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Anaerobic co-digestion of surplus yeast and wastewater to increase energy recovery in breweries
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Surplus yeast is a residue produced during brewery process, which presents high contents of organic matter. Biogas production from yeast could significantly contribute to bioenergy production in breweries, via biogas generation. Co-digestion of surplus yeast and brewery wastewater in a single treatment step would simplify the technical and economical requirements for the transformation of both residues into biogas. The feasibility of such co-digestion process was studied by means of batch tests and a lab-scale UASB reactor operation. The effect of applying three pre-treatments (thermal, chemical and mechanical) to the surplus yeast was also studied. Results showed that co-digestion of yeast and brewery wastewater is feasible, since no negative effects of the joint digestion were observed. Pre-treatments tested in this research produced no significant improvements on biogas yield or digestion rates. Even though no negative effects were observed when digesting wastewater and yeast in a UASB reactor after 70 days, long-term studies would be needed in order to detect potential negative effects over granular sludge development, sometimes observed during the treatment of some wastewaters containing suspended solids.
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“BSY is a brewing by-product containing high amounts of biodegradable organic matter [94].”
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“The inclusion of the brewery wastewater stream in the BSY fermentation has also been explored and does not seem to cause any negative e ect on the biogas production.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Neira, K., & Jeison, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de La Frontera (CL)
- Corresponding author
- Jeison, D.
- ORCID
- Jeison, D.
- Venue
- Water Science and Technology
- Publisher
- IWA Publishing
- Published
- 2010-03-01
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1129-1135
- ISSN
- 0273-1223 (ISSN-L)
- 1996-9732
- OpenAlex
- W2016111163
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 5.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- americanae.aecid.es
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Water Science & Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Keywords
- co-digestion, brewery wastewater, biogas production, UASB reactor, pretreatment, thermal pretreatment, chemical pretreatment, mechanical pretreatment, bioenergy, granular sludge
- MeSH terms
- Anaerobiosis, Beer, Industrial Waste, Methane, Oxygen, Sewage, Temperature, Time Factors, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Yeasts, Waste Management, Water Purification, Bioreactors, Biofuels
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