Print Email Facebook Twitter Celebrating 40 years anaerobic sludge bed reactors for industrial wastewater treatment Title Celebrating 40 years anaerobic sludge bed reactors for industrial wastewater treatment Author Van Lier, J.B. Van der Zee, F.P. Frijters, C.T.M.J. Ersahin, M.E. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Water Management Date 2015-08-30 Abstract In the last 40 years, anaerobic sludge bed reactor technology evolved from localized lab-scale trials to worldwide successful implementations at a variety of industries. High-rate sludge bed reactors are characterized by a very small foot print and high applicable volumetric loading rates. Best performances are obtained when the sludge bed consists of highly active and well settleable granular sludge. Sludge granulation provides a rich microbial diversity, high biomass concentration, high solids retention time, good settling characteristics, reduction in both the operation costs and reactor volume, and high tolerance to inhibitors and temperature changes. However, sludge granulation cannot be guaranteed on every type of industrial wastewater. Especially in the last two decades, various types of high-rate anaerobic reactor configurations have been developed that are less dependent on the presence of granular sludge, and many of them are currently successfully applied for the treatment of various kinds of industrial wastewaters worldwide. This study discusses the evolution of anaerobic sludge bed technology for the treatment of industrial wastewaters in the last four decades, focusing on granular sludge bed systems. Subject anaerobic biotechnologygranulationflocculent sludgehigh-rate reactor technologyindustrial wastewater treatmentsludge bed reactors To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9b487a46-6082-41a0-9a85-dd23cabaf091 Publisher Springer ISSN 1569-1705 Source https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-015-9375-5 Source Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 14 (4), 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2015 The Author(s)This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Files PDF vanLier_2015.pdf 2.43 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9b487a46-6082-41a0-9a85-dd23cabaf091/datastream/OBJ/view