Monitoring of specific methanogenic activity of granular sludge by confocal laser scanning microscopy during start-up of thermophilic upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Determination of potential methane produ

Determination of potential methane production capacity of a granular sludge from a pilot-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor using a specific methanogenic activity test

✍ Orhan Ince; Bahar Kasapgil Ince; Orhan Yenigun 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 128 KB

## Abstract A 450 dm^3^ pilot‐scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor was used for the treatment of a fermentation‐based pharmaceutical wastewater. The UASB reactor performed well up to an organic loading rate (OLR) of 10.7 kg COD m^−3^ d^−1^ at which point 94% COD removal efficiency w