Optimum process conditions for effective bioconversion of sewage treatment plant sludge by pure bacterial culture

Alam, Md. Zahangir and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu and Jamal, Parveen and Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal (2005) Optimum process conditions for effective bioconversion of sewage treatment plant sludge by pure bacterial culture. In: MTERM International Conference, 6th-10th June 2005, AIT, Thailand.

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Abstract

The treatment of sewage treatment plant (STP) sludge by pure bacterial culture was studied in lab-scale to evaluate the effective and efficient bioconversion through the developed process conditions. A 2-level full factorial (24) design was conducted with the aim of optimization of processes conditions (factors) such as temperature, agitation, pH and inoculum size for the bioconversion of STP sludge through COD removal (response). A second order polynomial model was applied to observe the linear and interaction effects among the factors. Statistical analysis showed that only the pH did not have significant effect on bioconversion. The results with the surface response analysis indicated the optimum values of parameters: temperature, 400C; agitation, 50 rpm; pH, 6; inoculum, 5% (v/v).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	4157/5835
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sewage treatment plant sludge
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP248.13 Biotechnology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2013 09:22
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2017 11:57
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/5835

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