Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment

Biological processes are extensively used for wastewater treatment because of low organic footprint, economically feasible, and high treatment efficiency. Rotating biological contactors (RBC), an attached growth biological process offers advantage of low operating cost, simple configuration and stru...

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Main Authors: Waqas, S., Bilad, M.R., Man, Z.B.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2021
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spelling utp-eprints.237002021-08-19T09:14:36Z Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment Waqas, S. Bilad, M.R. Man, Z.B. Biological processes are extensively used for wastewater treatment because of low organic footprint, economically feasible, and high treatment efficiency. Rotating biological contactors (RBC), an attached growth biological process offers advantage of low operating cost, simple configuration and structure, reduced bionomical footprint and thus has been extensively employed for organics and nitrogen removal. In this study, RBC was used for the treatment of synthetic domestic wastewater operating at high hydraulic and organic loading rate to demonstrate the biological performance. The results showed that the RBC achieved a treatment efficiency for COD, ammonium, TN and turbidity of 70.2, 95.2, 70, and 78.9 , respectively. The efficient nitrogen removal and increased nitrate concentration signify the presence of nitrifying bacteria which actively degrade the nitrogen compounds through the nitrification process. Thus, this system is a sound alternative for both domestic and industrial wastewater treatment for decentralized applications. © 2021 Tim Pengembang Jurnal UPI. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2021 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100840460&doi=10.17509%2fijost.v6i1.31524&partnerID=40&md5=65b39cba1df6fcf853410c6135f91c7b Waqas, S. and Bilad, M.R. and Man, Z.B. (2021) Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment. Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology, 6 (1). pp. 101-112. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/23700/
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description Biological processes are extensively used for wastewater treatment because of low organic footprint, economically feasible, and high treatment efficiency. Rotating biological contactors (RBC), an attached growth biological process offers advantage of low operating cost, simple configuration and structure, reduced bionomical footprint and thus has been extensively employed for organics and nitrogen removal. In this study, RBC was used for the treatment of synthetic domestic wastewater operating at high hydraulic and organic loading rate to demonstrate the biological performance. The results showed that the RBC achieved a treatment efficiency for COD, ammonium, TN and turbidity of 70.2, 95.2, 70, and 78.9 , respectively. The efficient nitrogen removal and increased nitrate concentration signify the presence of nitrifying bacteria which actively degrade the nitrogen compounds through the nitrification process. Thus, this system is a sound alternative for both domestic and industrial wastewater treatment for decentralized applications. © 2021 Tim Pengembang Jurnal UPI.
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author Waqas, S.
Bilad, M.R.
Man, Z.B.
spellingShingle Waqas, S.
Bilad, M.R.
Man, Z.B.
Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
author_sort Waqas, S.
title Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
title_short Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
title_full Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
title_fullStr Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
title_full_unstemmed Performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
title_sort performance and energy consumption evaluation of rotating biological contactor for domestic wastewater treatment
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