Advancing anaerobic digestion of sugarcane vinasse: Current development, struggles and future trends on production and end-uses of biogas in Brazil

SuperPro Designer® is a process simulator software used for analyzing the techno-economic feasibility of large-scale bioprocesses. Its predetermined built-in features allow for easy implementation by non-experts, but a lack of examples limits its appropriation. This study aims to validate the implementation of SuperPro Designer® by non-experts for the techno-economic analysis of anaerobic digestion in Colombia, using vinasse as feedstock. These results demonstrate the financial feasibility of such a process when a processing flow rate of 25 m3/h is ensured. Additionally, this study validates the manageability of the tool for assessing the economic feasibility of a technology, a key practice during technology development regardless of the area of expertise.

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Start-Up Strategy and Process Performance of Semi-Continuous Anaerobic Digestion of Raw Sugarcane Vinasse

Waste and Biomass Valorization ◽

10.1007/s12649-020-00964-z ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hélène Caillet ◽

Laetitia Adelard

Keyword(s):

Anaerobic Digestion ◽

Process Performance ◽

Start Up ◽

Sugarcane Vinasse

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Anaerobic Digestion of Sugarcane Vinasse Through a Methanogenic UASB Reactor Followed by a Packed Bed Reactor

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology ◽

10.1007/s12010-017-2488-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 183 (4) ◽

pp. 1127-1145 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

A. Cabrera-Díaz ◽

I. Pereda-Reyes ◽

D. Oliva-Merencio ◽

R. Lebrero ◽

M. Zaiat

Keyword(s):

Anaerobic Digestion ◽

Packed Bed ◽

Packed Bed Reactor ◽

Uasb Reactor ◽

Sugarcane Vinasse

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Resource recovery from sugarcane vinasse by anaerobic digestion – A review

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113137 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 295 ◽

pp. 113137

Author(s):

A.F.R. Silva ◽

Y.L. Brasil ◽

K. Koch ◽

M.C.S. Amaral

Keyword(s):

Anaerobic Digestion ◽

Resource Recovery ◽

Sugarcane Vinasse

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ADM1 modelling of large-scale covered in-ground anaerobic reactor treating sugarcane vinasse

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2018.013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 77 (5) ◽

pp. 1397-1409 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marcelo Leite Conde Elaiuy ◽

Aiduan Li Borrion ◽

Davide Poggio ◽

Julia Anna Stegemann ◽

Edson Aparecido Abdul Nour

Keyword(s):

Anaerobic Digestion ◽

Food Industry ◽

Large Scale ◽

Rate Coefficient ◽

Hydrolysis Rate ◽

Anaerobic Reactor ◽

First Order ◽

Industry Standards ◽

Scale Reactor ◽

Sugarcane Vinasse

Abstract In this paper, we demonstrate in a clear procedure the application of the Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) to model a large-scale covered in-ground anaerobic reactor (Cigar), processing sugarcane vinasse from a biorefinery in Brazil. The biochemical make-up (carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids) of the substrate was analysed based on the food industry standards. Two distinct subsets of data, based on the sugarcane harvest season for bioethanol and sugar production in 2012 and 2014, were used to direct and cross validate the model, respectively. We fitted measured data by estimating two key parameters against biogas flow rate: the degradation extent (fd) and the first order hydrolysis rate coefficient (khyd). By cross validation we show that the fitted model can be generalised to represent the behaviour of the reactor under study. Therefore, motivated by practical and industrial application of ADM1, for both different reactors types and substrates, we show aspects on the implementation of ADM1 to a specific large-scale reactor for anaerobic digestion of sugarcane vinasse.

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CFD Simulations in Mechanically Stirred Tank and Flow Field Analysis: Application to the Wastewater (Sugarcane Vinasse) Anaerobic Digestion

10.5772/intechopen.93926 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hélène Caillet ◽

Alain Bastide ◽

Laetitia Adelard

Keyword(s):

Anaerobic Digestion ◽

Flow Field ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Liquid Waste ◽

Field Analysis ◽

Navier Stokes ◽

Computational Fluid Mechanics ◽

Mechanical Mixing ◽

Mechanical Agitation ◽

Sugarcane Vinasse

Anaerobic digestion is a widely used process for waste treatment and energy production. This natural process takes place in a controlled environment, anaerobic digesters. Mixing is one of the main operating parameters. The understanding of the flows during the agitation of the medium is crucial for the optimization of the process yield. In fact, the mass and heat transfers are enhanced by the agitation. However, the complex biochemical reactions can be inhibited with overly vigorous agitation. A detailed and in-depth understanding of the phenomena occurring during agitation requires modeling studies. In this chapter, we propose a general approach, based on computational fluid mechanics (CFD), to analyze the mechanical mixing of an anaerobic reactor. We apply this work to the anaerobic digestion of the sugarcane vinasse, which is a liquid waste generated during the production of alcohol. The single-phase Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations of mechanical agitation of Newtonian fluids for different rotational speeds are presented. The equations system is closed with the standard k-epsilon turbulence model. The flow field is analyzed with the velocity profiles, the Q and Lambda2 fields, the pressure and the vorticity.

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