Effect of Increasing Organic Loading Rate on the Performance of Conventional and Modified Sequencing Batch Reactors. | ||||
MEJ- Mansoura Engineering Journal | ||||
Article 14, Volume 45, Issue 4, December 2020, Page 1-6 PDF (446.31 K) | ||||
Document Type: Research Studies | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/bfemu.2020.118639 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hossam ElDin Abdelaziz 1; Moharram Fouad Abdo Allaa El Din2; Mohamed Ahmed Abd El Hakim3 | ||||
1Demonstrator., Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology. Department of Public works, civil engineering, Engineering, Mansoura, Egypt | ||||
2Head of Public Works Eng. Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University | ||||
3Associate Professor., Public Works Department., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A modified sequencing batch reactor (MSBR) was developed by installing six fiber vertical plates of specific surface area of 180 cm2/ L in conventional sequencing batch reactor (SBR), which designed for supporting the biofilm formation and increasing the system efficiency. In this study, the effect of increasing the organic loading rate of 281.25 g COD/m3. d by 33%, 67%, and 100 % on the performance of SBR and MSBR was investigated. The effluent BOD5, COD and TSS of the MSBR at high organic loading rate was 20, 32 and 27 mg /L, respectively, while for conventional SBR was 34, 58 and 45 mg /L, respectively. The total bio-sludge of MSBR was more than that of conventional SBR by about 30% resulting in a reduction of the F/M value. The sludge volume index (SVI) in MSBR was lower than that of conventional SBR by about 33%. MSBR system was able to treat municipal wastewater with high performance. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Conventional SBR Biofilm Organic loading rate SVI Bio; sludge Municipal wastewater | ||||
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