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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 585-589Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003616821
Keywords
phosphorus removal; anaerobic digestion; anaerobic corrosion; dairy wastewater; UASB reactor; iron
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Experiments were performed in parallel using two laboratory upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors. One of the two reactors was packed with spiral elements made of steel wire with 48% iron content in order to examine the influence of the steel elements on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and efficiency of phosphorus removal from synthetically prepared dairy wastewater. A strong relationship was found between anaerobic corrosion and efficiency of phosphorus removal. Phosphorus removal in the reactor packed with steel elements was between 16.4% and 64.4% higher than without the steel elements present. The anaerobic corrosion process improved COD removal efficiency by 1.0-3.1%, which was statistically significant. When steel elements were present the methane content of the biogas was increased by 6.7%. Increasing the organic loading rate had a strong effect on the anaerobic efficiency of the dairy wastewater treatment.
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