UASB performance for bleached and unbleached kraft pulp synthetic wastewater treatment.

This paper presents the performance of two bench scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactors (UASB) used for the treatment of synthetic substrates that simulate bleached and unbleached cellulose pulp plant wastewaters. The control reactor was fed with diluted black liquor and the treatment reactor with the same substrate plus a mixture of chlorinated organics. The total concentration of the chlorinated compounds was gradually increased from 2.5 mg l-1 to 15.0 mg l-1. The average COD removal efficiency during the last phase of the experiment was 81% in the control reactor and 76% in the treatment reactor. These results indicate the capability of UASB reactors to treat this kind of wastewater and the low impact of the chlorinated organics on COD removal efficiency. The minimum overall chlorinated organics removal efficiency was 71% and the maximum was 99.7%. The experiment indicates that under the conditions used in this research the presence of chlorinated organics does not negatively impact the treatment process.

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