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Wastewater Treatment (UASB)

As AguaClara has grown, it has become increasingly important to not only improve methods for the treatment of drinking water, but also to treat community wastewater in a sustainable manner. The long term goals of this research are to develop a a gravity driven system for wastewater treatment and to characterize the general mechanism for anaerobic waste treatment.

Current Research

The wastewater team's current research is aimed at better understanding Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors and adapting current UASB designs for more efficient waste treatment. The efficiency and effectiveness of waste treatment will be determined based upon removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Ammonia Nitrogen, Phosphate Phosphorous, and turbidity. The effectiveness of the system will also be measured based upon biogas production and the characteristics of the biogas, as high levels of methane production will allow energy to be harvested from the treatment process.

Members

Walker Grimshaw
Fanny Okaikue
Sushil Shanbhag

Documents

 

Challenges

Tasks

Literature Review

Teach-In

Final Presentation

Final Report

Summer '13

 

 

 

 

 

 

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