Use of fixed-film, anaerobic bioreactors for energy-conserving treatment of meatpacking wastewaters
A new wastewater treatment process based on the anaerobic approach has been developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This treatment process is based on a packed-bed reactor to which anaerobic microorganisms have been added. An attempt was made to determine experimentally if waste waters from a meatpacking plant could be treated in a laboratory-scale ANFLOW (anaerobic upflow) bioreactor. This included evaluating a packing material for use in the bioreactor, demonstrating the development of fixed films in the bioreactors, and determining the times required for system start-up. The performance of the bioreactor in removing carbon from the waste waters and in producing methane as a by-product is evaluated. (MHR)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5486779
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-811108-25; ON: DE84004390
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKANES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIOCONVERSION
BIOREACTORS
CARBON
DIGESTION
ELEMENTS
FOOD INDUSTRY
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MEAT INDUSTRY
METHANE
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PACKED BED
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
REMOVAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER