Anaerobic digestion: A promising technology of utilizing radioactively contaminated plant biomass

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652052%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000030" target="_blank" >RIV/86652052:_____/23:N0000030 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0265931X23001388" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0265931X23001388</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107245" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107245</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anaerobic digestion: A promising technology of utilizing radioactively contaminated plant biomass

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a widely used technology that allows for the reprocessing and reduction of waste biomass. A study was conducted to see if the AD technology might be used to process radioactively polluted agricultural biomass. For this purpose, laboratory tests were carried out with a 20-liter model biogas plant (BGP) with the radionuclide 134Cs and operational tests with the South Bohemian commercial biogas plant monitoring the radionuclide 137Cs. The activities of 134Cs in inputs, contaminated grass or maize silage and in emerging fractions were investigated in the model fermenter. The activity of 134Cs in the dry matter during the fermentation process increased by 46% on average, which corresponds to a reduction of dry matter by 43% due to the production of biogas. 137Cs activities were measured in commercial BGP maize, grass, and whole plant silage, wheat, digestate, biogas, and aerosol samples. The commercial BGP fermentation process was more efficient, with an 80% reduction in dry mass weight. Dry biomass (1.37 Bq/kg) had a 137Cs massic activity that was 4.4times lower than the activity of dry digestate mass (6.01 Bq/kg). The activity of the 137Cs in biogas aerosol was 1.1E-7 Bq/m3 or less, and the decontamination factor was 6.9E6 or greater. Most Cs remain in the digestate. No other ways of radioactivity leakage have been identified.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anaerobic digestion: A promising technology of utilizing radioactively contaminated plant biomass

Popis výsledku anglicky

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a widely used technology that allows for the reprocessing and reduction of waste biomass. A study was conducted to see if the AD technology might be used to process radioactively polluted agricultural biomass. For this purpose, laboratory tests were carried out with a 20-liter model biogas plant (BGP) with the radionuclide 134Cs and operational tests with the South Bohemian commercial biogas plant monitoring the radionuclide 137Cs. The activities of 134Cs in inputs, contaminated grass or maize silage and in emerging fractions were investigated in the model fermenter. The activity of 134Cs in the dry matter during the fermentation process increased by 46% on average, which corresponds to a reduction of dry matter by 43% due to the production of biogas. 137Cs activities were measured in commercial BGP maize, grass, and whole plant silage, wheat, digestate, biogas, and aerosol samples. The commercial BGP fermentation process was more efficient, with an 80% reduction in dry mass weight. Dry biomass (1.37 Bq/kg) had a 137Cs massic activity that was 4.4times lower than the activity of dry digestate mass (6.01 Bq/kg). The activity of the 137Cs in biogas aerosol was 1.1E-7 Bq/m3 or less, and the decontamination factor was 6.9E6 or greater. Most Cs remain in the digestate. No other ways of radioactivity leakage have been identified.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/VI20172020098" target="_blank" >VI20172020098: Likvidace radiačně kontaminované biomasy po havárii JE-distribuce v krajině, logistika sklizně, využití bioplynovou technologií.</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

ISSN

0265-931X

e-ISSN

1879-1700

Svazek periodika

268-269

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

November

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

107245

Kód UT WoS článku

001049533100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85166197257