Phosphorus Removal from Synthetic Wastewater by Using Palm Oil Clinker as Media in Continuous Activated Sludge

Baker Nasser Saleh Al-dhawi*, Shamsul Rahman Mohamed Kutty, Lavania Baloo, Najib Mohammed Yahya Almahbashi, Aiban Abdulhakim Saeed Ghaleb, Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba, Vicky Kumar, Anwar Ameen Hezam Saeed

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The presence of large amounts of phosphorus in wastewater is one of the primary causes of eutrophication, which has a detrimental impact on many natural water bodies. Prior to discharge to the stream, wastewater treatment plants should remove phosphorus from the effluent. In this study, (POC) is used as submerged attached growth systems to be introduced into the aeration tank of activated sludge systems which was evaluated for the removal phosphorus PO4 from synthetic wastewater. The experiments were conducted into different influent flow rates ranging from 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 L/d. Sampling was conducted every two days from the influent and effluent points. Parameters such as Phosphorus were monitored. Generally, PO4 was highly removed. The average removal of PO4 reached 88% for reactor A while 77% for reactor B with flowrate 5L/d. While for the first order kinetic model the substrate removal rate (K1) was found as 5 and 3.9 per day with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.9721 and 0.9718 for reactor A and B, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainability Challenges and Delivering Practical Engineering Solutions - Resources, Materials, Energy, and Buildings
EditorsGasim Hayder Salih, Rashid A. Saeed
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages41-44
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783031265792
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Science Engineering Technology and Sustainability, SETS 2021 - Virtual, online
Duration: 23 Dec 202125 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)2522-8722

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Science Engineering Technology and Sustainability, SETS 2021
CityVirtual, online
Period23/12/2125/12/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Attach growth media
  • Biological processes
  • Kinetic
  • Phosphorus
  • Synthetic wastewater

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Architecture
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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