title: Anaerobic on-site black water and kitchen waste treatment using UASB-septic tanks at low temperatures.
abstract: Anaerobic on-site treatment of black water (BW) and a mixture of black water and kitchen waste (BWKW) was studied in a two-phased upflow anaerobic sludge blanket septic tank (UASBst) at 10-20 degrees C. The processes were fed either continuously or discontinuously (twice per weekday). Moreover, BWKW was post-treated for nitrogen removal in an intermittently aerated moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) at 20 degrees C. Removal of total chemical oxygen demand (COD1) was efficient at minimum 90% with all three UASBst at all temperatures. Removal of dissolved COD (CODdis) was also high at approx. 70% with continuously fed BW and discontinuously fed BWKW, while with discontinuous BW feeding it was 20%. Temperature decrease had little effect on COD removals, though the need for phase 2 increased with decreasing temperature, especially with BWKW. Post-treatment of BWKW in MBBR resulted in approx. 50% nitrogen removal, but suffered from lack of carbon for denitrification. With carbon addition, removal of ca. 83% was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. sari.luostarinen@bytl.jyu.fi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luostarinen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rintala
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D012722:Sewage; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage