Preliminary study on Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and Down-flow Aerobic Filter (DFAF) two phase combined reactor systems in treating domestic wastewater
Anaerobic wastewater treatment technology has shown high potential in organic removals as well as cost-effective processes. This paper presents an evaluation of the feasibility of employing UASB reactor followed by DFAF treating domestic wastewater. Besides, the performance of using zeolite and coco...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4552/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4552/1/MEO34.pdf |
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| Summary: | Anaerobic wastewater treatment technology has shown high potential in organic removals as well as cost-effective processes. This paper presents an evaluation of the feasibility of employing UASB reactor followed by DFAF treating domestic wastewater. Besides, the performance of using zeolite and coconut shell activated carbon as support material will also be appraised. The microbial communities that are responsible for pollutant and nutrient removal are identified. An analytical study is carried out to evaluate the performance of combined UASB and DFAF reactors in a sequence operation. A 6.36 L UASB reactor seeded with sludge from anaerobic pond at University Tun Hussein Onn’s sewerage treatment plant is fed with domestic wastewater taken from the same treatment plant. The effluent of UASB directly discharged into the DFAF which has 2.84 L capacity. The DFAF is a down-flow filter through pack of zeolite and coconut shell activated carbon respectively. Aeration is provided via oxidation during filtration. The wastewater is fed continuously with increasing OLR until the reactor failed. The domestic wastewater samples are analyzed for pH and COD. The findings of this study would hopefully contribute to the enhancement of current established system in treating domestic wastewater. |
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