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Influence of Nutrients on Biomass Evolution in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Degrading Sulfate‐Laden Organics
This paper describes the effect of the nutrients iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co), and molybdenum (Mo) on biomass evolution in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor metabolizing synthetic sulfate‐laden organics at varying operating conditions during a period of 540 days. A bench‐scale model of a UASB reactor was operated at a temperature of 35 ° C for a chemical oxygen demand‐to‐sulfate (COD/SO42−) ratio of 8.59 to 2.0, a sulfate loading rate of 0.54 to 1.88 kg SO42−/m3˙d, and an organic loading rate of 1.9 to 5.75 kg COD/m3˙d. Biomass was characterized in terms of total methanogenic activity, acetate‐utilizing methanogenic activity, total sulfidogenic activity, acetate‐utilizing sulfidogenic activity, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Nickel and cobalt limitation appears to affect the activity of hydrogen‐utilizing methane‐producing bacteria (HMPB) significantly without having an appreciable effect on the activity of acetate‐utilizing methane‐producing bacteria (AMPB). Nickel and cobalt supplementation resulted in increased availability and, consequently, restoration of biomass activity and process performance. Iron limitation and sulfidogenic conditions resulted in the growth of low‐density, hollow, fragile granules that washed out, causing process instability and performance deterioration. Iron and cobalt supple‐mentation indicated significant stimulation of AMPB with slight inhibition of HMPB. Examination of biomass through SEM indicated a population shift with dominance of sarcina‐type organisms and the formation of hollow granules. Granule disintegration was observed toward the end of the study.
Influence of Nutrients on Biomass Evolution in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Degrading Sulfate‐Laden Organics
This paper describes the effect of the nutrients iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co), and molybdenum (Mo) on biomass evolution in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor metabolizing synthetic sulfate‐laden organics at varying operating conditions during a period of 540 days. A bench‐scale model of a UASB reactor was operated at a temperature of 35 ° C for a chemical oxygen demand‐to‐sulfate (COD/SO42−) ratio of 8.59 to 2.0, a sulfate loading rate of 0.54 to 1.88 kg SO42−/m3˙d, and an organic loading rate of 1.9 to 5.75 kg COD/m3˙d. Biomass was characterized in terms of total methanogenic activity, acetate‐utilizing methanogenic activity, total sulfidogenic activity, acetate‐utilizing sulfidogenic activity, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Nickel and cobalt limitation appears to affect the activity of hydrogen‐utilizing methane‐producing bacteria (HMPB) significantly without having an appreciable effect on the activity of acetate‐utilizing methane‐producing bacteria (AMPB). Nickel and cobalt supplementation resulted in increased availability and, consequently, restoration of biomass activity and process performance. Iron limitation and sulfidogenic conditions resulted in the growth of low‐density, hollow, fragile granules that washed out, causing process instability and performance deterioration. Iron and cobalt supple‐mentation indicated significant stimulation of AMPB with slight inhibition of HMPB. Examination of biomass through SEM indicated a population shift with dominance of sarcina‐type organisms and the formation of hollow granules. Granule disintegration was observed toward the end of the study.
Influence of Nutrients on Biomass Evolution in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Degrading Sulfate‐Laden Organics
Patidar, S. K. (author) / Tare, Vinod (author)
Water Environment Research ; 76 ; 2620-2627
2004-11-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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