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Requirements for the anaerobic tower's operating environment

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2022-12-12 13:38

Anaerobic tower The working environment of the anaerobic tower reactor needs to maintain certain conditions to operate normally. The following introduces the requirements for the working environment of the anaerobic tower reactor. Typically, the anaerobic tower reactor has a water distributor at the bottom, a three-phase separator at the top, and a sludge bed below. Wastewater enters the anaerobic tower from the water distributor at the bottom of the anaerobic tower. A large number of anaerobic fermentation microorganisms exist in the sludge bed. After the wastewater enters the sludge bed, the organic matter in the wastewater is converted into biogas through anaerobic fermentation microorganisms.

 Requirements for the anaerobic tower working environment

Anaerobic tower The working environment of the reactor needs to maintain certain conditions to operate normally. The following introduces the requirements for the working environment of the anaerobic tower reactor. Typically, the anaerobic tower reactor has a water distributor at the bottom, a three-phase separator at the top, and a sludge bed below. Wastewater enters the anaerobic tower from the water distributor at the bottom of the anaerobic tower. A large number of anaerobic fermentation microorganisms exist in the sludge bed. After the wastewater enters the sludge bed, the organic matter in the wastewater is converted into biogas through anaerobic fermentation microorganisms. Suitable temperature: Anaerobic fermentation is usually carried out at a moderate temperature of 30-37℃. And the adaptability of anaerobic fermentation microorganisms to harmful chemicals. Suitable pH value: In order for anaerobic tower fermentation to proceed smoothly, the pH value of the tubular reactor is between 6.5 and 8.2. Sufficient metabolic time: Ensuring the waiting time HRT of hydropower generation and the SRT of solids are necessary conditions for anaerobic fermentation microbial treatment. Flotation equipment and dissolved air flotation machines should also be noted.

Suitable carbon source: Heterotrophic methanogens should be regarded as the entire carbon source of microbial production wastewater organic matter, and the entire carbon source of autotrophic methanogens should be considered to know the solubility of carbon dioxide in other tubular reactors. Trace analysis of specific trace elements: Specific trace elements that stimulate methane bacteria include iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, copper, and even selenium and boron. One of them will seriously endanger all microbial treatment methods. Basic nutrient richness: The nitrogen concentration in the tubular reactor must be in the range of 40-70 mg/L to meet the requirements, while low concentrations of phosphorus and sulfides can also meet the requirements. Methanogens especially need sulfides and phosphorus.


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