TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and analysis of a solar reactor for anaerobic wastewater treatment
AU - Yiannopoulos, Andreas Ch
AU - Manariotis, Ioannis D.
AU - Chrysikopoulos, Constantinos V.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was sponsored by the Archimedes-EPEAK II Research Program, funded by the European Social Fund and National Resources. The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views of the agencies and no official endorsement should be inferred.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - The aim of this research was to design a solar heated reactor system to enhance the anaerobic treatment of wastewater or biological sludge at temperatures higher than the ambient air temperature. For the proposed reactor system, the solar energy absorbed by flat plate collectors was transferred to a heat storage tank, which continuously supplied an anaerobic-filter reactor with water at a maximum temperature of 35 °C. The packed reactor was a metallic cylindrical tank with a peripheral twin-wall enclosure. Inside this enclosure was circulated warm water from the heat storage tank. Furthermore, a mathematical model was developed for the prediction of the temperature distribution within the reactor under steady state conditions. Preliminary results based on model simulations performed with meteorological data from various geographical regions of the world suggested that the proposed solar reactor system could be a promising and environmentally friendly approach for anaerobic treatment of wastewater and biological sludge.
AB - The aim of this research was to design a solar heated reactor system to enhance the anaerobic treatment of wastewater or biological sludge at temperatures higher than the ambient air temperature. For the proposed reactor system, the solar energy absorbed by flat plate collectors was transferred to a heat storage tank, which continuously supplied an anaerobic-filter reactor with water at a maximum temperature of 35 °C. The packed reactor was a metallic cylindrical tank with a peripheral twin-wall enclosure. Inside this enclosure was circulated warm water from the heat storage tank. Furthermore, a mathematical model was developed for the prediction of the temperature distribution within the reactor under steady state conditions. Preliminary results based on model simulations performed with meteorological data from various geographical regions of the world suggested that the proposed solar reactor system could be a promising and environmentally friendly approach for anaerobic treatment of wastewater and biological sludge.
KW - Anaerobic filter
KW - Biological treatment
KW - Municipal wastewater
KW - Solar energy
KW - Solar water heating
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.067
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.067
M3 - Article
C2 - 18328695
AN - SCOPUS:45449102273
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 99
SP - 7742
EP - 7749
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
IS - 16
ER -
