title: Anaerobic fluidized bed reactor for the treatment of landfill leachates.
abstract: Treatability of the sanitary young landfill leachate in a pilot-scale anaerobic fluidized bed reactor during reactor startup and steady-state phases was investigated. All runs were carried out at 35 degrees C due to environmental conditions in the mesophilic anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) while organic loading rate (OLR) was increased from 2.5 to 37gCOD/L-day during the 220 days of operation. The AFBR process attained steady-state conditions about on day 80 and a good and stable COD removal were achieved at about 90%. Biogas production in the bed continuously increased during the process. The mean specific biogas production was found 0.52 L biogas/gCODrem while the methane content was about 75%. The attached biomass concentration, measured as volatile solids rapidly increased as containing about 90% of the total biomass concentration. Furthermore, an increase in the suspended solid concentration was found as an evidence of biomass detachment from the media.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gulsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Armagan
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000502:physiology; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D008697:Methane / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008697:Methane; D010100:Oxygen