title: An integrated UASB-sludge digester system for raw domestic wastewater treatment in temperate climates.
abstract: To improve the performance of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating raw domestic wastewater under temperate climates conditions, the addition of a sludge digester to the process was investigated. With the decrease in temperature, the COD removal decreased from 78% at 28 °C to 42% at 10 °C for the UASB reactor operating alone at a hydraulic retention time of 6 h. The decrease was attributed to low hydrolytic activity at lower temperatures that reduced suspended matter degradation and resulted in solids accumulation in the top of the sludge blanket. Solids removed from the upper part of the UASB sludge were treated in an anaerobic digester. Based on sludge degradation kinetics at 30 °C, a digester of 0.66 l per liter of UASB reactor was design operating at a 3.20 days retention time. Methane produced by the sludge digester is sufficient to maintain the temperature at 30 °C.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. benilew@agri.gov.il
authors.forename: Beni
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lustig
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beliavski
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarre
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism*; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D019149:Bioreactors; D002980:Climate; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D013696:Temperature; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D008697:Methane