Hydrodynamics and mathematical modelling in a low HRT inverse fluidized-bed reactor for biological sulphate reduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 1869-1882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis C. Reyes-Alvarado ◽  
Artin Hatzikioseyian ◽  
Eldon R. Rene ◽  
Eric Houbron ◽  
Elena Rustrian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modelling ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Fluidized Bed Reactor ◽  
Sulphate Reduction ◽  
Inverse Fluidized Bed

CFD study of the hydrodynamics and biofilm growth effect of an anaerobic inverse fluidized bed reactor operating in the laminar regime

2020 ◽  
pp. 104674
Author(s):  
Jorge Ramírez-Muñoz ◽  
Román Guadarrama-Pérez ◽  
Alejandro Alvarado-Lassman ◽  
José J. Valencia-López ◽  
Valaur E. Márquez-Baños
Keyword(s):  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Fluidized Bed Reactor ◽  
Growth Effect ◽  
Laminar Regime ◽  
Biofilm Growth ◽  
Inverse Fluidized Bed ◽  
Reactor Operating

Anaerobic treatment of low concentration waste water in an inverse fluidized bed reactor

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Castilla ◽  
M. Meraz ◽  
O. Monroy ◽  
A. Noyola
Keyword(s):  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Biomass Concentration ◽  
Fluidized Bed Reactor ◽  
Anaerobic Treatment ◽  
Low Concentration ◽  
Inverse Fluidized Bed

Low concentration synthetic and municipal wastewaters were treated at HRT as short as 3 and 0.6 h respectively in an anaerobic inverse fluidized bed. Both bioreactors showed gas hold up due to the liquid downflow pattern of the prototype. The bioreactor operated at 3 h had a removal efficiency of 83%, specific activity of 4.5 kg CODremoved/kg IVS (d and the gas hold up varied from 23 to 55%. The reactor treating municipal wastewater had a removal efficiency of 44% when operating at 0.6 h, the specific activity was 4.2 kg CODremoved/kg IVS (d and no biogas was detected apparently because an important fraction was dissolved in the liquid phase. The biomass concentration was 13.8 and 1.1 kg IVS/m3 for synthetic and municipal wastewater and the SEM microphotographs showed a bacterial diversity for the first run and only cocci cells for the second run. The system does not remove suspended solids, so a polishing postreatment to improve water quality has to be implemented.

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