| Effect of sponge volume on the performance of down-flow hanging sponge system treating UASB reactor effluent. | |
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PMID: 20013130 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The performance of down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) system treating UASB reactor effluent at different sponge volume of 38.2, 28.7, 19.1 and 9.6% was investigated. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) and flow rate were kept constant at 2.6 h and 0.46 m(3)/day, respectively. The results obtained indicated that reducing the sponge volume of the DHS system from 38.2 to 19.1% significantly decreased the removal efficiency of COD(total) from 80 +/- 8 to 62 +/- 14%; COD(soluble) from 71.2 +/- 10 to 53.7 +/- 18% and COD(particulate) from 86 +/- 10 to 62 +/- 15%. With further reduction of the sponge volume down to 9.6%, the removal efficiency was dropped to 54 +/- 15% for COD(total); 44.1 +/- 14% for COD(soluble) and 42 +/- 12% for COD(particulate). Likewise, the nitrification efficiency and fecal coliform (FC) removal was strongly affected by decreasing the sponge volume of the DHS system, i.e., the nitrification efficiency was dropped by a value of 48.3% when reducing the sponge volume of the DHS system from 38.2 to 19.1%. At sponge volume of 38.2%, the DHS system removes 2.6 +/- 0.3 log(10)/100 ml of FC which is significantly higher than that at sponge volume of 28.7, 19.1 and 9.6%. Accordingly, it is recommended to design and operate such a system at a bulk sponge volume not exceeding 38.2% of the total reactor volume and at an HRT of 2.6 h. |
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A Tawfik; A Ohashi; H Harada |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-12-15 |
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Title: Bioprocess and biosystems engineering Volume: 33 ISSN: 1615-7605 ISO Abbreviation: Bioprocess Biosyst Eng Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-08-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101088505 Medline TA: Bioprocess Biosyst Eng Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 779-85 Citation Subset: IM |
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Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Tawfik8@hotmail.com |
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