Research Article
Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Biological Removal of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen from Slaughterhouse Wastewater in a Sequencing Batch Reactor
Table 1
Characteristics and composition of slaughterhouse wastewater.
| Parameters (all units are in mg/L except pH) | Raw wastewater range | Pre treated wastewater range |
| pH | 8.0–8.5 | 7.5–8.5 | Total suspended solids | 10120–14225 | 4255–5340 | Total dissolved solids | 6345–7840 | 2800–3830 | COD | 4185–5240 | 1930–2096 | BOD5 at 20°C | 3000–3500 | 1010–1465 | Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) | 450–560 | 315–412 | -N (as N) | 215–310 | 110–130 |
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