Evaluating the nitrogen-contaminated groundwater treatment by a denitrifying granular sludge bioreactor: effect of organic matter loading

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Muñoz-Palazon ◽  
Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez ◽  
Miguel Hurtado-Martinez ◽  
Jesús Gonzalez-Lopez ◽  
Riku Vahala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater ◽  
Groundwater Treatment ◽  
Organic Matter Loading

Start-up of an aerobic granular sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of winery wastewater

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. López–Palau ◽  
J. Dosta ◽  
J. Mata-Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Sequencing Batch Reactor ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Average Density ◽  
Aerobic Granular Sludge ◽  
Organic Load ◽  
Winery Wastewater ◽  
Start Up

Aerobic granular sludge was cultivated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) in order to remove the organic matter present in winery wastewater. The formation of granules was performed using a synthetic substrate. The selection parameter was the settling time, as well as the alternation of feast-famine periods, the air velocity and the height/diameter ratio of the reactor. After 10 days of operation under these conditions, the first aggregates could be observed. Filamentous bacteria were still present in the reactor but they disappeared progressively. During the start-up, COD loading was increased from 2.7 to 22.5 kg COD/(m3 day) in order to obtain a feast period between 30 and 60 minutes. At this point, granules were quite round, with a particle diameter between 3.0 and 4.0 mm and an average density of 6 g L−1. After 120 days of operation, synthetic media was replaced by real winery wastewater, with a COD loading of 6 kg COD/(m3 day). The decrease of the organic load implied a reduction of the aggregate diameter and a density increase up to 13.2 g L−1. The effluent was free of organic matter and the solids concentration in the reactor reached 6 g VSS L−1.

Aerobic granular sludge in an SBR-system treating wastewater rich in particulate matter

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Schwarzenbeck ◽  
R. Erley ◽  
P.A. Wilderer
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Primary Particle ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Aerobic Granular Sludge ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Particle Uptake ◽  
Tracer Experiments

Aerobic granular sludge was successfully cultivated in a lab-scale SBR-system treating malting wastewater with a high content of particulate organic matter (0.9 gTSS/L). At an organic loading rate (CODtotal) of 3.4 kg/(m3·d) an average removal efficiency of 50% in CODtotal and 80% in CODdissolved was achieved. Fractionation of the COD by means of particle size showed that particles with a diameter less than 25–50 μm could be removed at 80% efficiency, whereas particles bigger than 50 μm were only removed at 40% efficiency. Tracer experiments revealed a dense sessile protozoa population covering the granules. The protozoa appeared to be responsible for primary particle uptake from the wastewater.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of organic matter removal in unit processes of the technological groundwater treatment system

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andżelika Pietrzyk ◽  
Dorota Papciak
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Technological System ◽  
Treatment System ◽  
Groundwater Treatment ◽  
Applied Water ◽  
Fractionation Procedure ◽  
Fractionation Method ◽  
Hydrophobic Fraction

The study evaluated the content of hydrophobic and hydrophilic organic substances in water subjected to purification in the technological system: coagulation, filtration on anthracite-sand deposits and biofiltration on granular activated carbons. The estimation of the removal efficiency of individual NOM fractions was made on the basis of fractionation method using polymeric resins (DAX-8, XAD-4 and IRA-958). The obtained results allowed to state that the applied water treatment system is effective in removing organic matter and its effectiveness in relation to individual parameters was: 55% for total organic carbon (TOC), 49% for dissolved organic carbon (DOC), 80% for particulate organic carbon (POC), 68% for UV absorbance, 83% for permanganate value and 100% for colour. In the intaken groundwater, the value of the hydrophobic fraction was 84%. The dominant fraction was very hydrophobic acid (VHA), whose content was 4.87 mg C/L (65% DOC). On the grounds of the information on the content of the NOM fraction in the intaken waters, the effectiveness of their removal in the unit processes of the technological system cannot be unequivocally determined. The content of NOM fractions established on the basis of the fractionation procedure and the SUVA parameter does not give explicit results. Further research should be carried out in this respect.

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