Upflow Anaerobic Filter for the Treatment of Wastewater from a Natural Rubber Latex Concentration Unit

Nithya Gopinath, Madhu G. and Joseph Francis

Upflow Anaerobic Filter for the Treatment of Wastewater from a Natural Rubber Latex Concentration Unit

2021

Nithya Gopinath, Madhu G. and Joseph Francis

In this study, wastewater from a centrifuge rubber latex concentration unit was experimentally treated by an up-flow anaerobic filter (UAF) at variable hydraulic detention time to investigate the COD removal efficiency and the gas production rate. The UAF reactors were made of PVC pipe with an inside diameter of 9.5 cm, 180 cm in height, with a bed volume of 12.8 L, and filled with polyethylene media. The initial COD concentration of wastewater was in the range 4620 - 10400 mg.L-1. HRTs were controlled at 20 days, with the organic loading rate varying from 2.9 to 10.5 kg.day.m-3. The findings show that the COD removal efficiency of the system was in the range of 85% to 92% for the varying organic loading rates. In addition, the specific methane production rate varied from 8.2 to 14 L of CH4 produced/g of COD destroyed/day for the different organic loading rates.

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