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Anaerobic

Anaerobic
Synthetic reactor CBOD
CBOD pump
pump
Synthetic reactor
effluent
effluent

Nitrification
Nitrification /De-
/De- Nitrificatio
Nitrificatio
nitrification
nitrification pump
pump nn // de-
de- CBOD
CBOD fixed
fixed
nitrificatio
nitrificatio film
film
nn fixed
fixed film
film

Settler/
Settler/
waster
waster

Recirculation
Recirculation
pump
pump

Waste
Waste
₰ Gas tight borosilicate glass ₰ Raw primary sludge
reactor bottles.
obtained from Village of
₰ Lead fixed film reactor
receiving septic effluent on Ohio Wastewater
a per day basis. Treatment Plant.
₰ Film reactor media content ₰ Aeration conditions
is glucose-glutamic acid-
distilled water. provided by gas tight
₰ Micro-syringes. micro-syringes.
₰ pH of mixture – 7-7.5 and
0.1 mg/L TSS present.
₰ Temperatures maintained –
₰ Phase 1 – 23.2 C
̊
₰ Phase 2 – 24.4 C ̊
₰ End of phase 1 operation,
₰ 81% COD removal achieved.
₰ COD conc. leveled off – 200mg/L. the COD levels reduced
gradually from 1600 mg/L to 1000 mg/L in the influent.
₰ N and P removal – 40% and 50% respectively.
₰ Analysis of COD, NH3-N, NO3-N and P show a
marked reduction.
₰ End of phase 2 operation,
₰ COD conc. – 930mg/L reduced to 62 mg/L, i.e. 90%
removal is achieved
₰ At the end of week 2 and week 7, 80% sludge is removed.
₰ No sludge wastage takes place in either of the phases.

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