An effective start-up of thermophilic UASB reactor by seeding mesophilically-grown granular sludge

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作者
Syutsubo, K [1 ]
Harada, H
Ohashi, A
Suzuki, H
机构
[1] Nagaoka Univ Technol, Dept Environm Syst Eng, Nagaoka, Niigata 94021, Japan
[2] Morinaga Engn Co Ltd, Tokyo 180, Japan
关键词
thermophilic anaerobic treatment; UASB process; alcohol distillery wastewater; granulation; methanogenic activity; start-up; seeding material; MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS; ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION; WASTEWATERS;
D O I
10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00547-7
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
After seeded with mesophilically-grown (35 degrees C) granular sludge, a laboratory-scale UASB reactor was thermophilically (55 degrees C) operated over 8 months by feeding with an alcohol distillery wastewater. Use of mesophilically-grown granules as a seed material proved to be more advantageous for rapid and stable tart-up of thermophilic UASB process, compared with the use of suspended-growth sludge taken from a thermophilic anaerobic digester. The reactor accommodated successfully a COD loading 30 kgCOD.m(-3).d(-1), with a COD removal efficiency of 85%. However, during a period of 30 kgCOD.m(-3).d(-1), propionate accumulated in the effluent up to 300-600 mgCOD.l(-1). Thermophilic cultivation caused a drastic increase of methanogenic activities (55 degrees C) of the retained sludge: 4.4 times for acetate, 4.6 times for propionate, and 3.5 times for hydrogen as large as those of the seed sludge. A considerably low value of propionate-fed methanogenic activity, i.e. only 1/5 of acetate-fed activity and only 1/23 of hydrogen-fed activity, suggested that the propionate degradation is subject to be a rate-limiting step in thermophilic anaerobic processes. (C) 1997 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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