In this study, a novel suspended ceramsite was prepared, which has high strength, optimum density (close to water), and high porosity. The ceramsite was used to feed a moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) system with an anaerobic–aerobic (A/O) arrangement to treat petroleum refinery wastewater for simultaneous removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonium. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the anaerobic–aerobic MBBR system was varied from 72 to 18 h. The anaerobic–aerobic system had a strong tolerance to shock loading. Compared with the professional emission standard of China, the effluent concentrations of COD and NH3-N in the system could satisfy grade I at HRTs of 72 and 36 h, and grade II at HRT of 18 h. The average sludge yield of the anaerobic reactor was estimated to be 0.0575 g suspended solid/g CODremoved. This work demonstrated that the anaerobic–aerobic MBBR system using the suspended ceramsite as bio-carrier could be applied to achieving high wastewater treatment efficiency.
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May 01 2013
Treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater using a sequential anaerobic–aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor system based on suspended ceramsite
Mang Lu;
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi Province, China E-mail: bjlumang@hotmail.com
E-mail: bjmanglu@163.com
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Li-Peng Gu;
Li-Peng Gu
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi Province, China E-mail: bjlumang@hotmail.com
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Wen-Hao Xu
Wen-Hao Xu
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi Province, China E-mail: bjlumang@hotmail.com
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Water Sci Technol (2013) 67 (9): 1976–1983.
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Received:
October 12 2012
Accepted:
January 02 2013
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Mang Lu, Li-Peng Gu, Wen-Hao Xu; Treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater using a sequential anaerobic–aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor system based on suspended ceramsite. Water Sci Technol 1 May 2013; 67 (9): 1976–1983. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.077
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