Granulation of a mixture of suspended anaerobic and aerobic cultures under alternating anaerobic/microaerobic/aerobic conditions: a preliminary study

Date

2005-07-01

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Bayramoğlu, Tuba Hande
DEMİRER, GÖKSEL NİYAZİ

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This paper focuses on a new granulation study area where a mixture of suspended anaerobic and aerobic cultures was used as seed. Mixed suspended anaerobic and aerobic cultures exposed to alternating anaerobic/microaerobic/aerobic conditions developed granulates up to 2.5 mm in size. The granules developed displayed both oxygen uptake (3.83 - 8.75 mg dissolved oxygen g(-1) volatile suspended solids h(-1)) and methanogenic activities (7.5 cm(3) CH4 d(-1)) comparable to those of aerobic and anaerobic control cultures, respectively. Oxygen doses of 60, 100 and 120% of the total chemical oxygen demand added (23, 38 and 45 cm 3) and ethanol (among ethanol, glucose, acetic acid, and glucose+acetic acid) resulted in the largest and the most stable granules. (c) 2005 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Biotechnology, Fuel Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry, Waste Management and Disposal, Pollution, General Chemical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/46036

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article