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Performance Evaluation of Bio-Membrane Hybrid Process for Treatment of Food Waste Leachate  

Lee, Myung-Gu (Green Engineering Team, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH))
Park, Chul-Hwan (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Lee, Do-Hoon (Green Engineering Team, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH))
Kim, Tak-Hyun (Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Lee, Byung-Hwan (Department of Chemical System Engineering, Keimyung University)
Lee, Jin-Won (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University)
Kim, Sang-Yong (Green Engineering Team, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH))
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KSBB Journal / v.23, no.1, 2008 , pp. 90-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, a combined process of sequential anaerobic-aerobic digestion (SAAD), fluidized-bed bioreactor (FBBR), and ultrafiltration (UF) for the treatment of small scale food waste leachate was developed and evaluated. The SAAD process was tested for performance and stability by subjecting leachate from food waste to a two-phase anaerobic digestion. The main process used FBBR composed of aerators for oxygen supply and fluidization, three 5 ton reaction chambers containing an aerobic mesophilic microorganism immobilized in PE (polyethylene), and a sedimentation chamber. The HRTs (hydraulic retention time) of the combined SAAD-FBBR-UF process were 30, 7, and 1 day, and the operation temperature was set to the optimal one for microbial growth. The pilot process maintained its performance even when the CODcr of input leachate fluctuated largely. During the operation, average CODcr, TKN, TP, and salt of the effluent were 1,207mg/L, 100mg/L, 50 mg/L, and 0.01 %, which corresponded to the removal efficiencies of 99.4%, 98.6%, 89.6%, and 98.5%, respectively. These results show that the developed process is able to manage high concentration leachate from food waste and remove CODcr, TKN, TP, and salt effectively.
Keywords
anaerobic-aerobic digestion sequence process; fluidized bed bioreactor; UF membrane; two-phase anaerobic digestion; food waste leachate;
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