Pulp Wastewater Treatment Using Anaerobic Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors: A Case-StudyShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, ISSN 2366-2557, Vol. 524 LNCE, p. 234-239Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The pulp and paper (P&P) industry holds significant global importance. However, the industry’s processes substantially demand water and energy resources. Consequently, there is a pressing need for the industry to adopt more sustainable production practices, aiming to trim environmental impact and strengthen resilience against climate change. Recent research has highlighted the potential for substantial increases in Swedish biogas production using anaerobic wastewater (WW) treatment methods within P&P mills. The P&P sector traditionally relies on aerobic biological WW treatment, overlooking the valuable opportunity for WW resource recovery. This study aims to evaluate anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactors (AnMBBR) to enhance energy recovery while enabling treatment capacity for the P&P industry’s anaerobic WW treatment. The results of this study showed the resilience of the AnMBBR system. It proved capable of recovering from overload conditions and operating even during prolonged periods at low pH levels. However, the system removes mainly soluble COD, suggesting higher capabilities on P&P WW with a high fraction of soluble COD. Its ability to produce methane-rich biogas demonstrates efficient gas production while maintaining simple operational procedures.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024. Vol. 524 LNCE, p. 234-239
Keywords [en]
Biogas; Chemithermomechanical Pulps; Pulp Industry; Recovery; Swedish; Biogas; Biological water treatment; Bioreactors; Climate change; Energy resources; Pulp; Recovery; Sustainable development; Wastewater treatment; Anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactors; Anaerobic waste water treatment; Case-studies; CTMP; Pressung; Production practice; Pulp and paper industry; S-process; Sustainable production; Water and energies; Biofilms
National Category
Environmental Biotechnology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-74628DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63353-9_41Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85197870918OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-74628DiVA, id: diva2:1887201
Conference
International Conference on Wider-Uptake of Water Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment, ICWRR 2024. Palermo, Italy. 18 June 2024 through 21 June 2024
Note
This work is part of the SuPaP (Enabling resource recovery and Sustainable wastewater treatment for the Pulp And Paper industry) project, funded by FORMAS through grant number 2021-02524
2024-08-072024-08-072025-04-29Bibliographically approved