Anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater using the UASB-technology

verfasst von
I. Urban, D. Weichgrebe, K. H. Rosenwinkel
Abstract

The anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater enables new applications for the reuse of wastewater. The effluent could be used for irrigation as the included nutrients are not affected by the treatment. Much more interesting now are renewable energies and the retrenchment of CO2 emission. With the anaerobic treatment of municipal wastewater, not only can the CO2 emission be reduced but "clean" energy supply can be gained by biogas. Most important for the sustainability of this process is the gathering of methane from the liquid effluent of the reactor, because the negative climate-relevant effect from the degassing methane is much higher than the positive effect from saving CO2 emission. In this study, UASB reactors were used with a flocculent sludge blanket for the biodegradation of the carbon fraction in the wastewater with different temperatures and concentrations. It could be shown that the positive effect is much higher for municipal wastewater with high concentrations in hot climates.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Abfalltechnik
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Water science and technology
Band
56
Seiten
37-44
Anzahl der Seiten
8
ISSN
0273-1223
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2007
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Environmental engineering, Gewässerkunde und -technologie
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2007.732 (Zugang: Unbekannt)