Research Article

Treatment of Slaughter House Wastewater in a Sequencing Batch Reactor: Performance Evaluation and Biodegradation Kinetics

Table 5

Denitrification rates during anoxic react phase for treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater in SBR.

Initial -N
(mg/L as N)
Initial SCOD
(mg/L)
React period combination (Aerobic/Anoxic)Avg. anoxic SCOD utilization rate ( )
(mg SCOD/gm MLVSS. hr)
Specific denitrification rate ( ) (mg N/gm MLVSS. hr)
1.0 hr2.0 hr3.0 hr4.0 hr5.0 hrAvg.
(3.0 hrly)
Avg.
(4.0 hrly)
Avg.
(5.0 hrly)

185.241028.55(4+4)26.254.495.575.853.895.304.95
173.881023.22(5+3)34.874.275.514.164.64
176.851042.52(3+5)38.154.575.556.167.246.235.425.885.95