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Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment Using Submerged Fibers in an Attached Growth Sequential Batch Reactor
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Nur Nasuha Ahmad Puat, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Motasem Y.D. Alazaiza, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Yung-Tse Hung, Cleveland State University
ORCID ID
0000-0002-2472-7357 Yung-Tse Hung
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-13-2018
Abstract

In this study, a sequential batch reactor (SBR) with different types of fibers was employed for the treatment of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater. Three types of fibers, namely, juite fiber (JF), bio-fringe fiber (BF), and siliconised conjugated polyester fiber (SCPF), were used. Four SBR experiments were conducted, using the fibers in different reactors, while the fourth reactor used a combination of these fibers. The treatment efficiency of the different reactors with and without fibers on biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia-nitrogen (NH₃-N), phosphorus (P), nitrite (NO₂), nitrate (NO₃), total suspended solids (TSS), and oil-grease were evaluated. The removal efficiency for the reactors with fibers was higher than that of the reactor without fibers for all pollutants. The treated effluent had 40 mg/L BOD₅ and 45 mg/L COD with an average removal efficiency of 96% and 93%, respectively, which meet the discharge limits stated in the Environmental Quality Act in Malaysia.

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Article #1734

DOI
10.3390/ijerph15081734.
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Publisher's PDF
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Citation Information
Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Nur Nasuha Ahmad Puat, Motasem Y.D. Alazaiza and Yung-Tse Hung. "Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment Using Submerged Fibers in an Attached Growth Sequential Batch Reactor" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 15 Iss. 8 (2018)
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