A cost effective single-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) integrated with adsorption system was tested under different operating temperatures to observe pH profiles, organics, solids, nutrients, color and turbidity removal and power density generation. The optimum operating temperature range was found to be 25–35 C with majority of the removals achieved at 35 C. Maximum power density recorded w...

With rising environmental concerns on potable water safety and eutrophication, increased media attention and tighter environmental regulations, managing animal waste in an environmentally responsible and economically feasible way can be a challenge. In this study, the possibility of using granular anammox process for ammonia removal from swine waste treatment water was investigated. A rapid dec...

in this study, modeling and optimization of coagulation and flocculation processes in cod removal of galvanized wastewater treatment plant of mobarakeh steel complex (msc) were studied. experiments of this study were designed using response surface method which is one of the most efficient methods in experimental design. the variables assessed in this study, are four factors including ph, input...

−A biomaterial was successfully synthesized from Plantago ovata by using an FeCl3-induced crude extract (FCE). The potential of FCE to act as a natural coagulant was tested for the pretreatment of real textile wastewater. Tests were performed to evaluate the effects of FCE quantity, salt concentration, and wastewater pH on chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction during a coagulation/flocculation...

anaerobic treatment methods are more suitable for the treatment of concentrated wastewater streams, offer lower operating costs, the production of usable biogas product. the aim of this study was to investigate the performance of an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (afbr)-aerobic moving bed bio reactor (mbbr) in series arrangement to treat currant wastewater.the bed materials of afbr were cylind...

background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficiency of flat sheet membrane bioreactor (fs-mbr) in bod 5 and cod removal of isfahan south municipal wastewater treatment plant. methods: in this study a submerged fs-mbr, with 140 liters volume was fed using microfiltration membrane (mf) during 109 days and hydraulic retention time of 20 hours. findings: the mbr application in m...

the present work studied the application of membrane bioreactor (mbr) for tapioca wastewater processing that contained chemical oxygen demand (cod) ranging from 4000-9000 mg/l. a preliminary study was initially conducted in order to evaluate membrane performance with respect to its flux with mlss concentration ranging from 4,500 to 10,500 mg/l. it was clear that fouling was observed during the ...

the objective of this research was to conduct a bench scale study of fixed activated sludge treating domestic sewage. two different units employing diffused aeration with plastic and aluminum media were studied in four separate phases. data indicated that the system could produce a high quality effluent without any requirements for sludge recycling through the system. suspended solids concentra...

A membrane filtration system was used to remove organic compounds, suspended solids, colour and turbidity from anaerobically treated dairy wastewater. Direct microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), MF-UF and a combination of UF with coagulation using two conventional coagulants were investigated. The installation with ceramic membranes was operated at a pressure of 0.15 MPa (MF) and 0.3 MPa...