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The application of moving bed bio-reactor (MBBR) in commercial laundry wastewater treatment
Sławomira Bering1, Jacek Mazur1, Krzysztof Tarnowski1
1West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, al. Piastów 50, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland.
Abstract:
Large, laboratory scale biological treatment tests of real industrial wastewater, generated in a large industrial laundry facility, was conducted from October 2014 to January 2015. This research sought to develop laundry wastewater treatment technology which included tests of a two-stage Moving Bed Bio Reactor (MBBR); this had two reactors, was filled with carriers Kaldnes K5 (specific area - 800 m2/m3) and were realized in aerobic condition. Operating on site, in the laundry, reactors were fed actual wastewater from the laundry retention tank. The laundry wastewater contained mainly surfactants and impurities originating from washed fabrics; a solution of urea to supplement nitrogen content and a solution of acid to correct pH were added. The daily flow of raw wastewater Qd varied from 0.6-1.0 m3/d. Wastewater quality indicators showed that the reduction of pollutants was obtained: BOD5 by 95-98%, COD by 89-94%, the sum of anionic and nonionic surfactants by 85-96%. The quality of the purified wastewater after the start-up period met legal requirements regarding the standards for wastewater discharged into the environment.
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