Influence of Glucose Supplementation on the Organic Removal and Biomass Growth in Anaerobically Digested Vinasse (AnVE) by Using Aerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR)

This paper analyses the effect of glucose supplementation in the treatment of anaerobically digested vinasse (AnVE) through reduction performance and biomass growth by using aerobic SBR system. The result revealed that the COD and ammonium reduction with the addition of glucose supplementation (65.3 ± 6.0 and 30.0 ± 5.5%) was greater than the reactor without glucose supplementation (23.6 ± 10.8 and 18.7 ± 6.0%). This can be due to the additional glucose as the carbon source for microbe metabolism nutrients. The biomass growth in the reactor with glucose supplementation increased rapidly over time, while there was no obvious biomass growth shown in the reactor without the addition of glucose. It is because glucose supplementation increased biomass accumulation in biomass production. The increment of biomass in the reactor with glucose supplementation can be further explained by the F/M ratio and biomass yield. The F/M ratio reduced when the biomass growth increased. Thus, the biomass yield started to decrease after the operation in week 2, until it reached maximum biomass growth. Therefore, it concluded that the addition of glucose supplementation in the treatment of AnVE showed a positive effect on the removal performance and biomass growth by using aerobic SBR.