Removal of nutrients and heavy metals from anaerobic waste by aerobiological treatment

Shaukat Farooq; Paul F. Gabriel

doi:10.1016/0160-4120(83)90117-4

Removal of nutrients and heavy metals from anaerobic waste by aerobiological treatment

Shaukat Farooq^*, Paul F. Gabriel

^*Corresponding author for this work

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of aerobic biological treatment in removal of nitrogen, phosphorous, and heavy metals from a unique anaerobic liquid waste, produced at a solid waste-to-methane anaerobic digestion facility. Laboratory scale continuous flow activated sludge reactors were employed in this study. The liquid waste has moderate BOD/COD ratio with BOD concentration of 1300 mg/L and high concentration of essential nutrients, making the liquid waste biologically treatable. Results showed that aerobic biological treatment can remove nitrogen and phosphorous on the order of 85%. Metal removal efficiencies vary widely for 11 metals studied in this investigation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-73
Number of pages	5
Journal	Environment international
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-4120(83)90117-4
State	Published - 1983

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Acknowledgements-This study was conducted at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, with the partial support of the United States Department of Energy.

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