title: Some properties of a granular activated carbon-sequencing batch reactor (GAC-SBR) system for treatment of textile wastewater containing direct dyes.
abstract: Resting (living) bio-sludge from a domestic wastewater treatment plant was used as an adsorbent of both direct dyes and organic matter in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system. The dye adsorption capacity of the bio-sludge was not increased by acclimatization with direct dyes. The adsorption of Direct Red 23 and Direct Blue 201 onto the bio-sludge was almost the same. The resting bio-sludge showed higher adsorption capacity than the autoclaved bio-sludge. The resting bio-sludge that was acclimatized with synthetic textile wastewater (STWW) without direct dyes showed the highest Direct Blue 201, COD, and BOD(5) removal capacities of 16.1+/-0.4, 453+/-7, and 293+/-9 mg/g of bio-sludge, respectively. After reuse, the dye adsorption ability of deteriorated bio-sludge was recovered by washing with 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution. The direct dyes in the STWW were also easily removed by a GAC-SBR system. The dye removal efficiencies were higher than 80%, even when the system was operated under a high organic loading of 0.36kgBOD(5)/m(3)-d. The GAC-SBR system, however, showed a low direct dye removal efficiency of only 57+/-2.1% with raw textile wastewater (TWW) even though the system was operated with an organic loading of only 0.083kgBOD(5)/m(3)-d. The dyes, COD, BOD(5), and total kjeldalh nitrogen removal efficiencies increased up to 76.0+/-2.8%, 86.2+/-0.5%, 84.2+/-0.7%, and 68.2+/-2.1%, respectively, when 0.89 g/L glucose (organic loading of 0.17kgBOD(5)/m(3)-d) was supplemented into the TWW.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Technology, School of Energy and Materials, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok 10140, Thailand. suntud.sir@kmutt.ac.th
authors.forename: Suntud
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirianuntapiboon
authors.forename: Ohmomo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
authors.forename: Paneeta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salee
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000813:Anilides / Q000737:chemistry*; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D019149:Bioreactors; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D013783:Textile Industry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000813:Anilides; D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C506598:1-(2-methoxy-5-nitrophenylazo)-2-hydroxy-3-(3-nitrophenylcarbamoyl)naphthalene; D002244:Carbon