PONTELLO, Clori J.; GOMES, Simone D.; QUEIROZ, Manoel M. F. de.; FAZOLO, Ajadir.; KUMMER, Ana C. B.
Resumo:
The present study aims at evaluating the effect of plastic canvass on the stability and
keeping the anaerobic pond temperature treating the outflow of cassava. The system consisted of two
reactors simultaneously supplied, with net volume of 15.98m3 each, 10 day hydraulic retaining time,
continuously supplied, without pH correction and without temperature control. Air temperature and
daily outflowing and inflowing of the reactors were monitorized for a period of one year. Both
physical and chemical analyses were performed measuring pH, BOD5, COD, TS, and TSV of the
reactors’outflowing and iinflowing in monthly frequency. The daily temperatures measured on the
covered reactors were superior than on the uncovered ones. An efficiency of 10% on COD, and 15%
on BOD5 were observed on the covered reactor. The plastic canvass covered reactor showed less
oscilations with greater stability in keeping temperatures, mainly in periods of low temperature,
showing a better performance on the treatment of cassava processing outflow.