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Biodegradation of naphthalene in the oil refinery wastewater by enriched activated sludge

CATEGORY: WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Biodegradation of naphthalene in the oil refinery wastewater by enriched activated sludge


Type
Journal Article
Author
You-Im Chang
Author
Hui-Ping Cheng
URL
Volume
86, Part C
Pages
272-277
Publication
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
Date
January 2014
Abstract
Describes a study of naphthalene (NAP) biodegradation by acclimated activated sludge, using the culture-enrichment method in a continuous flow bioreactor of the wastewater treatment process. Researchers studied the effects of various COD loadings and influent flow rates of an artificial wastewater containing 15 mg l−1 NAP on the biodegradation rates of the activated sludge, in order to determine the biodegradation kinetics and minimum mean cell residence time of the activated sludge.
They found that the resulting enriched activated sludge follows the growth rate of the Monod type and can biodegrade those COD and NAP loadings in the influents efficiently, and its bio-treatment efficiency on NAPs increases with the decrease of influent flow rate. The sludge volume index (SVI) of the resulting enriched activated sludge meets the design value required by the convectional activated sludge process for the treatment of wastewater.

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