Influence of confectionery wastewater pretreatment in vortex layer apparatus on its physical and chemical properties

The paper studies the effect of pretreatment of highly concentrated wastewater from confectionery production in a vortex layer apparatus (VLA) on its physical and chemical properties, with the aim of its further use as a substrate for dark fermentation with the production of biohydrogen. Pretreatment in VLA resulted in a 2.6-fold increase in the iron content and 6.5% increase in soluble chemical oxygen demand after 3 minutes of exposure. After pretreatment in VLA, an increase in the content of acetic acid and a decrease in the contents of propionic, butyric and caproic acids were observed. An increase in the content of mono- and disaccharides was registered, and the effect of the VLA exposure time of confectionery wastewater on its physicochemical properties was studied. An increase in the concentration of iron and simple sugars in wastewater makes the use of VLA promising for improving the process of its subsequent dark fermentation.