Determination of Kinetic Coefficients in Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Using Sugarcane Industrial Wastewater

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MSc Student, Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, Azad Islamic University, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Health Engineering and Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Assist Prf, Dept of Environmental Health Engineering and Environmental Technology Research Center of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Extraction of sugar from sugarcane produces a high volume of effluent carrying large amounts of organics and BOD5. Discharging the effluent into rivers and into the environment endangers the aquatic life and increases the risks of environmental pollution. This study was conducted in 2012 to determine the kinetic coefficients of the anaerobic treatment systems (UASB) at the wastewater treatment plant of Imam Khomeini Sugarcane Agro-industrial Plant in Shushtar. The parameters of BOD5, COD, and TSS were measured at the inlet and outlet of the WWTP. Subsequently, the operation and design parameters of the system were determined. Using the modified Monod Equations, the kinetic coefficients Ks, Y, Kd, μ max, and K max for employing the UASB process at the WWPT in question were calculated as 506.4mg/l, 0.11 g VSS/g COD, 0.0045 d-1, 0.0069 d-1, and 0.055 d-1, respectively. The kinetic coefficients obtained in this study can be used in the steering and operation as well as fundamental design of similar plants, especially in hot areas.

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Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab ( in persian )
Volume 26, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
serial number:96
May 2015
Pages 62-70

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