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ISSN 1818-6785
IDOSI Publications, 2009
A Study on Dairy Wastewater Using Fixed-Film Fixed Bed Anaerobic Diphasic Digester
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Abstract: In any dairy plant, the quantity and characteristics of effluent is depending upon the extent of
production activities, pasteurization to several milk products. The anaerobic digesters in the first phase of
treatment, which is followed by high rate aerobic treatment remain as the most common effluent treatment
scheme for dairy plants. The Indian dairy industries is stated to have the growth at more than 15% and poised
to cross the 150 million tones per annum. The requirement for milk and milk products is keep growing in steady
pace, making a significant impact on the Indian agriculture domain. The dairy industries require large quantity
of water for the purpose of washing of cans, machinery and floor, the liquid waste in a dairy originates from
manufacturing process, utilities and service section. The various sources of waste generation from a dairy are
spilled milk, spoiled milk, skimmed milk, whey; whey is the most difficult high strength waste product of cheese
manufacture. The present study, thus initiated, for evaluating a need based experimental work on anaerobic
diphasic digester incorporated with bio film support systems, for treating dairy effluent. The kinetic parameters
are also estimated using the experimental data.
Key words:Anaerobic processes
Biofilms
COD
OLR
VLR
Diphasic digester
INTRODUCTION
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Corresponding Author: G. Srinivasan, Sr. Lecturer in Department of Civil and Structural Engineering,
Annamalai University, Annamalai nagar
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METHANOGENIC REACTOR
ACEDOGENIC REACTOR
GAS PIPE
EFFLUENT
PIPE
MICROBIAL
SUPPORT
MEDIA
SAMPLE
PORT
DESLUDGE
PIPE
MICROBIAL
SUPPORT
MEDIA
SAMPLE PORT
INFLUENT PIPE
INLET
TABLE
PERISTALTIC
PUMP
TABLE
Fig. 1:
Table 1: Physical features and process parameters of experimental model
Reactor type: Diphasic anaerobic digester
Pump used: Peristaltic pump-PP-20 model (Miclins product)
SPECIFICATIONS
ACETOGENIC REACTOR
Reactor volume
0.0113 m3
Reactor diameter
0.12m
Reactor height
1m
Height of biomass support media fill
0.4m
Influent pipe diameter
0.006m
Sample ports [from bottom of the reactor]
S1
0.17m
S2
0.4m
S3
0.65m
Reactor Volume
0.00452 m3
Specific area of the fill
500 m2 /m3 (16mm)
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METHANOGENIC REACTOR
0.0314 m3
0.20m
1m
0.45m
0.006m
0.12m
0.4m
0.65m
0.01413 m3
350 m2 /m 3 (32mm)
Y = 0.1629x-0.3938
R2 = 0.9022
1.00
1.20
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
1.20
0.80
1.00
dF
ds
= AD
dt
dz
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
1 dF
.
= ( K A / V ) Se
V dt
Y = 0.1066x + 0.484
2
R = 0.9073
1.20
0.3
0.2
8000 mg/l
8996 mg/l
9956 mg/l
10976 mg/l
0.1
11981 mg/l
1.00
0.80
0
0
0.60
0.40
4
6
8
3
OLR, Kg COD/m .day
10
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CONCLUSION
The Modified Diphasic digester is found to treat
dairy waste water for a maximum COD removal of 70.40%
and 0.330 m3 of gas production / kg COD removed. Hence
Diphasic digester can be used for removing COD up to
75% and the rest can be removed in the down stream
aerobic systems, more effectively and economically.
0.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
ACKNOLEDGEMENT
0.20
% COD removal
0.4
1.
8000 mg/l
8996 mg/l
9956 mg/l
10976 mg/l
11981 mg/l
2.
3.
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
4.
5.
6.
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