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UASB [4 records]

Record 1 2015-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Granular sludge is a special type of biofilm in which biomass grows in compact aggregates(granules) without any carrier material. Granular sludge technology started to be developed about 40 years ago... At that time, granules were implemented for anaerobic treatment in upflow anaerobic sludge bed(UASB) reactors...

OBS

The term "sludge" is considered to be an uncountable noun. However, it is often found in the plural form (sludges), particularly when speaking of different types of sludge.

Key term(s)
  • granular sludges

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Le succès des bioréacteurs anaérobies [...] réside dans l'utilisation d'une biomasse sous forme de boues granulaires pour la dégradation de la pollution organique [...] Le caractère granulaire de la boue génère des propriétés particulières, déterminées par leurs caractéristiques microbiologiques et physico-chimiques.

Key term(s)
  • boue granulaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

UASB [Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket] is a process used for the biological treatment of effluents. It is based on the principle of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digester... Main advantages :-Sludge blanket improves contact between waste water and biomass, therefore efficiency of decomposition process-Improved product quality-Increased biomass concentration in reactor by formation of pellet sludge-Direct reuse of biogas calorific value is possible-No generation of secondary waste or concentrate streams.

CONT

Water Treatment Plants and Operations. Improvement of the Turbidity Removal by Internal Pellet Recirculation in a Pelletisation Process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Forme particulière de floc.

OBS

Ce support (le support des microorganismes de lits fluidisés) peut être : - des particules fines (sable) - des microparticules - ou les microorganismes eux-mêmes sous forme de «pellets». (Le traitement des rejets par voie anaérobie, 1980, p. 14).

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Up-flow reactor for anaerobic treatment of waste waters containing dissolved or suspended organic substances.

CONT

Besides aerobic biological treatment and mechanical separation processes, anaerobic treatment becomes more and more important in the purification of liquid waste with high organic load. The search for an economic treatment procedure leads to a two-stage anaerobic-aerobic treatment concept. Aerobic secondary treatment is required because the purification capacity will not be sufficient with anaerobic treatment only. Comparing two different anaerobic procedures, suitability, advantages and disadvantages can be determined. These procedures are the anaerobic contact sludge procedure(digester) and the up-flow reactor(UASB). The following aerobic stages are identical, they consist of activated sludge tank and final sedimentation tank with separate return sludge flow.

Key term(s)
  • upflow reactor
  • up flow reactor
  • UASB

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

Réacteur traversé par un flux ascendant.

CONT

La granulation a été examinée dans un réacteur anaérobie à flux ascendant avec une couverture de boue (UASB, Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket), à une température ambiante de 21,8° C. Des eaux d'égouts de brasseries, avec une demande chimique en oxygène (DOC) moyenne de 2030 mg/l et une demande en oxygène biochimique de 1150 mg/l, furent utilisées comme substrat et de la boue anaérobie digérée comme inoculum.

Key term(s)
  • UASB

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

An anaerobic digester which combines an upflow granular sludge blanket(UASB) and plastic ring media.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Type de digesteur en continu combinant un lit de boues granuleuses à flux ascensionnel et un filtre à supports plastique (anneaux).

Spanish

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