Energy conservation and methane production in municipal wastewater treatment using fixed-film, anaerobic bioreactors

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6020571

Genung, R K; Hancher, C W; Rivera, A L; Harris, M T

An anaerobic, upflow (ANFLOW) bioreactor, which uses fixed films of bacteria in a packed-bed column, is being developed as an energy-conserving wastewater treatment process. Development efforts have progressed through a successful two-year feasibility study with a 19 m/sup 3//d system in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Process-engineering studies are currently being conducted in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a 190 m/sup 3//d ANFLOW pilot plant. Studies with this pilot plant began in August 1981 and will be conducted for a total of 15 to 18 months. Comparisons between ANFLOW and conventional wastewater systems are being developed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6020571
• Report Number(s): CONF-820580-5; ON: DE83012642
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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