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Treatment of high loaded swine slurry in an aerobic granular reactor.

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lope Gómez de Marzoa, S/n, E-15782, Spain.
Water Science & Technology (impact factor: 1.12). 01/2011; 63(9):1808-14. pp.1808-14
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ABSTRACT Aerobic granular sludge grown in a sequential batch reactor was proposed as an alternative to anaerobic processes for organic matter and nitrogen removal from swine slurry. Aerobic granulation was achieved with this wastewater after few days from start-up. On day 140 of operation, the granular properties were: 5 mm of average diameter, SVI of 32 mL (g VSS)(-1) and density around 55 g VSS (L(granule))(-1). Organic matter removal efficiencies up to 87% and nitrogen removal efficiencies up to 70% were achieved during the treatment of organic and nitrogen loading rates (OLR and NLR) of 4.4 kg COD m(-3) d(-1) and of 0.83 kg N m(-3) d(-1), respectively. However, nitrogen removal processes were negatively affected when applied OLR was 7.0 kg COD m(-3) d(-1) and NLR was 1.26 kg N m(-3) d(-1). The operational cycle of the reactor was modified by reducing the volumetric exchange ratio from 50 to 6% in order to be able to treat the raw slurry without dilution.

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Keywords

Aerobic granular sludge
 
Aerobic granulation
 
anaerobic processes
 
dilution
 
granular properties
 
nitrogen loading rates
 
nitrogen removal
 
nitrogen removal efficiencies
 
nitrogen removal processes
 
operational cycle
 
organic
 
organic matter
 
Organic matter removal efficiencies
 
swine slurry
 
volumetric exchange ratio
 
wastewater