| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/H77859/01 |
| Title: |
REED BED TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR STRONG WASTEWATERS WITH BODS UP TO 2000 MG/1 |
| Principal Investigator: |
Gray, Dr K |
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| Department: |
Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1992 |
Ends: |
30 September 1995 |
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165,508
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Mathematically model the reed bed treatment process.Formulate design equations for treating wastewaters with BOB up to 2000 mg per litre.Optimise reed bed construction and operation.The project explores engineered beds of the Common Reed for purifying strong wastewaters with biological oxygen demand (BOD) strenghts up to 2000 mg per litre. Two pilot plants have now been built, each with four downflow treatment stages and a horizontal flow bed. The units will be tested over three years using blended septic tank effluent and farm 'dirty water'. We will seek final effluents of 20 BOD: 30 suspended solid: 5 NH4-N.From the trial results will be assembled a data base of appropriate parameters to permit mathematical modelling and the formulation of design equations. On laboratory scale rigs the construction and operation of reed beds will be investigated in terms of matrix layers, particle sizes and aeration arrangements. The project should reveal the range of wastewater strenghts which can be purified economically using reed bed technology and provide the necessary design equations and operating information.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |