Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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583366 | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
An aerobic bioprocess was applied to Indigo dye-containing textile wastewater treatment aiming at the colour elimination and biodegradation. A combined aerobic system using continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and fixed film bioreactor (FFB) was continuously operated at constant temperature and fed with the textile wastewater (pH: 7.5 and total chemical oxygen demand (COD): 1185 mg lâ1). The CSTR is a 1 l continuous flow stirred tank reactor with a 700 ml working volume, and operated with a variable wastewater loading rate (WLR) from 0.92 to 3.7 g lâ1 dâ1. The FFB is a 1.5 l continuous flow with three compartments packed with a rippled cylindrical polyethylene support, operated with a variable WLR between 0.09 and 0.73 g lâ1 dâ1. The combined two bioreactors were inoculated by an acclimated microbial consortium and continuously operated with four total WLR. This system presented high COD elimination and colour removal efficiencies of 97.5% and 97.3%, respectively, obtained with a total hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 4 days and total WLR of 0.29 g lâ1 dâ1. The effects of WLR on absorption phenomena on the yield of conversion of substrate on biomass (RTSS/COD) and on the yield of conversion of substrate on active biomass (RVVS/COD) are discussed. The increase of WLR and the decrease of HRT diminished the performances of this system in terms of decolourization and COD removal explained by the sloughing of biofilm, and the washout phenomena.
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Authors
Eltaief Khelifi, Hana Gannoun, Youssef Touhami, Hassib Bouallagui, Moktar Hamdi,