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Impact of organic loading rate on the performance and pollutant removal efficiency in an ABR

  • Jian Zheng Li*
  • , Jia Ni
  • , Guo Chen Zheng
  • , Xiao Hui Tai
  • , Yan Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

To improve the pollutant removal efficiency of anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR), the influence of organic loading rate (OLR) on the treatment system was investigated based on adjustment of influent COD concentration and hydraulic retention time (HRT). The available volume of the ABR was 28.75 L. The results indicated that the adjustment of influent COD and HRT with the OLR ranged from 4 to 5.4 kg·m-3·d-1 could make all kinds of function flora that participated the anaerobic digestion process distribute more orderly in the ABR system, and the pollutant removal efficiency and the stability of the reactor were improved effectively. A COD removal rate above 90% can be achieved in the ABR when OLR is 4 kg·m-3·d-1, the influent COD is 8 000 mg·L-1 and HRT is 48 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50-54
Number of pages5
JournalHarbin Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology
Volume43
Issue number8
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR)
  • COD concentration
  • Hydraulic retention time (HRT)
  • Organic load rate (OLR)
  • Removal efficiency

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