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Influence of carrier media physical properties on start-up of moving attached growth systems

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dc.creator Dias, Joana
dc.creator Bellingham, Mel
dc.creator Hassan, Junaid
dc.creator Barrett, Mark
dc.creator Stephenson, Tom
dc.creator Soares, Ana
dc.date 2018-11-02T10:17:46Z
dc.date 2018-11-02T10:17:46Z
dc.date 2018-06-30
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:34Z
dc.identifier Joana Dias, Mel Bellingham, Junaid Hassan, et al., Influence of carrier media physical properties on start-up of moving attached growth systems. Bioresource Technology, Volume 266, Issue October, 2018, Pages 463-471
dc.identifier 0960-8524
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.06.096
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13609
dc.identifier 21132473
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182463
dc.description Five carrier media with different shapes (spherical and cylindrical), sizes, voidage and protected surface areas (112–610 m2/m3) were studied in a pilot scale moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR). This study aimed at assessing start-up duration using biofilm formation rates. Results indicated that the spherical media required shorter periods to achieve stable biofilm formation rates associated with chemical oxygen demand (COD) (15–17 days), compared to cylindrical high surface area media (23–24 days). Protected surface area presented weaker correlations with the biofilm formation rate for COD (R2 = 0.83) and ammonia removal (R2 = 0.76). However, good correlations were observed with a combination of the media physical factors: dimensionality (Di), voidage (Voi), and hydraulic efficiency (HE) strongly correlated with biofilm formation rates for heterotrophic (R2 = 0.95) and nitrifying bacteria (R2 = 0.92). This study proposes that the media physical properties can contribute to shortening start-up, contributing to improved removal rates and fast commissioning of MBBRs.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Biofilm formation rate
dc.subject Biofilm detachment
dc.subject Dimensionality
dc.subject Moving attached growth
dc.subject Start-up
dc.subject Voidage
dc.title Influence of carrier media physical properties on start-up of moving attached growth systems
dc.type Article


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