Stimulation of methanogenesis in a laboratory scale UASB reactor treating domestic sewage by Fe(0) application

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Xu, H ^a,b   Aiyuk, S ^b   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Chen, G ^a   Pieters, J ^b   Verstraete, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Domestic sewage; Iron(0); Methanogenesis; UASB

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; CONTROL REACTORS; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; INTEGRATED FUNCTION; METHANOGENESIS; UASB; UASB REACTOR;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BIOGAS; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; DIGESTION; FENTON REACTION; IRON; METHANE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UASB REACTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOGENESIS; RECYCLING; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GADIDAE;

EID: 3242658264     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619351     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Seghezzo, L., Zeeman, G., van Lier, J. B., Hamelers, H. V. M. and Lettinga, G., A review: the anaerobic treatment of sewage in UASB and EGSB reactors, Bioresour. Technol., 65, 175-190 (1998).
2. Elmitwalli, T. A., Oahn, K. L. T., Zeeman, G. and Lettinga, G., Treatment of domestic sewage in a two-step anaerobic filter/anaerobic hybrid system at low temperature, Water Res., 36, 2225-2232 (2002).
3. Foresti, E., Anaerobic treatment of domestic sewage: established technologies and perspectives, Water Sci. Technol., 45, 181-186 (2002).
4. Lens, P.N. and Verstraete W., Aerobic and anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater, In: Profiles on Biotechnology, Villa, T.G. and Abalde, J. (eds.), Servicio de Publicacions, Universidade de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, pp. 333-356 (1992).
5. Lettinga, G., Rebac, S. and Zeeman, G., Challenge of psychrophilic anaerobic wastewater treatment, Trends in Biotechnol., 19, 363-370 (2001).
6. Ruiz, I., Soto, M., Veiga, M. C., Ligero, P., Vega, A. and Blazquez, R., Performance of and biomass characterisation in a UASB reactor treating domestic waste water at ambient temperature, Water SA, 24, 215-222 (1998).
7. Kalogo, Y. and Verstraete, W., Development of anaerobic sludge bed (ASB) reactor technologies for domestic wastewater treatment: motives and perspectives, World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 15, 523-534 (1999).
8. 2 with elemental iron as the sole source of electrons, Sci., 237, 509-511 (1987).
9. William H.L., David, P.N. and Ralph, S.T., Anaerobic oxidation of elemental metals coupled to methanogenesis by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Environ. Sci. Technol., 26, 1606-1610 (1992).
10. Belay, N., Rajagopal, B. S. and Daniels, L., Effects of alkyltin compounds on hydrogen-oxidizing anaerobic bacteria, Current Microbiol., 20, 329-334 (1990).
11. Boopathy, R. and Daniels, L., Effect of pH on anaerobic mild-steel corrosion by methanogenic bacteria, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 57, 2104-2108 (1991).
12. Weathers, L. J., Parkin, G. F. and Alvarez, P. J., Utilization of cathodic hydrogen as electron donor for chloroform cometabolism by a mixed, methanogenic culture, Environ. Sci. Technol., 31, 880-885 (1997).
13. Wildman, M.J. and Alvarez, P.J.J., RDX degradation using an integrated Fe(0)-microbial treatment approach, Water Sci. Technol., 43, 25-33 (2001).
14. APHA, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 18th edition. American Public Health Association (APHA) / American Water Works Association (AWWA) / Water Environment Federation (WEF), Washington DC, USA (1992).
15. Chernicharo, C. A. L. and Nascimento, M. C. P., Feasibility of a pilot-scale UASB / trickling filter system for domestic sewage treatment, Water Sci. Technol., 44, 221-228 (2001).
16. Florencio, L., Kato, M. T. and de Morals, J. C., Domestic sewage treatment in full-scale UASB plant at Mangueira, Recife, Pernambuco, Water Sci. Technol., 44, 71-77 (2001).
17. Rodriguez, J. A., Pena, M. R., and Manzi, V., Application of an innovative methodology to improve the starting-up of UASB reactors treating domestic sewage, Water Sci. Technol., 44, 295-303 (2001).
18. Torres, P. and Foresti, E., Domestic sewage treatment in a pilot system composed of UASB and SBR reactors, Water Sci. Technol., 44, 247-253 (2001).