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. 2020 May 10;7(2):43. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7020043

Table 4.

Recently reported UASB modified systems.

Substrate Reactor Temperature (°C) Product Hydraulic Retention Time (d) Organic Loading Rate (kg COD/m3d) Yield Reference
Palm oil mill effluent UASB 55 H2 0.25 - 11.75 1 [89]
Winery wastewater UASB 37 H2 0.23 - 62 2 [91]
Synthetic media UASB - H2 0.25 - 4.34 1 [90]
Foul condensate from Kraft mill UASB 22–55 VFA 3.13 8.6 52–70 3 [92]
Nitrobenzene UASB with nanoscale zero-valent iron addition 35 CH4 1 0.2 4 - [93]
Petroleum wastewater UASB with diatomite and maifanite addition 36 CH4 10–20 11 1.61–2.2 5 [94]
Sewage water Packed UASB reactor Ambient CH4 0.21–0.25 1.8 - [95]
Swine wastewater UASB+ aerobic packed bed reactor 37 CH4 0.79 3.26–10.14 0.26–0.81 6 [96]
Textile wastewater Micro-aerated UASB 25 CH4 - 1.27–1.5 - [97]
Cattle slaughterhouse wastewater UASB with synthetic grass packing 35 CH4 1 10 2.0 5 [98]
Diluted food waste paste UASB with biochar addition 30 CH4 1 6.9–7.8 0.86 7 [99]

1 L H2/Leffluent d, 2 mL H2/L h, 3 % of utilized carbon, 4 kg NB/m3d, 5 m3/m3d, 6 kg COD-CH4/kg VSS d, 7 L biogas/g CODremoved d.