Development of monitoring and control technology based on trace gas monitoring. Final report
Trace gases are generated by many biological reactions. During anaerobic decomposition, trace levels of hydrogen (H{sub 2}) and carbon monoxide (CO) gases are produced. This work was designed to test how effectively hydrogen and CO could be to monitor high-rate anaerobic systems that has signficant mass transfer and complex hydraulics. An experimental program was designed to examine the behavior of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor system under steady state and in response to organic loading perturbations. The responses of trace gases CO and H{sub 2} were tracked using an on-line, real-time gas-monitoring system linked to a computer-controlled data acquisition package. Data on conventional process parameters such as pH, chemical oxygen demand (COD), volatile fatty acids (VFAs) were concurrently collected.
- Research Organization:
- Michigan Biotechnology Inst., Lansing, MI (United States); EFX Systems, Inc., Lansing, MI (United States); New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 658796
- Report Number(s):
- PB-98-158991/XAB; TRN: 82541279
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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