DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR TREATING MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AT LOW TEMPERATURE

To explore the suitability of simple CSTR model for evaluating the dynamic performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating municipal wastewater at low temperature. The simultaneous dynamic equations for substrate and biomass mass were used to assess the UASB reactor performance of municipal wastewater. The dynamic model equations were solved by using a m.file in MATLAB2011a software command window and dynamic equations for substrate and biomass. The objectives of this paper are to evaluate the dynamic performances of UASB reactor treating municipal wastewater using the experimental results of Turkdogan-Aydinol et al. (2011).