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- Title
Sequencing Batch Reactor Performance Evaluation on Orthophosphates and COD Removal from Brewery Wastewater.
- Authors
Khumalo, Siphesihle Mangena; Bakare, Babatunde Femi; Tetteh, Emmanuel Kweinor; Rathilal, Sudesh
- Abstract
The discharge of industrial effluent constituting high orthophosphates and organic pollutants in water receiving bodies compromises freshwater quality and perpetuates eutrophication. In this study, an anaerobic–aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) under activated sludge was investigated for orthophosphates and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal from brewery wastewater. Raw brewery wastewater samples were collected on a daily basis for a period of 4 weeks. The findings of the study are reported based on overall removal efficiencies recording 69% for orthophosphates and 54% for total COD for a sludge retention time (SRT) of 7 days and hydraulic retention time of 18 h at mesophilic temperature conditions of ±25 °C. Moreover, the SBR system showed stability on orthophosphate removal at a SRT ranging from 3 to 7 days with a variation in organic volumetric loading rate ranging from 1.14 to 4.83 kg COD/m3.day. The anaerobic reaction period was experimentally found to be 4 h with the aerobic phase lasting for 14 h. The SBR system demonstrated feasibility on orthophosphates and COD removal with variation in organic loading rate.
- Subjects
BATCH reactors; ORTHOPHOSPHATES; ORGANIC water pollutants; WATER quality; SEWAGE; PHOSPHATE removal (Sewage purification)
- Publication
Fermentation (Basel), 2022, Vol 8, Issue 7, p296
- ISSN
2311-5637
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/fermentation8070296