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This document describes the UASB-Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor system. It consists of an upflow treatment tank with a feed inlet at the bottom and a gas-solid-liquid separator at the top. Wastewater enters from the bottom and flows up through a sludge bed containing microorganisms. The sludge bed degrades suspended organics, producing methane and CO2. The gas mixing keeps the biomass mixed to efficiently treat wastewater. Treated effluent is collected and discharged while sludge periodically moves to drying beds.

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UASB

This document describes the UASB-Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor system. It consists of an upflow treatment tank with a feed inlet at the bottom and a gas-solid-liquid separator at the top. Wastewater enters from the bottom and flows up through a sludge bed containing microorganisms. The sludge bed degrades suspended organics, producing methane and CO2. The gas mixing keeps the biomass mixed to efficiently treat wastewater. Treated effluent is collected and discharged while sludge periodically moves to drying beds.

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5-Dec-23

21CE502 / Environmental Engineering


GMR Institute of Technology

Dr. S. Vivek
Senior Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam,
Andhra Pradesh

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UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
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UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 This reactor consists of an up flowing treatment
tank, provided with a feed inlet distribution system
at the tank bottom
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 A gas –solid – liquid separator device is provided at


the top to helps to provide a quiescent zone at the
top of the reactor
 The waste water enters the tank from the bottom,
and flows upward through the sludge bed, which
gets formed during the process itself
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The sludge bed develops micro-organisms capable
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of flourishing in an oxygen deficient environment.


 The sludge bed traps the suspended organics of the
upcoming waste water
 The suspended solids trapped in the sludge bed are
degraded by the anaerobic and aerobically working
facultative bacteria, producing methane and
CO2(bio-gas)
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The bio-gas produced during the anaerobic
decomposition helps in providing gentle mixing &
stirring of the biomass, thereby increasing the
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efficiency of decomposition ,reducing the BOD and


the suspended solids of the waste water
 The methane or biogas is collected at the top of the
tank in a gas collector from where it can be with
drawn for use as a by-product while the water
sludge mixture is made to enter a settling tank
where the sludge settles down and flows back into
the bottom of the reactor
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The sludge will show good settling properties after
an initial start up period, followed by granulation
forming a sludge blanket or sludge bed in the lower
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part of reactor
 The UASB evidently operates as a suspended
growth system with no packing material in the
reactor.
 In this system the microbes attach themselves to
each other or to the small particles of suspended
matter of sewage to form granules or agglomerates
and ultimately the sludge bed.
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The gas produced in the process causes sufficient
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agitation to keep the sludge fully mixed


 Retention of the bacteria containing sludge in the
reactor is one of the most important features of the
UASB process
 The bacteria in the sludge continuous to perform
their function of treating the incoming effluent
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The continuous bacterial presence and its activity
enables the retention time in the reactor to be
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reduced to about 6-8 hours ,as compared to at least


30 hours, that is required in conventional sewage
treatment systems
 The treated effleunt is collected in gutter and
discharge out of the reactor
 The sludge is periodically shifted into the drying
beds to be used as soil enricher
UASB-UPFLOW ANAEROBIC
SLUDGE BLANKET
 The methane generated can be used as gas for
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domestic or industrial use


 It may also be used for generation of electricity for
running the plant after appropriate dehydration
and cleaning

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