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The fluidized bed reactor in the anaerobic treatment of wine wastewater

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The aim of the present work is the performance evaluation of a fluidized bed reactor in the anaerobic treatment of a wastewater deriving from the washing operations of the wine industry. The results are in agreement with the ones obtained using a mixture of municipal and food processing wastewaters containing high organic contents. A comparison with other liquid wastes shows that no subtrate inhibition phenomenon occurs with the above substrates. A saturation kinetic model is also presented for describing the dependence of the COD removal rate on the organic loading rate.

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Abbreviations

COD kg O2/m3 :

chemical oxygen demand

BOD kg O2/m3 :

biological oxygen demand

r kgCOD r (m3 d):

COD removal rate

r s kgCOD r /(kg vss d):

specific COD removal rate

r p m3CH4/(m3 d):

methane production rate

y r %:

COD removal yield

y p m3 CH4/kgCOD r :

methane production yield

X kg vss /m3 :

cell mass concentration

O.L.R. kgCOD i /(m3 d):

organic loading rate

τ h:

residence time

k kgCOD i /(m3 d):

constant

k s kg/m3 :

saturation constant of Monod equation

i :

influent

e :

effluent

r :

removed

s :

substrate

max :

maximum value

VSS :

volatile suspended solids

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    A. Converti,  M. Zilli,  M. Del Borghi &  G. Ferraiolo

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Converti, A., Zilli, M., Del Borghi, M. et al. The fluidized bed reactor in the anaerobic treatment of wine wastewater. Bioprocess Engineering 5, 49–55 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00589145

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