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Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors with different operating temperatures, mesophilic (35 ± 1 ºC) and thermophilic (54 ± 1 ºC) were used to study the treatment of a non-penicillin based product factory wastewater. Seed sludge for the reactors was taken from the Universiti Teknologi P...

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Main Authors: Isa, M.H., Kutty, S.R.M., Rahim, F.A.
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Published: 2010
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling my.utp.eprints.41182017-01-19T08:23:37Z Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions Isa, M.H. Kutty, S.R.M. Rahim, F.A. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors with different operating temperatures, mesophilic (35 ± 1 ºC) and thermophilic (54 ± 1 ºC) were used to study the treatment of a non-penicillin based product factory wastewater. Seed sludge for the reactors was taken from the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS campus’ activated sludge process based sewage treatment plant. The pharmaceutical wastewater was divided into two strengths based on COD concentrations viz., low strength (300-500 mg/L) and high strength (1700-2000 mg/L). The study was conducted for two hydraulic retention times of 3 and 5 days. The organic loading rate varied from 0.07 to 0.45 kg COD/m3.d. The highest percentage of COD removal for the mesophilic and thermophilic reactors was 95% and 93% respectively. NH3-N and phosphorus concentrations of the wastewater increased after anaerobic treatment. 2010-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/4118/1/Anaerobic_treatment_of_pharmaceutical_wastewater_under_mesophilic_and_thermophilic_conditions.pdf Isa, M.H. and Kutty, S.R.M. and Rahim, F.A. (2010) Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. In: International Conference on Environment 2010 (ICENV 2010), 13th - 15th December, 2010, Penang, Malaysia.. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/4118/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Isa, M.H.
Kutty, S.R.M.
Rahim, F.A.
Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
description Two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors with different operating temperatures, mesophilic (35 ± 1 ºC) and thermophilic (54 ± 1 ºC) were used to study the treatment of a non-penicillin based product factory wastewater. Seed sludge for the reactors was taken from the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS campus’ activated sludge process based sewage treatment plant. The pharmaceutical wastewater was divided into two strengths based on COD concentrations viz., low strength (300-500 mg/L) and high strength (1700-2000 mg/L). The study was conducted for two hydraulic retention times of 3 and 5 days. The organic loading rate varied from 0.07 to 0.45 kg COD/m3.d. The highest percentage of COD removal for the mesophilic and thermophilic reactors was 95% and 93% respectively. NH3-N and phosphorus concentrations of the wastewater increased after anaerobic treatment.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Isa, M.H.
Kutty, S.R.M.
Rahim, F.A.
author_facet Isa, M.H.
Kutty, S.R.M.
Rahim, F.A.
author_sort Isa, M.H.
title Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
title_short Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
title_full Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
title_fullStr Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
title_full_unstemmed Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
title_sort anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/4118/1/Anaerobic_treatment_of_pharmaceutical_wastewater_under_mesophilic_and_thermophilic_conditions.pdf
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