TREATMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRY EFFLUENTS IN AERATED SUBMERGED BIOLOGICAL FILTERS
A mixed wastewater from different food-processing industries has been treated in two pilot-scale aerated submerged biological filters. Plastic media with specific surface areas of 140 m2/m3 and 230 m2/m3, respectively, were used. A maximum volumetric removal rate in excess of 15 kg COD/m3d was obtained with the 230 m2/m3filter medium. In order to perform properly the biofilters needed a minimum bulk liquid dissolved oxygen concentration of 2 mg/lO2.
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Författare
BJØRN RUSTEN, and HALLVARD ØDEGAARD
Nyckelord
food industry effluents, high-rate treatment, submerged biofilters, aerobic conditions, biofilm
Nummer
3
Årgång
42
Sida
187-193
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