Sistematización de aspectos teóricos sobre las tecnologías de producción de biogás a escala industrial. Systematization of theoretical aspects on full scale anaerobic digestion technologies

Ernesto L. Barrera-Cardoso; Annerys Carabeo-Pérez; Leyanet Odales-Bernal; Luz M. Contreras-Velázquez; Lisbet López-González

doi:10.1590/2224-6185.2018.1.%x

Ernesto L. Barrera-Cardoso Centro de Estudio de Energía y Procesos Industriales (CEEPI), Dirección de Investigaciones Aplicadas, Universidad de Sancti-Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”
Annerys Carabeo-Pérez Centro de Estudio de Energía y Procesos Industriales (CEEPI), Dirección de Investigaciones Aplicadas, Universidad de Sancti-Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”
Leyanet Odales-Bernal Centro de Estudio de Energía y Procesos Industriales (CEEPI), Dirección de Investigaciones Aplicadas, Universidad de Sancti-Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”
Luz M. Contreras-Velázquez Centro de Estudio de Energía y Procesos Industriales (CEEPI), Dirección de Investigaciones Aplicadas, Universidad de Sancti-Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”
Lisbet López-González Centro de Estudio de Energía y Procesos Industriales (CEEPI), Dirección de Investigaciones Aplicadas, Universidad de Sancti-Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/2224-6185.2018.1.%25x

Keywords: biogas production, full scale, technological aspects, biodegradable wastes.

Abstract

In Cuba, the development of biogas production at the full scale has been limited by lack of knowledge about the existing technologies. In this paper the theoretical aspects of biogas production technologies at the full scale are systematized, taking into account five basic steps: pretreatment of substrates; anaerobic digestion; post-treatment of effluents; biogas purification; and power generation. Biodegradable wastes with high (≥ 15%) and low solids contents (≤ 15%), as well as complex (high levels of lignin) could be treated with the alternatives described, producing energy as electricity, heat or combustible.

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