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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

2012

Anaerobic toxicity assessment

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Effects Of Testing Time On Anaerobic Toxicity Assessment, Omolola Atinuke Akintomide Aug 2012

Effects Of Testing Time On Anaerobic Toxicity Assessment, Omolola Atinuke Akintomide

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Anaerobic digestion has been widely used for wastewater treatment for decades. Several Anaerobic Toxicity tests have been developed to screen wastewater for toxicity and assess the treatability of such toxicants. However, past research and reviews on Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) test and Anaerobic Toxicity Assay (ATA) were considered in this study.

The experimental tests included ammonium-nitrogen and sodium chloride toxicity tests with varied concentration and solid retention time. These tests were designed to demonstrate the impact of ammonia- nitrogen and sodium chloride on the biological degradation process. The anaerobic test set-up includes bench-scale test reactors and respirometers used for measuring …