An integrated UASB-sludge digester system for raw domestic wastewater treatment in temperate climates
2011
Lew, Beni | Lustig, Irina | Beliavski, Michael | Tarre, Sheldon | Green, Michal
To improve the performance of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating raw domestic wastewater under temperate climates conditions, the addition of a sludge digester to the process was investigated. With the decrease in temperature, the COD removal decreased from 78% at 28°C to 42% at 10°C for the UASB reactor operating alone at a hydraulic retention time of 6h. The decrease was attributed to low hydrolytic activity at lower temperatures that reduced suspended matter degradation and resulted in solids accumulation in the top of the sludge blanket. Solids removed from the upper part of the UASB sludge were treated in an anaerobic digester. Based on sludge degradation kinetics at 30°C, a digester of 0.66l per liter of UASB reactor was design operating at a 3.20days retention time. Methane produced by the sludge digester is sufficient to maintain the temperature at 30°C.
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