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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 35 |
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Anaerobic biodegradation of ethylene dichloride in an anaerobic sequential batch reactor
Asadollah Nadi1, Ali Fatehizadeh2, Amir Hesam Hassani3, Mohammad Reza Marasy4, Mohammad Mehdi Amin2
1 Department of HSE, Bandar Imam Petrochemical Industries, Khouzestan, Iran
2 Environment Research Center; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, IUMS, Isfahan, Iran
3 School of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 Environment Research Center; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, IUMS, Isfahan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Mohammad Mehdi Amin
Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar-Jerib Avenue, Isfahan
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/2277-9183.100137
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Aims: The efficiency of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) in ethylene dichloride ( EDC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal at different operational conditions was evaluated.
Materials and Methods: Biological EDC and COD removal was studied in a laboratory scale ASBR. The ASBR was seeded at the start-up with granular anaerobic sludge of sugarcane industry and operated at different organic loading rates (OLR), EDC loading rates, and influent concentration of COD and EDC.
Results: During start-up period, COD removal efficiencies of above 80% were selected for reactor adaptation to achieve steady state during 48 days of operation. Maximum COD removal efficiency was 95% with an influent COD concentration of 1700 mg/L at 0.5 gCOD/L.d, and the efficiency rapidly dropped with increasing influent COD concentrations and OLR. When the EDC loading rate was adjusted between 0.6 to 4.7 gCOD/L.d, the EDC removal efficiencies were 95% and 46%, respectively, with influent EDC concentrations of 2000 and 16000 mg/L at the end of EDC loading stage. The kinetic study showed that the EDC and COD removal by ASBR followed the second order kinetic.
Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the ASBR process is successfully applicable for biodegradation of the COD and EDC (>90%) in wastewater treatment. The kinetic study showed that, at same time, ASBR capable to removing COD rather than EDC. |
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