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Environmental Engineering

Western University

2011

Biological Nutrient Removal-Twin Circulating Fluidized Bed Bioreactor-Terminal Settling Velocity- Bed Expansion Index- Anaerobic Digestion- Biofilm coated particles

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Biological Nutrient Removal From Municipal And Industrial Wastewater Using A Twin Circulating Fluidized Bed Bioreactor, Mehran Andalib Apr 2011

Biological Nutrient Removal From Municipal And Industrial Wastewater Using A Twin Circulating Fluidized Bed Bioreactor, Mehran Andalib

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Biological nutrient removal (BNR) refers to removal of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from wastewater (WW) by the aid of various microorganisms. Because of the public concern for the environment C, N and P effluent standards have become stricter. Different BNR processes such as suspended growth and attached growth have been studied during the last three decades in order to meet the increasingly stringent discharge standards.

In this work, two novel processes called Twin Fluidized Bed Bioreactor (TFBBR) and Twin Circulating Fluidized Bed Bioreactor (TCFBBR) were developed and tested for BNR from municipal WW. Both TFBBR and TCFBBR …