Assessing a new approach to covered anaerobic pond design in the treatment of abattoir wastewater
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Article Title | Assessing a new approach to covered anaerobic pond design in the treatment of abattoir wastewater |
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ERA Journal ID | 3449 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | McCabe, B. K. (Author), Harris, P. (Author), Baillie, C. (Author), Pittaway, P. (Author) and Yusaf, T. (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering |
Journal Citation | 10 (1), pp. 81-93 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISSN | 0812-3314 |
1441-6611 | |
1448-8388 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.7158/N12-AE07.2013.10.1. |
Web Address (URL) | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=593294993847222;res=IELENG |
Abstract | Churchill Abattoir Pty Ltd (CA) is a beef abattoir and rendering facility that has operated for 43 years as a government entity, and for the past 11 years as a private enterprise. Since the changeover, there have been significant improvements in CA's environmental performance. In response to improving waste treatment and minimisation, CA has developed a novel covered anaerobic pond design for the treatment of abattoir wastewater. This design consists of five smaller ponds arranged in a cell configuration which has been driven by a number of factors including, manageability (for desludging ponds) and ease of removing and applying covers. Industry design and management standards are based on generalised metrics for anaerobic ponds rather than industry specific data. To inform pond design, an intensive study of pond behaviour was performed on the covered anaerobic ponds. This paper gives an overview of the literature reported on the use of anaerobic ponds in the treatment of high-strength wastewater and outlines the key findings in the preliminary assessment of the behaviour and performance of these novel anaerobic ponds. The use of five smaller ponds instead of one larger pond has proven successful in terms of crust and sludge |
Keywords | covered anaerobic ponds; abattoir; wastewater; design criteria; methane; biogas |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400410. Wastewater treatment processes |
401102. Environmentally sustainable engineering | |
Public Notes | © Institution of Engineers Australia, 2013. Published Version restricted in accordance with copyright policy of publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q23z5/assessing-a-new-approach-to-covered-anaerobic-pond-design-in-the-treatment-of-abattoir-wastewater
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