title: Kinetic evaluation and performance of pilot-scale fed-batch aerated lagoons treating winery wastewaters.
abstract: Winery wastewater was treated in two pilot-scale aerated lagoons operating in fed-batch mode. A first lagoon of 27.2m(3) working volume was gradually filled with wastewater with an average COD content of 8700mg/L. Given that with the flow-rate used (790L/day) this first lagoon completed its working volume after 30days of starting, part of the liquid contained in the first lagoon was transferred to another adjacent second lagoon of 10.8m(3) working volume. Therefore, the experiment continued in the second lagoon for another additional 24days using an influent with a COD content of 18,700mg/L at a flow-rate of 170L/day. After the 21st day, a maximum COD removal efficiency of 91% was achieved, and this value was maintained virtually constant until the end of the experiments. A mathematical model based on three differential equations solved simultaneously allowed the kinetic parameters of the system to be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montalvo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chica
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D010100:Oxygen; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013696:Temperature; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014920:Wine
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D014873:Water Pollutants; D010100:Oxygen