Temperature effects on upflow anaerobic filter performance
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Technology Letters
- Vol. 9 (8) , 769-774
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593338809384631
Abstract
An anaerobic filter was operated in the upflow mode at 40, 30, 26, 20 and 16°C and at organic loading rates up to 11 g COD 1−1 day−1. COD removal efficiencies of 95% were reached at the highest temperature and the lowest values occurred at 16°C. Gas production decreased as temperature decreased up to one volume of biogas (CH4 content average 76.2%) per volume of liquid fed. The washout was influenced by the hydraulic load and an examination of the biofilm revealed two different predominant population groups.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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