BioGas1 – Anaerobic Micronutrients

Description

Anaerobic Digester

Methanogens Require Trace Elements

Methane production is both important for biogas and digester health. When methanogens don’t receive adequate food, the result is an overabundance of acid in the digester and a sharp drop in methane production.

Trace elements like cobalt, nickel, and iron are an essential component to the output of methanogenic bacteria. These bacteria need a steady supply of trace elements to form the enzymes necessary for methane production. Aquafix has developed a form of these crucial metals that is 100% bioavailable, which means the metals have been formulated to be completely absorbed by the bacterial cells. Putting in simple or commodity-based forms of these metals will not have any effect, as they are not taken up or used by the biology.

Applications

• Anaerobic Digesters

Advantages & Benefits

• Provides Essential Trace Elements Necessary for Methanogenic Bacteria
• Improves Methane Production
• Better Digestion, Less Disposal
• Prevents Digesters From Going Sour
• Restores Stability
• Stops Foaming
• Works Well For Food and Brewery Industries

Dosage Rate

• Initial Dose: 5 gallons per 100,000 gallons tank volume
• Maintenance Dose: 2.5 gallons per 50,000 gallons daily inflow, added once per week

Note: Feed all at once, do not gradually feed.

Additional Anaerobic Information

Case Study – Aquafix BioGas1

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Challenge: A corn processing plant in Illinois lost methane production from their 500,000 gallon mesophilic anaerobic digester. As production increased, their methanogens couldn’t keep up. This caused COD levels as well as fats, oils and grease to rise in the supernate. This also contributed to upsets in the adjacent aeration process.

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Solution: They initially added 5 gallons of Aquafix’s BioGas1 to jump start. Then dropped to 1 quart per day there on after.

Results: Within two weeks their digester produced a yellow flame, and in another two weeks it was back to a healthy blue with lower outgoing COD and FOG. The methane production rose and contaminant levels decrease, leaving the plant fully functional.

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Case Study – Digester Foam & Methane Loss

 

Challenge: A municipal wastewater treatment plant in Kansas called with an anaerobic digester overflowing with foam.  This digester has produced minimal methane for over two years, and within a week of the foaming issue, lost all methane production.

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Solution: The plant first sent Aquafix a samples of the foam and mixed liquor, where our labs identified the disruptive filaments.  The plant then added our Foam Buster at the aeration basin along with BioGas1 in the anaerobic digester. 

Results: Within two weeks the digester stopped foaming and started producing the best methane it ever has.