标题:Performance of electrical stimulated anaerobic baffled reactor for removal of typical pollutants from low-strength municipal wastewater at low temperatures
期刊名称:Environmental Health Engineering and Management
印刷版ISSN:2423-3765
电子版ISSN:2423-4311
出版年度:2019
卷号:6
期号:2
页码:121-128
DOI:10.15171/EHEM.2019.14
语种:English
出版社:Kerman University of Medical Sciences
摘要:Background: Although anaerobic system has been successfully used for treating the strong industrial wastewater,its efficiency for low-strength wastewater as municipal wastewater is not satisfying. This study aimed to enhance the capability of an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) for treating municipal wastewater. Methods: A 7-L ABR with 5 compartments was operated for a 287-day period fed with primary effluent from a wastewater treatment plant at 17 to 19°C. The study was conducted in 2 phases. In the first phase,the performance of ABR and in the second phase,the performance of ESABR (ABR integrated with an electrochemical system) were investigated. Results: The results of ABR operation indicated that at hydraulic retention time (HRT) =24 hours,the average removal efficiency of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),chemical oxygen demand (COD),total suspended solids (TSS),total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN),total phosphorous (TP),and log reduction value (LRV) of coliforms were obtained to be 71%,75%,79%,23%,30.3%,and 5.8 Log,respectively. In this phase,when the HRT was decreased from 24 to 18 hours and from 18 to 14 hours,the removal efficiency of all parameters by the ABR was decreased. After the shift of ABR operation to ESABR,at HRT=24 hours and current density of 0.78 mA/cm2,the performance of the reactor was enhanced,so that the removal efficiency of BOD,COD,TSS,TKN,TP,and LRV of coliforms were achieved 16.8%,15%,4%,10.7%,49%,and 1 Log,which was greater than those obtained by ABR. Conclusion: According to the results,this technology (SEABR) is suitable for treating the low-strength municipal wastewater..