Characterization and biological treatment of ceramic industry wastewater |
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Authors: | A R Dinçer F Karg? |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, ?zmir, Turkey, TR
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Abstract: | Ceramic industry wastewaters not only contain high suspended and total solids but also significant amounts of dissolved organics resulting in high BOD or COD loads. Suspended solids can be removed from the wastewater by chemical precipitation. However, dissolved BOD/COD compounds can only be removed by biological or chemical oxidation. Effluent wastewater from chemical sedimentation stage of EGE CERAMIC industry was characterized and subjected to biological treatment in a laboratory scale activated sludge unit. Experiments were conducted at different hydraulic and solids retention times. The best results were obtained with c=20 h of hydraulic and c=20 days of solids retention times (sludge age) resulting in effluent COD concentration of 40 mg/l from a feed wastewater of 720 mg/l COD content. The suspended solids content of the activated sludge effluent was approximately 52 mg/l. |
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