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Innovative Anaerobic Upflow Sludge Blanket Filtration Combined Bioreactor for Nitrogen Removal From Municipal Wastewater Publisher



Khorsandi H1 ; Movahedyan H2 ; Bina B2 ; Farrokhzadeh H2
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Published:2011


Abstract

In this research, a novel laboratory scale anaerobic/upflow 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 anaerobic/upflow sludge blanket filtration technique was developed by adding an anaerobic reactor to its influent and operated by varying the main process parameters in order to gain the optimum conditions. The results showed that biological removal efficiency of nitrogen and preservation of sludge blanket strongly depend on wastewater characteristics, hydraulic retention time, sludge age and process controlling parameters. The combined bioreactor performed a total nitrogen removal efficiency of 96.6% with the sludge age of 25 days, total hydraulic retention time of 24 h and optimum chemical oxygen demand/nitrogen/phosphorus ratio of 100/ 5/1. This ratio also improved the compaction quality of sludge blanket in the upflow sludge blanket filtration clarifier. The average specific nitrification and denitrification rates occurred during the process can be expressed as 4.43 mg NOx- N produced/g VSS.d and 5.50 mg NOx-N removed/g VSS.d at the optimum ratio, respectively. To avoid sludge rising due to denitrification process, the optimum total hydraulic retention time of 16 to 24 h was achieved based on the effluent quality. This study suggested that the anaerobic/upflow sludge blanket filtration bioreactor at the optimum operational conditions can be an effective process for removal of nutrients from municipal wastewater. © IRSEN, CEERS, IAU.
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