Treatment of sugar industry wastewater by upflow anaerobic. Kandasamy encyclopedia of life support systemseolss can be traced to the processing of industrial chemicals and nearly 40% of the total. Modelling of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor r. Applicability of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and. To analyze your situation, we would first look at your mixed liquid. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors for treatment of. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process uasb has been around for many years, so it clearly can work well. Vidyanikethan post, mysore road, bangalore, india abstract. This reactor type is very well suited for wastewater. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion wikipedia. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor has found wide acceptance in the treatment of industrial wastewaters since its. New perspectives in anaerobic digestion horizon ird.
Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket treatment of starch wastewater. Design of an anaerobic digester for wastewater treatment. Krishnamurthy 1 1department of biotechnology, pesit, bsk iii stage, bangalore, india 2department of chemical, rvce, r. Murugesan manonmaniam sundaranar university, sri paramakalyani centre for environmental sciences, alwarkurichi 627 412, tamil nadu, india key words. The use of up flow anaerobic sludge blanket anaerobic digestion systems. Sludge blanket small scale uasb large scale uasb reactor.
Abstract a laboratory study was devised to verify the use of monod kinetics for the modelling of continuous upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactors. Degradation of methanethiol in a continuously operated upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor article in water environment research 743. A comparison of upflow anaerobic sludge bed usab and the anaerobic biofilm fluidized bed reactor abfbr for the treatment of municipal wastewater epa grant number. The process is essentially based on a special flow regime allowing the sewage to get into contact with a sludge blanket or sludge bed situated in the reactor, and a. Hydrothane stp uasb upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process system by hydrothane stp bv. In order to expand production capacity, and reduce the impact on the environment, the sharps brewery invested in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket, uasb waste water treatment plant. In water treatment many plants have been built and operated purely for water treatment purposes. Materials and methods6 a laboratory scale uasb reactor using 5mm thick acrylic pipe, with an effective volume of 8. Anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater in uasbreactors. Anaerobic sludge blanket reactors global water pathogen. Anaerobic treatment of sugar industry wastewater by upflow. Startup of horizontal anaerobic reactors with sludge. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket treatment of starch wastewater containing cyanide.
Fish processing effluent, uasbr, granulation, cod reduction. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor is an attractive alternative for regions in hot climates since it works better under mesophilic conditions and it does not need any supporting structure for the development of microorganisms, which grow in the form of granules. Upflow anaerobic sludge blankethollow centered packed bed. Location where anaerobic sludge blanket reactors are. This video shows an uasb reactor tipically designed. Perspectives are different frameworks from which to explore the knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water.
The anaerobicupflow sludge blanket filtration technique was developed by adding an anaerobic reactor to. Pdf treatment of tannery wastewater using hybrid upflow. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor view presentation slides online. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb process is a frequently applied method in the biological treatment of industrial effluents. Treatment of domestic wastewater using upflow anaerobic. Kinetics of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating ice. But, unfortunately, this type of ad treatment can only handle quite low contamination levels in effluents, but with the. Anaerobic treatment converts the wastewater organic pollutants into small amount of sludge and large amount of biogas as source of energy ayati, and ganjidoust, 2006. Download this upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process ebook and keep it on your hard drive for later reference. Determination of kinetic parameters of an upflow anaerobic sludge.
The hydrodynamic characteristics of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactors were investigated in this study. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket technology also known as uasb reactor is a form of anaerobic digester that used in wastewater treatment. The goal of this project was to set up labscale anaerobic digesters to collect data that will be used to develop and validate a predictive monitoring and. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactors are being used with increasing regularity all over the world, especially in india, for a variety of wastewater. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor is.
The hydrothane stp uasb upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process is the most commonly applied anaerobic technology for the biological treatment of industria. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb process has emerged as a promising highrate anaerobic digestion technology for the. Anaerobic treatment of palm oil mill effluent in pilot. Anaerobic treatment is very common in wastewater treatment plants in developing countries. The uasb reactor consists of a single vessel, where wastewater enters from the bottom and flows upward into the sludge granules, which filters out organic material, and results in the production of biogas and clarified effluent fig. The wastewater passes up through a sludge blanket where the anaerobic bacteria are brought into close contact with the wastewater. Uasb anaerobic treatment plant, sharps brewery nijhuis. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor has been recognized as an important wastewater treatment technology among anaerobic treatment methods.
Uasb reactor is a methaneproducing digester, which uses an anaerobicprocess and forming a blanket of granular sludge and is processed by the anaerobic microorganisms. Treatment of domestic wastewater using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor 1j. Performance assessment of combination of an upflow. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor has found wide acceptance in the treatment of industrial wastewaters since its development in the netherlands. Hence, pulp and paper mill waste water needs detailed study. Manonmaniam sundaranar university, sri paramakalyani centre for environmental sciences, alwarkurichi 627 412, tamil nadu, india.
