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ABSTRACT
In this article, the theoretical aspects of the methanization of industrial effluents are first discussed, and the associated reaction processes detailed. The technological criteria for choosing a methanization process are then presented according to the characteristics of the effluent to be treated, together with the main operational difficulties related to the treatment of complex effluents. Some methanization technologies are described, with their respective advantages and disadvantages. Finally, the implementation of an industrial methanation unit is described. The sizing and the main choices are detailed, whether for the anaerobic reactor itself, for control, or for the valorization of the biogas produced. Examples from industry illustrate the different implementation options.
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Diana GARCIA-BERNET: Research Engineer INRA Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Narbonne, France
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Jean-Philippe STEYER: Research Director, INRA Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Narbonne, France
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Nicolas BERNET: Research Director, INRA Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Narbonne, France
INTRODUCTION
Anaerobic digestion, or methanization, is a natural biological process which, when carried out within controlled processes, enables organic pollution to be effectively treated and biogas to be produced. The main component of this biogas, methane, can be used to generate electricity, heat or CNG, or injected into the natural gas network. Initially applied to the recovery of livestock by-products, methanization is now widely used for the purification and recovery of industrial effluents loaded with organic matter.
Methanization transforms organic matter, in soluble or solid form, leading to the formation of biogas, a gaseous mixture composed mainly of methane (CH 4 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). It is carried out in the absence of oxygen by a diverse microbial community in a variety of natural ecosystems: marine and freshwater sediments, animal digestive tracts, landfills, soils, etc. In particular, it is the source of spontaneous phenomena such as will-o'-the-wisp and marsh gas emissions.
Biogas from anaerobic digestion is a flammable mixture that may contain, in addition to CH 4 (50-70% by volume) and CO 2 (25-45% by volume), variable amounts of water vapor, H 2 S and traces of H 2 and other minority compounds.
When valorized, biogas is a source of renewable energy insofar as it is derived from organic matter of plant or animal origin, with short renewal cycles. Used for the benefit of mankind, methanization is an effective tool for reducing organic pollution and producing energy.
Its first application, which is still the most important in terms of number of units, was on-farm energy recovery from livestock and agricultural by-products. Countries such as Germany and China have a large number of delocalized sources of energy in the form of agricultural biogas.
Since the early 1970s, numerous research and development projects in the field of methanization have contributed to the increasingly effective application of the process to the purification and recovery of industrial effluents loaded with organic matter. The success of anaerobic digestion in the treatment of industrial wastewater is due in particular to the fact that, unlike conventional aerobic purification processes, which require a high level of electricity for aeration, it produces net energy. Another advantage of anaerobic digestion is that it produces less sludge than aerobic plants. Last but not least, anaerobic effluent treatment is generally carried out at a...
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KEYWORDS
anaerobic digestion | biogas | cleanup
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Bibliography
Technical documents
Examples of Club BIOGAZ methanization sites http://atee.fr/biogaz
Technologies for effluent treatment by methanization, by René Moletta https://www.lavoisier.fr/livre/environnement/la-methanisation-3e-ed/moletta/descriptif-9782743019914
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CHARNIER (C.) – Rapid characterization of organic matter, instrumentation and modeling for performance prediction of anaerobic digestion processes. PhD thesis, University of Montpellier (2016).
PEU (P.) – La gestion des effluents d'élevage et la production d'hydrogène sulfuré, cas particulier de la méthanisation. PhD thesis, University of Rennes 1 (2011).
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