The effect of pre-acidification on anaerobic granule bed processes treating brewery wastewater was the focus of a comparison study employing two configurations, (a) a single stage upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) and (b) an upflow acidification reactor in series with a methanogenic UASB. The pre-acidification reactor achieved 20±4% SCOD removal and 0.08±0.003 L of methane produced per gram of SCOD removal at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 0.75–4 h. Butyric acid was not detected and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were mainly acetic and propionic acids. The acidification ratio was about 0.42±0.02 g SCFAs as COD/g of influent COD.
Both systems’ critical loading rate to achieve 80% COD removal was established at 34–39 kg COD/m3 of total sludge bed volume per day. SCOD removal efficiency of 90±3% was achieved by both systems at an organic loading rate of 25±1 kg COD/m3 of total sludge bed volume per day, indicating that the installation of an acidification reactor had no effect in terms of the maximum granular activity, biomass granulation and the settleability of granules. At an organic loading rate of 67 kg COD/m3 of total sludge bed volume per day at an HRT of 1 h, the series system outperformed the single UASB by a removal of 62 compared to 57%. 相似文献
An experimental study was made in a cocurrent downflow for air-water system in tube on flow pattern, void fraction and pressure drop. In addition to wetted wall flow which is a distinguished feature in downflow, the same kinds of flow patterns as in up-flow were observed. They were represented on the flow map of downflow with the same variables as those of upflow. The flow maps showed that gas phase is relatively hard to exist in the form of bubble in the cocurrent downflow. General correlations of the void fraction and the pressure drop in a cocurrent down-flow were obtained by applying the following equations which have been established in upflow, i.e. α/(1-α)(1-Kα)=β/(1-β) for void fraction and φl=(1.α)-z for pressure drop. The determined values of K and Z by using the experimental results in the present study and other experimental works in cocurrent downflow wereK=2.0–0.4/β for β≤0.2, K=-0.25+1.250 for β≥0.2 and Z=0.90. Comparisons between the predicted values by the presented correlations and experimental data showed satisfactory agreement. 相似文献