Analysis of an ABR-MBR system treating complex particulate wastewater: Analysis of an ABR treating complex particulate wastewater in a membrane bioreactor(MBR) unit - Softcover

Bwapwa, Joseph Kapuku

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3847375490 ISBN 13: 9783847375494

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Providing water and proper sanitation to poor communities by 2015 is one of the United Nations targets for this millennium. In South Africa many communities aspire to waterborne sanitation. However, there is a technology gap for decentralized and sustainable waterborne sanitation systems capable of treating domestic wastewater (Foxon et al., 2006). Although domestic wastewater is more commonly treated using aerobic processes, anaerobic processes may be more appropriate for decentralized applications since they do not require aeration. Research is currently being undertaken to understand the behavior of a combined ABR-MBR unit for treating domestic wastewater. In this study, the anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) was investigated by analyzing physico-chemical and biochemical data from experiments on a laboratory-scale ABR. This anaerobic reactor was treating complex particulate wastewater made up of sludge from the ventilated improved pit latrine toilets (known as VIP sludge). The main focus of this study was to establish the relationship between the increasing organic loading rates and the effluent characteristics (such as chemical oxygen demand: COD and extrapolymeric substances.

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About the Author

Joseph Kapuku is a Chemical Engineer(Bsc Eng)from the University of Lubumbashi(DRC)since 2003.In 2010 he obtained his MSc Eng from the University of Kwazulu-Natal(South Africa).In 2009 he was awarded the price for the best publication in water category from South African Institution of Chemical Engineers and Crown publications.He is a PhD candidate

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847375490
• ISBN 13: 9783847375494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128