Treatment of municipal wastewater in upflow anaerobic. For readers unfamiliar with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb technology, normally referred to as a uasb reactor, it is a form of anaerobic digester that is used in the treatment of wastewater. The feasibility of using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactors in anaerobic digestion of algae to produce methane was investigated. The advantages of this system include the ability to keep large amount of the biomass intended for degradation and the production of biogas. This study investigated the applicability of dynamic membrane filter dmf technology in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb and dmfcoupled process for the treatment of municipal wastewater. Large volumes of untreated palm oil mill effluent pome pose threat to aquatic environment due to the presence of very high organic content.
A comparison of upflow anaerobic sludge bed usab and the. Pdf anaerobic treatment of sugar industry wastewater by. The wastewater enters the reactor through a well designed distribution system and is distributed equally over the bottom of the reactor. Modelling of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. In this research, a novel laboratory scale anaerobicupflow sludge blanket filtration combined bioreactor was designed and operated to improve the efficiency of the upflow sludge blanket filtration process for the simultaneous removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater. The present investigation involved two pilotscale anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed egsb. Upflow anaerobic sludge bed uasb based sewage treatment plant stp at mirzapur. Methanogenic anaerobic digestion of wastewater microbewiki. The anaerobicupflow sludge blanket filtration technique was developed by adding an anaerobic reactor to its influent and operated by varying the main process parameters in. Raw waste is fed into the lagoon through a number of inlets spread over the lagoon base. Treatment of municipal wastewater in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor dr.
Lit 9977 pdf, 532kb, 2 pages this file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Anaerobic degradation of phenol mixed with a readily degradable synthetic wastewater dsww as a cosubstrate was studied in a 12 l upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor at 302c over a period. Hydrodynamics of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. Application of neural network for simulation of upflow anaerobic. Combination of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor uasb sswm find. Hydrodynamics of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors ren. Degradation of methanethiol in a continuously operated upflow anaerobic sludgeblanket reactor article in water environment research 743. The up flow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor introduced by 4 has become a popular high. The anaerobic reactor is a upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor uasb.
Sugar industry wastewater was treated in a uasb reactor seeded with nongranular anaerobicallly digested sewage sludge. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb technology, normally referred to as uasb reactor, is a form of anaerobic digester that is used for wastewater treatment. The ambient room temperature during the study period was between 2937 o c. The usab design is tailor made to suit the wastewater characteristics given in. Upflow ananerobic sludge blanket uasb the uasbis a wastewater treatment system that uses microorganisms to biologically degrade pollutants. Thus, the horizontal anaerobic reactors, both with sludge blanket and with fixed bed, were able to convert the organic matter to biogas,under vol higher or similar to those applied in the uasb reactors from the cited authors, maintaining high quality, i. The merits of anaerobic and aerobic bioreactors are. The anaerobic digestion of sludge using the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb process has been used for water treatment for many years. Central leather research institute, adyar, chennai. One of the major features of the latter reactor concept is the. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb technology, normally referred to as uasb reactor, is a form of anaerobic digester that is used for wastewater treatment the uasb reactor is a methanogenic methaneproducing digester that evolved from the anaerobic clarigester. Anubix t the expanded granular sludge bed egsb system.
Anaerobic sludge blanket reactors replace conventional primary and secondary treatment with sludge digestion, but their effluents require posttreatment to meet most regulatory requirements for discharge or reuse. Unesco eolss sample chapters water and wastewater treatment technologies upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor in wastewater treatment k. Degradation of methanethiol in a continuously operated. Up flow anaerobic sludge blanket technology also known as uasb reactor is a form of anaerobic digester which used in wastewater treatment. Yeom 1civil and environmental engineering centre for zero emission technology sung kyun kwan university, korea 2centre for environmental studies ces anna university, chennai 600025 tamilnadu, india int. Pdf in india, and in the state of tamilnadu, tanning is a smallscale industry. In the uasb reactor the stabilization of organic matter occurs in two reaction zones, namely in bed and sludge blanket. It has been applied to a wide spectrum of wastewaters on both domestic and industrial scales. Innovative anaerobic upflow sludge blanket filtration. Anubix ces the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb with external sludge. A similar but variant technology to uasb is the expanded granular sludge bed egsb digester.
But in case of pulp and paper mill waste water, it is not used as widely as the activated sludge process 9. Uasb reactor is a methaneproducing digester, which uses an anaerobic process and forming a blanket of granular sludge and is processed by the anaerobic microorganisms. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors for treatment of wastewater from the brewery industry. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor in wwtp. The performance of upflow anaerobic bioelectrochemical reactor uabe, equipped with electrodes anode and cathode inside the upflow anaerobic reactor, was compared to that of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor for the treatment of acidic distillery wastewater. In the present study up flow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb reactor is used in treating sugar waste water with varying hrt and varying feed concentrations at ambient conditions. This acceptance stems from its simplicity, economy and the possibility of energy recovery. Performance of upflow anaerobic bioelectrochemical reactor.