posted on 2018-02-12, 15:07authored byP.K. Ghosh, Ligy Philip, M. Bandyopadhyay
Performance of an anaerobic reactor in treating
atrazine bearing wastewater using a mixed anaerobic
microbial culture having high acetoclastic methanogen
population was evaluated in batch and semi-continuous
mode of operation. At an initial atrazine concentration
of 5.0 mg/I, atrazine reduction of 30.2% after 5 days
and 64% after 50 days were observed in semi continuous
and batch mode of operation respectively. Carbonaceous
material removal measured as chemical oxygen demand
(COD) was more than 90% in both the cases. Initial
COD ws 305±7 mg/1. Experimental results showed that
atrazine degradation was better in presence of dextrose
than that of sodium acetate. Percentage of methane in
biogas was more in acetate fed reactor than dextrose
fed reactor.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
WEDC Conference
Citation
GHOSH, P.K. ... et al, 2002. Treatment of atrazine bearing wastewater by mixed methanogenic culture. IN: Reed, B. (ed). Sustainable environmental sanitation and water services: Proceedings of the 28th WEDC International Conference, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, 18-22 November 2002, 3p.p.
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/