Most seafood wastewater has been treated by the activated sludge process. Due to changes in salt concentration, pollutant loadings and raw materials, the process is not operated satisfactorily to meet effluent regulation. Most problems faced at present are solid liquid separation. In this study, effects of salt concentration on floc characteristics and pollutants removal efficiencies were investigated in treatment of seafood wastewater by SBR. For analyzing fractal dimension of flocs, the small angle laser light scattering (SALLS) method was applied using a Diffraction Particle Sizer (Malvern Instruments). Organic removal efficiencies (in terms of CODMn) decreased with increasing salt concentration, but eventually reached a steady state. Fractal dimension and floc size also showed similar trends with changing salt concentration. The main reasons to reduced pollutant removal efficiencies were deteriorated biological activity and settling properties. The biological activity was affected faster than the floc characteristics by increasing salt concentration. The deteriorated settling properties were explained by decreased size and fractal dimension of floc due to increasing salt concentration. The settling properties of floc such as sludge volume index (SVI) and zone settling velocity (ZSV) were related to size and fractal dimension of floc. The fractal dimension of floc was better related to the settling properties than the size of floc.
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January 01 2003
Effects of salt concentration on floc characteristics and pollutants removal efficiencies in treatment of seafood wastewater by SBR
B.-H. Moon;
B.-H. Moon
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
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G.-T. Seo;
G.-T. Seo
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
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T.-S. Lee;
T.-S. Lee
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
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S.-S. Kim;
S.-S. Kim
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
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C.-H. Yoon
C.-H. Yoon
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
*Department of Fine Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kyungnam University, Masan, Korea
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Water Sci Technol (2003) 47 (1): 65–70.
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B.-H. Moon, G.-T. Seo, T.-S. Lee, S.-S. Kim, C.-H. Yoon; Effects of salt concentration on floc characteristics and pollutants removal efficiencies in treatment of seafood wastewater by SBR. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2003; 47 (1): 65–70. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2003.0017
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