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A pilot-scale anaerobic/aerobic ultrafiltration system and a bench-scale anaerobic/aerobic system were tested to treat high-strength tomato-processing wastewater and bean-processing wastewater. The anaerobic/aerobic pilot-scale system achieved 99.4% SBOD removal, 91.9% NH3-N removal, and 100% phosphorus removal at an overall hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 1.5 days and solids retention time (SRT) of 5 days during the tomato canning season. The bench-scale anaerobic/aerobic system was used to confirm the pilot-scale anaerobic/aerobic system performance. Wastewater fractionation and kinetic coefficients were studied using respirometric methods.
Keywords
- Chemical Oxygen Demand
- Chemical Oxygen Demand Removal
- Organic Loading Rate
- Aeration Tank
- Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket
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Nakhla, G., Xu, Z., Gohil, A., Lugowski, A., Hung, YT. (2010). Biological Wastewater Treatment of Nutrient-Deficient Tomato-Processing and Bean-Processing Wastewater. In: Wang, L., Tay, JH., Tay, S., Hung, YT. (eds) Environmental Bioengineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 11. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-031-1_18
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