Process Design & Experimental Analysis of Lab Scale Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Using Eco-Friendly Carrier

R Santhosh kumar¹

¹M.Tech Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

Abstract

In the present study, an attempt has been made to reduce the secondary pollution footprint in our eco-system. On ground realities, we have worked on Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor with an eye on carrier. We have done a comparative study on two different carriers i) Eco-friendly carrier (Ridge gourd) & ii) conventional carrier (AnoxKaldnes™K1). The experiment was carried out by varying the carrier fill fraction of both carriers as 40%, 50% and 60%. The physical characteristics of both carriers were found out and the reactor has been designed based on lab scale and industrial scale conditions. The lab scale Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor having the dimension of 30Χ30Χ30 (all dimensions are in cm) and the Hydraulic Retention Time was kept as 15days. Carrier Performance was analyzed at a stroke of 7^th, 10^th & 15^th days with the help of Biofilm Generation. It was observed that for Eco-friendly carrier (Ridge gourd), the BOD removal was high at 50% of the carrier fill fraction while the conventional carrier (AnoxKaldne™K1) the BOD removal was high at 60%.

Keywords

• Study of MBBR, Sampling, Wastewater Quality Assessment, Design of MBBR, Carrier Characteristics, Optimum Carrier Fills Percentage

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R Santhosh kumar. Process Design & Experimental Analysis of Lab Scale Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Using Eco-Friendly Carrier. International Conference on Global Environmental Changes and Sustainable Development (2018): 107. Print.