrations of longer CA, such as propionate and butyrate, were formed in higher quantities. In addition, it was determined a correlation between the S/X ratio and kinetic parameters like degradation/production rate constant (K) and maximum productivity rate (μ).
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