Novel wastewater treatment processes
- Inst. of Gas Technology, Des Plaines, IL (United States)
Few fermentation processes are as versatile as anaerobic digestion in terms of utility, application and capability to handle feeds of varied chemical complexity and physical characteristics. The anaerobic digestion process has served the pollution control industry in the US for over 100 years in stabilizing organic sludges and wastewaters; treatment of these high-moisture-content and high-strength aqueous wastes by alternative thermal or aerobic biological processes requires much higher energy inputs than that needed to conduct anaerobic digestion. The anaerobic digestion process has taken on new importance and emphasis in recent years because of its potential application for energy and chemical production from various types of renewable-carbon resources, and because it can be coupled with certain electrochemical, thermochemical and biochemical processes to generate electric power, hydrocarbons, methanol and other high-value products. A number of initiatives have been taken to improve the anaerobic digestion process in keeping with the increasing appreciation for its utility and versatility of application in municipal, industrial and rural settings. Using processes based upon the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes, the Institute of Gas Technology has developed technologies applicable for the treatment of a wide variety of organic wastes. Increased methane gas production and enhanced waste reduction can be achieved through the ACIMET, SOLCON and HIMET Processes, depending upon concentration and characteristics of the incoming organic waste stream. These proprietary IGT waste treatment systems are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 435453
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606300-; TRN: IM9710%%111
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat International `96. 14. Annual environmental management and technology conference international, Atlantic City, NJ (United States), 18-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fourteenth annual environmental management and technology conference international: Technical papers; PB: 527 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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