The aim of this study was to develop a simple biological system suitable for the treatment of dairy parlor wash waters. A novel horizontal-flow biofilm system with step feed was designed, constructed, and tested in the laboratory for organic carbon removal, nitrification, and denitrification of a synthetic dairy wastewater with average filtered chemical oxygen demand (CODf) of 2,060 mg/L, total nitrogen (TN) of 288 mg/L, and ammonia nitrogen (NH4-N) of 127 mg/L. The novel biofilm system consisted of two reactor units placed on top of one another, each comprising a stack of horizontal plastic sheets. Part of the wastewater was pumped onto Sheet 1 (top feed) and the remainder onto Sheet 11 (step feed) and flowed over the horizontal sheets down through the system. Three hydraulic loading rates were examined: 32.3, 25.1, and 19.3 L/m2 day, based on the top plan area, and the respective removals of CODf were 96, 96, and 97% and of TN, 86, 83, and 75% were achieved. The system was simple and cheap to construct and operate.
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Rodgers, M., Xiao, L. W., & Mulqueen, J. (2007). Horizontal-Flow Biofilm System with Step Feed for Nitrogen Removal. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 133(6), 569–574. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(2007)133:6(569)
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