Clare O’Connor, Evan Greenberg, Peter Martin
Abstract:
The initial focus of the Spring 2017 Anaerobic Fluidized Bed team (AFB) was to continue developing declogging mechanisms for the reactors, however it was learned that side-stepping declogging was possible by focusing on steady-state operation of the reactors. Thus, the middle of the semester included design of two reactor set-ups designed to determine the fastest hydraulic residence time (HRT) that could feasibly be used. The new designed showed that not enough was known about the treatment process to move forward productively, so an extensive literature search was performed to gather more information necessary for a possible redesign in the fall.
