Pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharge (PAED) offers concurrent treatment of chemical and microbial target compounds in water by several mechanisms. Here, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis spore, and MS2 bacteriophage inactivation by PAED were investigated using two bench-scale reactors (0.7 and 3 L). A plasma channel was created between a pair of iron electrodes set 0.5 mm apart in these reac...

Pyroprocessing was originally developed for the recycling of the metal fuel from a fast reactor. It was noted that pyroprocessing can be modified by an oxide reduction process enabling treatment of spent nuclear fuels from a commercial light water reactor (LWR) which is in an oxide form. Pyroprocessing treatment can reduce the volume, radioactivity, and heat load of the LWR spent fuels [1]. In ...

Data on the influence of substrate composition on the anaerobic degradation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in a bench-scale packed-bed reactor are presented and discussed from the standpoint of substrate consumption kinetics. The experiments were carried out in a horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized biomass (HAIB) reactor fed with BSA based substrates. BSA was the sole carbon source in the firs...

The objective of this article is to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the sequencing batch reactor (SBR) versus the more conventional continuous flow reactor (CFR) setup for pilot plant studies. The SBR process can offer many superior features for research applications. The control of operational conditions is more reliable, precise and versatile. Data collection by sampling and on-li...

The lack of proper sludge withdrawal routines has been one the main causes solids washout and consequent deterioration effluent quality from up-flow anaerobic blanket (UASB) reactors treating sewage in developing countries. establishment an adequate routine depends on knowledge mass inside reactor, but for this, it is necessary to continuously monitor solid’s profile along height digestion comp...

The production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) via methanation has been demonstrated by experiments in bench scale bubbling fluidized bed reactors. In the current work, we focus on scale-up reactor, and a circulating (CFB) is designed with variable diameter according to characteristic methanation. critical issue removal reaction heat during strongly exothermic process As result, an interconnecte...

A mixed bacterial culture consisted of Staphylococcus sp., Bacillus circulans-I and -II has been enriched from contaminated soil collected from the vicinity of an endosulfan processing industry. The degradation of endosulfan by mixed bacterial culture was studied in aerobic and facultative anaerobic conditions via batch experiments with an initial endosulfan concentration of 50mg/L. After 3 wee...

A scale-up study has been performed with three different size reactors to establish the optimum operating conditions for the hydrogen production from synthesis gas by biological water-gas shift reaction using the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodosprilliunt rubrum. Optimum medium composition and operating conditions previously determined in a bench scale 1.25 L continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR...