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W06 – Anaerobic treatment

Course subject(s) W06 – Anaerobic treatment

In this lecture, prof. Van Lier presents the development and backgrounds of anaerobic wastewater treatment for industrial and domestic wastewater.
In the introduction of the lecture the anaerobic conversion of organic matter is explained, and how this was used in de development of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB) reactor. Thereafter different applications are shown for treatment of industrial wastewater. In the second part of the lecture several applications for domestic wastewater are presented.

Anaerobic treatment

Content Slides

Video
Introduction
Energy efficiency: Anaerobic Digestion!
Anaerobic conversion of organic matter
Development of “high-rate” anaerobic treatment systems
Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB)
2nd Generation “high-rate” anaerobic treatment systems
Benefits of anaerobic (pre-)treatment
Worldwide cumulative anaerobic references
High-rate anaerobic application in industries
Design of UASB reactors (part.) 		 1
2
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4
5 – 6
7 – 8
9
10
11
15 – 18		 00:00
01:45
10:36
11:56
15:31
18:57
19:54
24:28
26:08
36:43
Design of UASB reactors (cont.)
Anaerobic treatment of domestic sewage
Experiencies with anaerobic treatment of domestic sewage		 19 – 24
25 – 30
31 – 56		 44:51
59:46
65:31
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