Performance Evaluation of a Full Scale Effluent Treatment Plant for Distillery Spent Wash

2002 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. P. Pathe ◽  
N. N. Rao ◽  
M. R. Kharwade ◽  
S. B. Lakhe ◽  
S. N. Kaul
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Spent Wash ◽  
Distillery Spent Wash ◽  
Effluent Treatment Plant

scholarly journals Performance of a UASB Effluent Treatment Plant Treating Malt Ingredient Manufacturing Wastewater

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryland Cairns ◽  
Paul Mead
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Plant ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Anaerobic Sludge ◽  
Effluent Treatment Plant ◽  
Wide Range

Anaerobic Digestion has gained popularity in recent years due to its significant contribution towards achieving waste management and renewable energy targets. One particular technology that has been widely used in the treatment of high strength organic wastewaters across a wide range of industries is upflow anaerobic sludge blankets (UASBs). A malt ingredients manufacturing factory has successfully applied this technology as a cost effective way to treat their high strength effluent, however unlike other industries there is a lack of research regarding the wastewater characterisation or UASB performance at either lab or full scale. This paper aims to address this gap in knowledge and provide information on both the wastewater composition and on the ability of a full-scale mesophilic UASB to treat it over a period of 638 days. Analysis of the wastewater revealed that the manufacture of malt ingredients produces a high strength effluent, which fits within the realms of previously documented wastewaters despite not sharing a similar characterisation profile. Mesophilic UASB has been show to be an effective and robust technology option for the treatment of this type of wastewater displaying steady operational performance even when conditions were in excess of the design limit. Due to the robust operational performance of the plant the main factor limiting total methane production was shown to be the organic loading rate. 

Anaerobic effluent treatment by a pilot and full-scale plant at a chemical industrial complex

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Boulenger ◽  
W. Driessen ◽  
E. van de Werfhorst ◽  
M. Tielbaard
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Pilot Trial ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Anaerobic Treatment ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Uasb Reactor ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Effluent Treatment Plant

To test the feasibility of anaerobic treatment of an effluent from a chemical factory producing intermediates for synthetic fibres, test work with a 45 l UASB pilot plant was conducted. Following its successful operation, a full-scale anaerobic effluent treatment plant including a 400 m3 combined pre-acidification tank and a 990 m3 Biopaq®-UASB reactor was constructed. The results of the pilot plant and the full-scale anaerobic treatment plant have been compared, similarities and differences in performance are presented and evaluated. COD removal efficiencies above 80% and BOD efficiencies in excess of 85% achieved in the pilot trial were confirmed by the full-scale installation. Overall process design as well as operational data from the pilot trial and the full-scale plant is presented. Despite the differences in configuration, operational results of the full-scale plant are comparable to the results obtained from the pilot plant study making such a pilot plant a useful tool for the process design of an full-scale anaerobic effluent treatment plant.

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