Start-up of a decentralized pilot plant for the anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater

Fröba L, Vega De Lille MIC, Groß F, Delgado A (2017)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Book Volume: 12

Pages Range: 386-395

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2017.045

Abstract

This paper is about the set-up and start-up of a decentralized anaerobic pilot plant for producing domestic service water from domestic wastewater. The plant consists of a two-stage anaerobic digestion process for degrading organic matter and a third-stage for ammonium removal using the Anammox process. Each reactor was started independently with synthetic wastewater of stage-specific composition. They were then fed incrementally with municipal wastewater (MWW). The average removal efficiency of the two-stage digestion process operated with 100% MWW was 62% with 24-hour retention time. The Anammox stage achieved a maximum ammonium removal efficiency of 95% with 100% MWW, if the NO2 -N to NH4-N ratio was set at 1.14. The plant was operated for 200 days. The average removal efficiencies were 81% for COD and 96% for NH4 -N, with average treated effluent concentrations of 39 mg-COD/l and 1 mg-NH4-N/l. Thus the self-defined service water limits of 75 mg-COD/l and 10 mg-NH4 -N/l were achieved easily.

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APA:

Fröba, L., Vega De Lille, M.I.C., Groß, F., & Delgado, A. (2017). Start-up of a decentralized pilot plant for the anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater. Water Practice and Technology, 12(2), 386-395. https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2017.045

MLA:

Fröba, Laura, et al. "Start-up of a decentralized pilot plant for the anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater." Water Practice and Technology 12.2 (2017): 386-395.

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