Aerobic treatment of dairywastewater with sequencingbatch reactor systemsXiu jin Li, Ru ihong ZhangAbstract Performances of single-stage and two-stage se-quencing batch reactor (SBR) systems were investigatedfor treating dairy wastewater
A single-stage SBR systemwas tested with 10,000 mg/l chemical oxygen demand(COD) influent at three hydraulic retention times (HRTs)of 1, 2, and 3 days and 20,000 mg/l COD influent at fourHRTs of 1, 2, 3, and 4 days
A 1-day HRT was foundsufficient for treating 10,000-mg/l COD wastewater, withthe removal efficiency of 80
2% COD, 63
4% total solids,66
2% volatile solids, 75% total Kjeldahl nitrogen, and38
3% total nitrogen from the liquid effluent
Two-dayHRT was believed sufficient for treating 20,000-mg/l CODdairy wastewater if complete ammonia oxidation