title: Integrated airlift bioreactor system for on-site small wastewater treatment.
abstract: An integrated airlift bioreactor system was developed, which mainly consists of a multi-stage loop reactor and a gas-liquid-solid separation baffle and possesses dual functions as bioreactor and settler. This integrated system was used for on-site treatment of industrial glycol wastewater in lab-scale. The strategy of gradually increasing practical wastewater concentration while maintaining the co-substrate glucose wastewater concentration helped to accelerate the microbial acclimation process. Investigation of microbial acclimation, operation parameters evaluation and microbial observation has demonstrated the economical and technical feasibility of this integrated airlift bioreactor system for on-site small industrial wastewater treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. csl00@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D019149:Bioreactors; D006018:Glycols / Q000378:metabolism; D007220:Industrial Waste; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006018:Glycols; D007220:Industrial Waste