Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Session code 6BV.2
Processes for bio-based chemicals and materials 1
Use of Anaerobic Digestate from the USP Bioenergy Plant as Fertilizer
Short Introductive summary
On the USP Campus, located in the city of São Paulo, we have a Bioenergy and Biofertilizers Plant with an installed capacity of 75 kWe and is composed of a receiving unit, two 430 m3 bioreactors, a 430 m3 digestate tank, and a cogeneration unit. The digestate is a by-product and has potential to be used as a biofertilizer as it contains high concentrations of nutrients such as N, P, and K, among others, which can meet the nutritional demands of crops. The main objective of this work was to quantify the nutrients contained in the crude digestate and its separate phases by two different methods, decantation and centrifugation, to evaluate the digestate treatments. Throughout the article, will be presented the potential of digestate from bioenergy and biofertilizer Plant from USP to be used as biofertilizer.
Presenter
Julia FERRARESE
IEE/ USP, CPLEN Dpt.
Presenter's biography
Master in Energy from the University of São Paulo and Graduated in Chemistry from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (2009). Works in the biofuel development laboratory of the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of São Paulo, with emphasis on biogas.
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Co-authors:
J.C.B.B. Ferrarese, IEE/ USP, São Paulo, BRAZIL
P.R. Camiloti, IEE/ USP, São Paulo, BRAZIL
I.L. Sauer, IEE/ USP, São Paulo, BRAZIL
Session reference: 6BV.2.18