Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

The study was performed to assess the efficacy of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor for the degradation of mixtures of phenol and m-cresol. The experiments were performed in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. The reactor was seeded with digested sewage sludge and was initially oper...

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Main Authors: Farooqi, I.H., Basheer, F., Isa, M.H.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: 2007
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling utp-eprints.15382017-03-20T01:57:04Z Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor Farooqi, I.H. Basheer, F. Isa, M.H. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The study was performed to assess the efficacy of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor for the degradation of mixtures of phenol and m-cresol. The experiments were performed in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. The reactor was seeded with digested sewage sludge and was initially operated at 24 HRT. A phenol concentration of 200mg/L was fed to the reactor to acclimatize the microorganisms to phenols. Subsequently the dosages of phenols were increased to 400mg/L, 500mg/L, and 600mg/L. Cresols were introduced in the reactor when phenol removal efficiency of 77% was achieved at phenol concentration of 600mg/L. Different phenol to m-cresol ratios were tried and the performance of the reactor was evaluated for each case. The result demonstrates that it is important to consider phenol/ m-cresol ratio to avoid toxic effects and both can be co-degraded successfully under anaerobic conditions provided proper acclimatization time is given. 2007-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1538/1/Co-degradation_of_phenol_and_m-cresol_by_upflow_anaerobic_sludge_blanket_reactor.pdf Farooqi, I.H. and Basheer, F. and Isa, M.H. (2007) Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. In: WaterMalaysia 2007, The Malaysian Water Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May, 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1538/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
collection UTP Institutional Repository
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Farooqi, I.H.
Basheer, F.
Isa, M.H.
Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
description The study was performed to assess the efficacy of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor for the degradation of mixtures of phenol and m-cresol. The experiments were performed in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. The reactor was seeded with digested sewage sludge and was initially operated at 24 HRT. A phenol concentration of 200mg/L was fed to the reactor to acclimatize the microorganisms to phenols. Subsequently the dosages of phenols were increased to 400mg/L, 500mg/L, and 600mg/L. Cresols were introduced in the reactor when phenol removal efficiency of 77% was achieved at phenol concentration of 600mg/L. Different phenol to m-cresol ratios were tried and the performance of the reactor was evaluated for each case. The result demonstrates that it is important to consider phenol/ m-cresol ratio to avoid toxic effects and both can be co-degraded successfully under anaerobic conditions provided proper acclimatization time is given.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Farooqi, I.H.
Basheer, F.
Isa, M.H.
author_sort Farooqi, I.H.
title Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
title_short Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
title_full Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
title_fullStr Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
title_full_unstemmed Co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
title_sort co-degradation of phenol and m-cresol by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1538/1/Co-degradation_of_phenol_and_m-cresol_by_upflow_anaerobic_sludge_blanket_reactor.pdf
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