NDLI: Anaerobic treatment of residual lemon pulp in digesters with semi-continuous feed.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Navarro, A. R. Lopez, Z. Salguero, J. Maldonado, M. C.
Description	Country affiliation: Argentina Author Affiliation: Navarro AR ( Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ayacucho 465, Tucumán, Argentina.)
Abstract	Lemon growing areas in the north of Argentina have industries that produce concentrated juice, peel and essential oil and generate a significant amount of liquid and solid waste as lemon pulp. In Argentina, despite the potential applications that the pulp has as animal feed and human and industrial raw material, only 10% is used for these purposes and the rest is discarded into the environment causing many ecological and economic problems. There is little information in the literature on biotechnologies for the treatment of this industrial waste. This paper shows that lemon pulp is a suitable substrate to be treated by anaerobic digestion. We obtained 86 and 92% reduction of chemical oxygen demand in a digester with a semi-continuous feed and retention time of 10 and 20 days respectively and a productivity of 0.406 g CH(4)/g VS h. Comparative tests showed that pre-digesting the pulp improved the process of digestion and increased biogas generation by 20%.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	02731223
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	67
e-ISSN	19969732
Journal	Water Science & Technology
Language	English
Publisher	IWA Publishing
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Hydrology Biofuels Bioreactors Citrus Metabolism Methane Anaerobiosis Environmental Pollution Prevention & Control Fruit Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Engineering Water Science and Technology

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