Research Article

Evaluation of Different Wastewater Treatment Processes and Development of a Modified Attached Growth Bioreactor as a Decentralized Approach for Small Communities

Table 1

The dimensional details and media features of the bench scale system.

FeaturesDetails

Reactor configuration
Area of the reactor (m2)0.035
Height of the reactor (mm)320
Volume of the bioreactor (L)11
Void volume in presence of intervals (L) 10
Settler volume (L)2.68

Media feature
MaterialPolypropylene
Density (g/cm3)0.95
ShapeCorrugated cylinder
Length (mm)10
Diameter (mm)14
Specific surface area (m2/m3)350
Fill ratio (%)
 MBBR40
 PBBR100