We herein analyzed the diversity of microbes involved in anaerobic sulfur oxidation in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor used for treating municipal sewage under low-temperature conditions. Anaerobic sulfur oxidation occurred in the absence of oxygen, with nitrite and nitrate as electron acceptors; however, reactor performance parameters demonstrated that anaerobic conditions we...

This study was carried out to assess the efficiency of a combined system consisting of up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor and down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) system for color removal from reactive dyes wastewater. The UASB reactor and DHS system were operated at HRT of 6 and 2.0 h., respectively. The results obtained indicated that, the combined system was quite effective for remova...

Methane is produced by various methanogenic bacteria present in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactors. Methane can be used to predict and improve UASB bioreactor efficiency. The methanogen population in the granules can be influenced by the composition of the substrate. The aim of this study was to fingerprint and identify the methanogens present in three different types of UASB gr...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the decolorization of Methylene Blue (MB) by an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. The UASB reactor was operated under batch condition with total treatment volume of 3l and operation time of 24 h per batch. It was found that the color of MB disappeared within a few minutes after entering into the UASB reactor due to reduction by anaerobic...

Seghezzo, L. (2004), Anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater in subtropical regions, Ph.D. thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. In this thesis, the use of upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactors for sewage treatment was studied in the city of Salta, northwestern Argentina. The climate in this region can be defined as subtropical with a dry season. Mean ambient temp...

Wastewater management remains a major challenge in developing countries due to the lack of adequate infrastructure, making need for economically viable and efficient technologies that can be sustained by emerging economies imperative. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor represents an low-cost technology produces by-products from which valuable resources recovered. This study asse...

The aromatic and dark-colored spearmint essential oil wastewater (SEOW) generally contains a large amount of organic matter, including chemical oxygen demand (COD), phenolic compounds, and inorganic contents. In this study, the pollutant removal performance and biogas production rate of an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor used for the treatment of SEOW were investigated. During t...

RESUMO O clima favorável e os menores custos de construção operação, se comparados com sistemas aeróbios tratamento, fizeram dos reatores anaeróbios fluxo ascendente manto lodo (UASB) uma das tecnologias tratamento esgoto sanitário mais empregadas nos países da América Latina Caribe, sobretudo no Brasil. Este último é caracterizado por deter o maior parque do mundo. A consolidação UASB país deu...

An integrated chemical-physical-biological treatment concept for the low-cost treatment of domestic wastewater is proposed. Domestic wastewater was subjected to a chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT), followed by treatment in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. In addition, a regenerable zeolite was used to remove NH4+, either after CEPT pretreatment or after biological t...

The current paper assesses the reliability coefficients of fifty six low-cost, full-scale wastewater treatment plants, including nine different treatment technologies for wastewater reuse in aquaculture and agriculture in northeast Brazil. This was carried out with the aim to evaluate alternatives for sustainable wastewater reuse in communities experiencing water scarcity. The technologies eval...