Methane production from anaerobic treatment of volatile organic compounds

Worldwide increasing energy problems prompts researchers to find new and renewable energy sources. There are many new studies on energy investigation using different materials and technology. These studies were quite important for continuing development, comfortable life and industrial improvement. This investigation considers the removal of volatile organic compounds frequently found in many wastewaters and methane production following the wastewater treatment. The study was performed on the up flow anaerobic condition sludge blanket reactors. Used volatile organic compounds are trichloroethylene, chloroform, dichloromethane, and TCE. Removal ratio of these compounds were 87.8% trichloroethylene, 96.5% chloroform, 67.1% dichloromethane, and 97.3% tetrachlorethylene. Methane ratios in the gas production were 67.1% for TCE, 72.4% for chloroform, 69.6% dichloromethane and 69.8% tetrachlorethylene.