title: Treatment of low strength industrial cluster wastewater by anaerobic hybrid reactor.
abstract: The study was aimed at treating the complex, combined wastewater generated in Mangolpuri industrial cluster. It was considered as a low strength wastewater with respect to its organic content. Anaerobic treatment of this wastewater was studied using an anaerobic hybrid reactor (AHR) which combined the best features of both the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor and anaerobic fluidized bed rector (AFBR). The performance of the reactor under different organic and hydraulic loading rates were studied. The COD removal reached 94% at an organic loading rate (OLR) of 2.08 kg COD m(-3)d(-1) at an hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6.0 h. The granules developed were characterized in terms of their diameter and terminal settling velocity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Asheesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Sreekrishnan
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satya
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kaushik
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D019149:Bioreactors; D004867:Equipment Design; D005898:Glass; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage