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COMPLEX SOLUBLE ORGANIC METHANE
ORGANICS ORGANICS ACIDS CO2
Hydrolysis Acid Producers Methanogens
6.0
Limits of Normal
pH = 6.2 Anaerobic Treatment
40
6.8
CO2 in Digester Gas, Percentage
6.6
7.2
7.0
30
7.4 8.0
6.4
20
8.2
7.8
7.6
10 8.6
8.4 8.8
0
250 500 1000 2500 5000 10,000 25,000
Relationship between pH, bicarbonate concentration, and carbon dioxide concentration at 35oC and 1 atm.
Adapted from: Sawyer, C. N., P. L. McCarty, and G. F. Parkin. Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
and Science. 5th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
SUBSTANCE MODERATELY INHIBITORY STRONGLY INHIBITORY
CONCENTRATION, mg/L CONCENTRATION, mg/L
0.5 (soluble)
Copper (Cu)
50-70 (total)
3.0 (soluble)
Chromium VI (Cr)
200-250 (total)
2.0 (soluble)
Nickel (Ni)
30.0 (total)
Digester gas
SCUM
ACTIVE LAYER
STABILIZED SOLIDS
Digested solids
Adapted from: WEF. Wastewater Treatment Plant Design. Water Environment Federation, Alexandria,
Virginia, 2003.
Section Through an Anaerobic Digester with a Floating Cover
Gas dome
Gas line
Overflow
Supernatant
withdrawal
Concrete support
Digested sludge out
6
1
A Gas recycle & draft tube B Gas recycle & gas injection
Mixer
Feed Scum door
Hopper
Elevator
Platform
Platform to other
digesters Pipes Supernatant
withdrawal
21 m
Pipe area
Gas
spargers
o
37
8.8 m
Figure by MIT OCW.
Gas injection
lines
Solids recirculation
header
To gas utilization Gas header
Nozzle for mixing
Belt wash
Lower belt
Cake discharge
High pressure zone belt conveyor
Adapted from: Hammer, M. J., and M. J. Hammer, Jr. Water and Wastewater Technology.
5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2004. Figure 11-56.