dc.contributor.author | Yu, QJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Yao, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:06:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:06:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.date.modified | 2009-09-01T06:00:29Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0273-1223 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/7761 | |
dc.description.abstract | Biofilm (or attached growth) reactors can be effectively used to treat organic wastewater from various industries such as food processing industry. They have a number of advantages including high organic loading rates (OLRs) and improved operational stability. A flexible fibre biofim reactor (FFBR) has been developed for efficient and cost effective treatment of food processing wastewater. In the process, simple flexible fibre packing with a very high specific surface area is used as support for microorganisms. The COD removal efficiencies for a range of OLRs have been studied. The FFBR can support an increasingly high OLR, but with a corresponding decrease in the COD removal efficiency. Therefore, a two-stage FFBR was developed to increase the treatment efficiency for systems with high OLRs. Experimental results indicated that a high overall COD removal efficiency could be achieved. At an influent COD of about 2700 mg/L and an OLR of 7.7 kgCOD/m3d, COD removal efficiencies of 76% and 82% were achieved in the first and the second stage of the reactor, respectively. The overall COD removal efficiency was 96%. Therefore, even for wastewater samples with high organic strength, high quality treated effluents could be readily achieved by the use of multiple stage FFBRs. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | IWA Publishing | |
dc.publisher.place | UK | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/47/11/189 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 189 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 194 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 11 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Water Science and Technology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 47 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 291104 | |
dc.title | Development of a two-stage flexible fibre biofilm reactor for treatment of food processing wastewater | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2003 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Yu, Jimmy J. | |