Abstract
In practice, operation of conventional treatment systems with high biomass concentration is limited due to difficulty in the sludge sedimentation in clarifiers. In this study, high frequency ultrasound wave (1.7MHz) was applied to enhance the sludge settling at high biomass concentration. Hence, performance of two sequence batch reactors (SBR) (with and without ultrasound) treating a synthetic dairy wastewater were compared. Experiments were conducted based on a central composite face-centered design and analyzed using response surface methodology. Aeration time (2–24h), mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (2000–6000mg/l), and CODin (500–1500mg/l) were selected as the operating variables to analyze, optimize and model the process. The results showed that high frequency ultrasound led to considerable increase in sludge settling velocity at high MLSS. COD removal and final turbidity were almost similar in the both systems, indicating that the ultrasound applied has not had any adverse effect on the microbial activity.
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