开发一个简单的生物气分析模块 (BAM),用于实时监控生物气生产
Luciano de Melo1, Ianny Andrade Cruz2, Lucas Tadeu Fuess3
1Federal Institute of Sergipe, Estância, Brazil.
Environmental technology
|July 13, 2023
概括
这项研究开发了一种低成本的生物气分析模块 (BAM),使用Arduino来监测无氧消化. 该设备准确地跟踪生物气的生产和成分,为工艺控制提供了高效且经济实惠的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 无氧消化 (AD) 对微生物社区的干扰很敏感,影响生物气产量.
- 监控生物气产量对于优化AD过程至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个低成本的在线监测系统,即生物气分析模块 (BAM),用于跟踪无氧消化过程中的生物气产量.
- 评估BAM在监测甘葡萄糖和污水污泥共消化的沼气方面的表现.
主要方法:
- 使用Arduino平台创建生物气分析模块 (BAM).
- 应用了BAM来监测糖葡萄汁的生物气产量,这些葡萄汁在介质条件下 (38°C),pH值为6.5-7.5.5,用污水污泥接种.
- 实施了三个阶段的操作模型:适应,完整混合和用甘油生物刺激.
主要成果:
- 据BAM统计,生物气体的总容量为8,719.86厘米3.
- 实现了95.79% (体积) 的生物甲度. ),去除了90.8%的CO2和65.2%的H2S.
- 与色谱和色度测量方法相比,证明了高精度和效率.
结论:
- 开发的生物气分析模块 (BAM) 是监测无氧消化的一种准确而高效的工具.
- 该BAM提供了显著的成本降低,估计比现有的市场替代品便宜六倍.
- 这项技术为无氧消化过程的实时过程控制和优化提供了有价值的解决方案.
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