Treatment of dilute wastewater in a UASB reactor at a moderate temperature: Performance aspects

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-184

  Agrawal, Lalit K ^a   Harada, Hideki ^b   Okui, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Tokyu Construction Co   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anaerobic process; COD mass balance; developing countries; granule size distribution; sewage; sludge retention time; treatment performance; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METHANOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) MASS BALANCE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT);

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; METHANOGENESIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0030956570     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)83579-9     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Lettinga, G., van Velsen, A. F. M., Hobma, S. W., and de Zeeuw, W.: Use of the upflow sludge blanket (USB) reactor concept for biological wastewater treatment, especially for anaerobic treatment. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 22, 699-734 (1980).
2. Barbosa, R. A. and Sant'Anna, G. L., Jr.: Treatment of raw domestic sewage in an UASB reactor. Wat. Res., 23, 1483-1490 (1989).
3. Kooijmans, J. L. and van Velsen, A. F. M.: Application of the UASB process for treatment of domestic sewage under subtropical conditions, the Cali case. Proc. Anaerobic Treatment: a Grown-Up Technology (AQUATECH 1986), Amsterdam (1986).
4. Lettinga, G., Roersma, R., and Grin, P.: Anaerobic treatment of raw domestic sewage at ambient temperatures using a granular bed UASB reactor. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 25, 1701-1723 (1983).
5. Schellinkbout, A., Lettinga, G., velsen, L. V., Kooijmans, J. L., and Rodriguez G.: The application of the UASB reactor for the direct treatment of domestic wastewater under tropical conditions. Proc. sem./workshop: Anaerobic treatment of sewage. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 259-278 (1985).
6. Harada, H., Momonoi, K., Ohte, K., and Uemura, S.: Treatment of low strength wastewater by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Proc. Environ. Sani. Eng. Res., Jpn., 25, 161-170 (1989).
7. APHA: Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater, 16th ed. American Public Health Assoc., Washington, D.C. (1985).
8. Harada, H., Uemura, S., and Momonoi, K.: Interaction between sulfate-reducing bacteria and methane-producing bacteria in UASB reactors fed with low strength wastes containing different levels of sulfate. Wat. Res., 28, 355-367 (1994).
9. Dudley, B. T., Howgrave-Graham, A. R., Bruton, A. G., and Wallis, F. M.: Image analysis to quantify and measure UASB digester granules. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 42, 279-283 (1993).
10. Agrawal, L. K., Harada, H., Tseng, I., and Okui, H.: Treatment of dilute wastewater in a UASB reactor at a moderate temperature: microbiological aspects. J. Ferment. Bioeng., 83, 185-190 (1997).
11. Draaijer, H., Maas, J. A. W., Schaapman, J. E., and Khan, A.: Performance of the 5 MLD UASB reactor for sewage treatment at Kanpur, India. Sixth Int. Symp. on Anaerobic Digestion, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 115-124 (1991).
12. Vieira, S. M. M. and Souza, M. E.: Development of technology for the use of the UASB reactor in domestic sewage treatment. Wat. Sci. Tech., 18, 109-121 (1986).
13. van Haandel, A. C. and Lettinga, G.: Anaerobic sewage treatment, p. 223. John Wiley, New York (1994).
14. Sanz, I. and Polanco-Fdz, F.: Anaerobic treatment of municipal sewage in UASB and AFBR reactors. Environ. Technol. Lett., 10, 453-462 (1989).
15. Lettinga, G., de Zeeuw, W., Hulshoff pol, L., Wiegant, W., and Rinzema, A.: Anaerobic wastewater treatment based on biomass retention with emphasis on the UASB process. 4th Int. Symp. on Anaerobic Digestion, Guangzhou, China, 279-301 (1985).
16. Brown, D. S., Mehrotra, Petrasek, A. C. S., Eralp, A. E., and Bishop, D. F.: Evaluation of anaerobic expanded-bed contactors for municipal wastewater treatment. Proc. sem./workshop: anaerobic treatment of sewage. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 209-258 (1985).
17. Rinzema, A. and Lettinga, G.: Anaerobic treatment of sulfatecontaining waste water. Biotreatment systems volume III, p. 65-109. CRC Press, Boca Raton (1988).
18. Isa, Z., Grusenmeyer, S., and Verstraete, W.: Sulfate reduction relative to methane production in high-rate anaerobic digestion: technical aspects. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 51, 572-579 (1986).
19. Jewell, W. J., Switzenbaum, M. S., and Morris, J. W.: Municipal wastewater treatment with the anaerobic attached microbial film expanded bed process. J. WPCF, 53, 482-490 (1981).
20. Switzenbaun, M. S. and Jewell, W. J.: Anaerobic attached-film expanded-bed reactor treatment. J. WPCF, 52, 1953-1965 (1980).
21. Jewell, W. J.: The development of anaerobic wastewater treatment. Proc. sem./workshop: Anaerobic treatment of sewage. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 17-54 (1985).