The effect of polymer addition on granulation in a

The effect of polymer addition on granulation in an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR). Part I process performanceWaterResearch36(2002)933–943Theeffectofpolymeradditionongranulationinananaerobicbaffledreactor(ABR).PartI:processperformanceS.Uyanik,P.J.Sallis*,G.K.AndersonEnvironmentalEngineeringGroup,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,UniversityofNewcastleuponTyne,ClaremontRoad,NewcastleuponTyneNE17RU,UKReceived15May2000;receivedinrevisedform10May2001;accepted12June2001AbstractThestabilityandperformanceofananaerobicbaffledreactor(ABR)treatinganice-creamwastewateratseveralorganicloadingrateshavebeeninvestigated.Specifically,itwasdeterminedwhetheranABRwouldpromotephaseseparationandifapolymeradditivewascapableofenhancinggranuleformationinanABR.Inordertoachievethesegoals,twoABRs,havingidenticaldimensionsandconfigurations,wereusedtostudytheaboveobjectivesusingasyntheticice-creamwastewater.TheABRprovedtobeanefficientreactorconfigurationforthetreatmentofahigh-strengthsyntheticice-creamwastewater.Anorg