ISSN: 2636-8498
The Treatment of Baker’s Yeast Wastewater by an up Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor
1Dept of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Aljazeera University, SYRIA
2Dept of Environmental, Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Aleppo, SYRIA
Environmental Research & Technology 2018; 2(1): 39-44
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Abstract

The objective of the research is to study the ability of baker's yeast wastewater (BYW) treatment by a Up Flow - Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor. The effect of the temperature of BYW on the efficiency of treatment in a UASB was investigated and the experiments showed that it is possible to achieve good removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) (10200-16320) mg L-1 when the temperature of BYW is about (35±2)°C and hydraulic retention time (HRT) = 24 h. The removal efficiency fit with temperature value of wastewater in UASB reactor for the following values of temperature of (11±2; 16±2; 26±2; 26±2; 31±2; 35±2) °C. The removal efficiencies of COD were: (36.6%; 37.9%; 43%; 44.2%; and 48.8%) respectively. The effect of changing the values of HRT on the efficiency removal at a temperature (35±2) °C value was investigated. The experiments illustrated that it is possible to achieve good removal efficiency for high concentrations of COD when the temperature of the BYW is fixed at (35±2) °C and HRT>=24 h. The removal efficiency fits with HRTs values. For the following values of HRTs: (18; 24; 30; 36) h, the removal efficiencies of COD were: (32.9%; 48.8%; 48.95%; 51.3%) respectively.