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Influence of Organic Loading Rates (OLR) in Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater with Hybrid Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor (HUASBR) with Hexagonal Polypropylene Inert Material

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Tenside Surfactants Detergents
From the journal Tenside Surfactants Detergents Volume 55 Issue 1

Abstract

The present work illustrates the effective treatment of raw pulp and paper mill effluent using a model hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (HUASBR). The physico-chemical and biological characteristics of wastewater were observed to be critical from the pollution potential aspect. The design features of model HUASBR had a respective total and effective working capacity of 7.5 and 6.5l, together with 25 cm depth of packing by polypropylene hexagonal inert material at the top of the reactor. Start-up of the reactor was carried out using an inoculum mixture containing rumen liquid of goat and cow dung slurry at an appropriate ratio of 3 : 1(v/v). Also, the reactor was effectively started up at the end of 36 days. Based on the performance of model HUASBR, under the respective variations of organic loading rates (OLRs) of 1, 2 and 4 kg COD m−3 d−1, the stepwise COD removals were found to be about 41, 69 and 87%. However, a hydraulic loading rate (HRT) of 20 h was appropriately maintained throughout the studies.

Kurzfassung

In dieser Arbeit wird die wirksame Behandlung von Rohabwässern aus Zellstoff- und Papierfabriken in einem “Hybrid Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor” (HUASB-Reaktor) gezeigt. Es wurde beobachtet, dass die physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Eigenschaften des Abwassers unter dem Aspekt der Umweltverschmutzung kritisch sind. Die Konstruktionsmerkmale des HUASB-Reaktormodells waren eine totale Arbeitsleistung von 7,5 l bzw. eine effektive Leistung von 6,5 l, und am oberen Ende des Reaktors eine 25 cm tiefe Packung aus einem hexagonalen Polypropylen-Inertmaterial. Der Reaktor wurde unter Verwendung eines Impfungsgemisches gestartet, das eine Mischung aus Pansenflüssigkeit von Ziegen und Kuhdungaufschlämmung im Verhältnis von 3 : 1 (v/v) enthielt. Der Reaktor wurde nach 36 Tagen effektiv gestartet. Mit Hilfe des HUASB-Modellraktors wurden bei entsprechenden Veränderungen der organischen Beladungsraten (OLRs) von 1, 2 und 4 kg CSB m−3 d−1 schrittweise CSB-Entfernungen von etwa 41%, 69% und 87% festgestellt. Während der gesamten Untersuchungen wurde jedoch eine hydraulische Belastung von ungefähr 20 Stunden (HRT) aufrechterhalten.

Key words: Hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (HUASBR); organic loading rates (OLR); polypropylene hexagonal inert media; wastewater; volatile fatty acid/total alkalinity ratio (VFA/TA ratio)
Stichwörter: Hybrid-Upflow-Anaerobic-Sludge-Blanket Reaktor (HUASB-Reaktor); organische Beladungsrate (OLR); hexagonales Polyethylene-Inertmaterial; Abwasser; Verhältnis von volatilen Fettsäuren zur Gesamtalkalität
*Correspondence address, Dr. D. Hemalatha, Department of Civil Engineering, S.A Engineering College, Thiruverkadu, Chennai-600077, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore-641014, India, E-Mail:

Dr. S. Keerthinarayana did his B.E. (Civil Engineering) (1985, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka) and M. Tech. (Environmental Engg.) (1989, University of Mysore) and Ph.D. (Civil Engg.) (1995, IIT, Kharagpur, W.B.). He is having an experience of above 20 years. He is currently working as Professor of Civil Engg. and Coordinator of M.E. (Environmental Engg. and Management), at CIT, Coimbatore-641014, from 01.11.2006 onwards. He is a member of MISTE, MIE, FICCE, GEPRA, and MEERI (USA). He has completed 2 sponsored research projects from AICTE. His research interests are Membrane technology in treatment of waste water, Bio sorption, Noise mitigation and Pesticide degradation. He has published 9 research articles in International Journals and 2 in National Journals. He is an active reviewer in Elsevier journals. He won “Bharatha Rathna Mother Theresa Gold Medal”Award, in March 2014, for the Academic Excellence, Career Guidance, and Charities, by GEPRA, India. Also he was awarded as “BestTeacher”, during 1996 – 1997 (VIT, Vellore).

Mrs. D. Hemalatha received her M. Tech. (Environmental Engineering) degree from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology. Now, she is holding the position of Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, S.A Engineering College, Chennai. Her Research interests are related to anaerobic waste water treatment, Reactor modelling and environmental pollution control. Her PG dissertation has been assisted by Tamil Nadu State Council of Science and Technology, under Student project scheme. She has published several papers in National and International Journals, Conferences as well.

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Received: 2016-11-30
Accepted: 2017-06-08
Published Online: 2018-01-15
Published in Print: 2018-01-19

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https://doi.org/10.3139/113.110540
Keywords for this article
Hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (HUASBR); organic loading rates (OLR); polypropylene hexagonal inert media; wastewater; volatile fatty acid/total alkalinity ratio (VFA/TA ratio)

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  1. Contents/Inhalt
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Review of the Year 2017
  5. Physical Chemistry
  6. On the Influence of Intersurfactant H-Bonds on Foam Stability: A Study with Technical Grade Surfactants
  7. Phase Boundaries, Optical Refraction and Specific Electrical Conductivity Properties in Lyotropic Micellar L1 Phase: Bicomponent Amphiphilic (DDTMABr + HDTMABr) + Water System
  8. Effect of Additives on the Phase Behavior of SDS/CTAB/H2O Systems
  9. Influence of Micellar Media on Extraction of Copper(II) from Sulphate and Chloride Solutions using an N,N′-Bis(salicylideneaminoethyl)amine Multidentate Schiff Base
  10. Environmental Chemistry
  11. Biodegradation of Oxyethylated Fatty Alcohols by Bacterium Pseudomonas alcaligenes; AE Biodegradation by Pseudomonas alcaligenes
  12. Influence of Organic Loading Rates (OLR) in Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater with Hybrid Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor (HUASBR) with Hexagonal Polypropylene Inert Material
  13. Application
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