Characteristics of thermophilic granulation processes in UASB reactors
by Weili Zhou, Tsuyoshi Imai, Masao Ukita
World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD), Vol. 6, No. 2/3/4, 2009

Abstract: Thermophilic granulation processes were examined with synthetic wastewaters and were compared with the parallel mesophilic ones. The results indicated that granules could be formed well under compatible thermophilic surroundings in both carbohydrate- and protein-rich substrates. Compared with the mesophilic process, thermophilic granulation took relatively longer time, but thermophilic UASB reactors had much higher treatment capacity and efficiency than the mesophilic ones. Under the same running conditions, thermophilic sludge had lower contents of Extracellular Polymer (ECP) than mesophilic ones, which might be one of the reasons of the longer period needed for thermophilic granulation.

Online publication date: Thu, 25-Feb-2010

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