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Piggery wastewater treatment by aquatic plant system | |
Author | Suthimol Kessomboon |
Call Number | AIT Thesis no. EV-90-17 |
Subject(s) | Sewage--Purification--Biological treatment |
Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
Abstract | This study was conducted to determine the efficiencies of the water spinach, water hyacinth and cattail plants in the treatment of pig wastewater. It was found that the organic loading rates of 50-300 kg COD/(ha-d) resulted in about 75- 90% COD removal in the water hyacinth units, while the water spinach units operating at the same loadings and COD removal about 20- 70%. The effects of installing gravel media at the bottom of the water hyacinth units were not significant. The effluent of the aquatic treatment units operating at the organic loading rate of 200 kg COD/(ha - d) could satisfy the effluent standards set by the Ministry of Industry, Thailand, based on BOD5 and SS. Also, the best COD removal efficiency of the aquatic treatment unit was found at HRT of 20 days. Finally, water hyacinth plants were found to contain N content more than water spinach and cattail plants. |
Year | 1990 |
Type | Thesis |
School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
Chairperson(s) | Chongrak Polprasert |
Examination Committee(s) | Samorn Muttamara ; Suselo, Tri Binarko |
Scholarship Donor(s) | DAAD, The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |