WIT Press


Wastewater Treatment In Sewer Systems With Biofilms

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

30

Pages

10

Published

1998

Size

703 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/ASE980301

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Ahmet Baban and Ilhan Talinli

Abstract

Removal of pollutants in sewer lines by attached growth microorganisms may be considered as a new method. Investigations have been carried out by considering conduits as a biological reactor. A sewage circulating reactor where slope and wastewater velocity can be adjusted was set up. Packing material was placed in the channel to increase biofilm area. Biofilm was grown on the inner surface and on the packing material. The model was fed by glucose based synthetic wastewater and parameters related to organic content, nitrification and other pollutants were monitored. Around 90% TOC and 77- 87% TSS remov

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