Understanding Wastewater Treatment: From Psychrophiles to Thermophiles
Explore different classifications, growth requirements, and treatment processes at wastewater treatment plants worldwide. Learn about the roles of microorganisms in biogas production and sludge processing. Gain insight into sustainable practices such as biosolids land application.
Understanding Wastewater Treatment: From Psychrophiles to Thermophiles
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Classification by temperature • Psychrophiles • grow at temperatures below 25°C. • Mesophiles • grow at temperatures between 25 - 45°C. • Thermophiles • grow at temperatures between 45 and 60°C.
Classification by growth environment • Suspended growth • Activated sludge • Attached growth • Trickling filter • Rotating biological contactor
Ten Growth Requirements • Carbon source • Energy source • Terminal electron acceptor • Macro nutrients: C, N, H, O, P, K, S • Micro nutrients: Fe, Ni, Co, Mb, Zn, etc.
Ten Growth Requirements 6. Moisture 7. Appropriate temperature 8. Appropriate pH 9. Absence of inhibition 10. Mixing/contact
Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries Community Biogas Plant in China
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