Sustainable Agro-Food Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using High Rate Anaerobic Process

Water

Rajinikanth Rajagopal³  Noori M. Cata Saady³  Michel Torrijos²  Joseph V. Thanikal¹ 

[1] Caledonian Centre for Scientific Research, Department of Built and Natural Environment, Caledonian College of Engineering, P.O. Box 2322, CPO Seeb 111, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman; E-Mail:;INRA, UR50, Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Avenue des Etangs, Narbonne, F-11100, France; E-Mail:;Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M0C8, Canada; E-Mail:

关键词: anaerobic digestion;    agro-food wastewater;    biogas;    high-rate systems;    sustainable wastewater treatment;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w5010292

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This review article compiles the various advances made since 2008 in sustainable high-rate anaerobic technologies with emphasis on their performance enhancement when treating agro-food industrial wastewater. The review explores the generation and characteristics of different agro-food industrial wastewaters; the need for and the performance of high rate anaerobic reactors, such as an upflow anaerobic fixed bed reactor, an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, hybrid systems etc.; operational challenges, mass transfer considerations, energy production estimation, toxicity, modeling, technology assessment and recommendations for successful operation.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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