A novel fluidized bed bioreactor (FBBR) was designed by integration of anaerobic granular activated carbon and aerobic sponge reactors. This FBBR was evaluated at different sponge volume fractions for treating a synthetic wastewater. Polyester urethane sponge with cube size of 1 × 1 × 1 cm and density of 28-30 kg/m(3) with 90 cells per 25 mm was used as biomass carrier. The results indicate tha...

The Sulfate reduction, Autotrophic denitrification and Nitrification Integrated (SANI) process is a sulfur cycle-based biological carbon and nitrogen removal process that has been developed in Hong Kong to close the loop between the hybrid water supply and saline sewage treatment. The major bioreactor of this new technology is a Sulfate-Reducing Up-flow Sludge Bed (SRUSB) that convers organics ...

This study investigates the capacity of granular activated carbon (GAC) for the storage of methane through the equilibrium adsorption. An experimental apparatus consist of a dual adsorption vessel was set up for the measurement of equilibrium adsorption of methane on GAC using volumetric technique (pressure decay). Experimental isotherms of methane adsorption were determined by the measurement ...

The objective of this study was to compare the efficiency of O3/granular activated carbon (GAC) to enhance ozone transformation into OH radicals, with the common advanced oxidation processes (O3/OH , O3/H2O2). The results obtained with model systems under the given experimental conditions showed that the system O3/OH (pH 9) and O3/H2O2 (pH 7, [H2O2] = 1 10 -5 M) are more efficient than O3/GAC (...

the purpose of this research was to design a semi-industrial culture medium to obtain the maximum biomass production from bacterium bacillus subtilis utb96. in the first step, in order to reduce the cost of culture medium components, commercial products and industrial by products including, sugar beet molasses, sugar cane molasses, potato waste water and milk serum as carbon sources and corn st...

This study evaluated the efficacy of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)‐coated powdered activated carbon particles as a biofiltration medium. This material exhibited excellent properties as a biofiltration medium with a water holding capacity of 1.39 g H2O/g‐dry PVA; wet porosity of 0.53; and significantly lower pressure drop than that of commonly reported biofilter media such as compost. Bench‐scale biof...

Efficiently making use of granular activated carbon (GAC) to reduce pollution is always a golden goal for water industry. We developed ultrasonication collection method for determination of the biomass and microbial attachment and growth in activated carbon filter. Based on this method, we found that using hydraulic cycle to immobilize cells onto GAC can greatly improve the attachment of inocul...