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Continuous decolorization of anaerobically digested distillery wastewater
, Article Process Biochemistry ; Volume 40, Issue 3-4 , 2005 , Pages 1323-1329 ; 13595113 (ISSN) ; Pazouki, M ; Afshari, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2005
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The aim of this research work was to decolorize anaerobically digested (UASB) and aerobically treated distillery wastewater of a process for ethanol production. An Aspergillus species isolated from the soil was used for decolorization. A sequential Plackett-Burman design in three stages was used for optimization of decolorization conditions. Both maximum decolorization and COD reduction under optimized conditions were obtained as 84%. By implementing the optimum values in a pilot scale of an activated sludge system a continuous process for decolorization was conducted. The decolorization efficiency of this system with 48 h retention time was about 75% in a limited period of 4 days. For...
Upgrading activated sludge systems and reduction in excess sludge
, Article Bioresource Technology ; Volume 102, Issue 22 , November , 2011 , Pages 10327-10333 ; 09608524 (ISSN) ; Shayegan, J ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
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Most of 200 Activated Sludge Plant in Iran are overloaded and as a result, their efficiency is low. In this work, a pilot plant is manufactured and put into operation in one of the wastewater treatment plants in the west of Tehran. Instead of conventional activated sludge, a membrane bioreactor and an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor used as a pretreatment unit in this pilot. For the sake of data accuracy and precision, an enriched municipal wastewater was opted as an influent to the pilot. Based on the attained result, the optimum retention time in this system was 4. h, and the overall COD removal efficiency was 98%. As a whole, the application of this retrofit would increase the...