Pilot-Scale Development of Fixed-Film, Anaerobic Bioreactors for Municipal Wastewater Treatment.

摘要

An anaerobic, upflow (ANFLOW) bioreactor, which uses fixed films of bacteria in a packed-bed column, is being developed as an energy-conserving wastewater-treatment process. Development efforts have progressed through a successful two-year feasibility study with a 19 m exp 3 /d system in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Process-engineering studies are currently being conducted in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a 190 m exp 3 /d ANFLOW pilot plant. Studies with this pilot plant began in August 1981 and will be conducted for a total of 18-20 months. Comparisons between ANFLOW and conventional wastewater systems are being developed. (ERA citation 08:015293)