ABenchScaleAnaerobicDigester.pptVIP

A Bench Scale Anaerobic Digester Jacob Krall David Harrison Justin Ferrentino CEE 453 Introduction Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Treatment of Waste Rates Aerobic bacteria grow much faster, consume waste faster Cells Much easier to grow aerobic bacteria, less sensitive to temperature, and other factors Why Anaerobic Digestion? Energy Cost to aerate tanks Cost to dispose of sludge (landfills?) Anaerobic bacteria produce CO2 and CH4 (biogas) Objectives Build an operational bench scale sequencing batch reactor Attempt to characterize performance based on waste concentration and cell concentration A