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- Title
Biogas Production from Concentrated Municipal Sewage by Forward Osmosis, Micro and Ultrafiltration.
- Authors
Ortega-Bravo, Juan Carlos; Pavez, Javier; Hidalgo, Víctor; Reyes-Caniupán, Isaac; Torres-Aravena, Álvaro; Jeison, David
- Abstract
Direct application of anaerobic digestion to sewage treatment is normally only possible under tropical weather conditions. This is the result of its diluted nature and temperatures far from those suitable for anaerobic conversion of organic matter. Then, direct application of anaerobic treatment to sewage would require changing temperature, concentration, or both. Modification of sewage temperature would require much more energy than contained in the organic matter. Then, the feasible alternative seems to be the application of a pre-concentration step that may be accomplished by membrane filtration. This research studied the pre-concentration of municipal sewage as a potential strategy to enable the direct anaerobic conversion of organic matter. Three different membrane processes were tested: microfiltration, ultrafiltration and forward osmosis. The methane potential of the concentrates was determined. Results show that biogas production from the FO-concentrate was higher, most likely because of a higher rejection. However, salt increase due to rejection and reverse flux of ions from the draw solution may affect anaerobic digestion performance.
- Subjects
BIOGAS production; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE purification; SEWAGE; MEMBRANE separation; REVERSE osmosis; ULTRAFILTRATION; REVERSE osmosis process (Sewage purification)
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 5, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su14052629