Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on Operation of EGSB

An expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor was adopted to study the dissolved oxygen (DO) effect on the operation. With the chemical oxygen demand (COD) 800-1 800 mg/L, pH 6.0-7.3, volume loading rate (VLR) 5.4-11.5 kg COD/(m3·d), the operational behaviors of EGSB reactor was researched. And the max DO concentration which influenced steady operation of EGSB reactor was determined by contrasting the changes due to different concentrations of the influent DO. With the COD 1 200-2 000 mg/L, VLR 7.2-12.0 kg COD/(m3·d), the operational characteristic of EGSB reactor was researched by aerating the recycle effluent. The results was: when the DO concentration of influent was under 3.0 mg/L, the removal efficiency of COD was 82%-90% and the operation of the EGSB reactor was steady; when the DO concentration of influent was over 3.0 mg/L, the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) fluctuated greatly and the operation of the EGSB reactor was instable; the acidified wastewater of saccharide whose pH value was 5.1-6.5 could be treated by aerating the recycle effluent and the efficiency of COD was up to 85%-92%.