Evaluation of reactor anaerobic sludge blanket in the treatment of wastewater slaughterhouse

This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of a full-scale treatment system effluent slaughterhouse. The full-scale Sewage Treatment Station was designed for a daily flow of 60 m³/d, corresponding to a slaughter of 60 cattle per day. The treatment system consists of a Parshall flume for flow measurement, followed by static sieve, gravimetric fat, sedimentation and anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) box and it was monitored weekly from January to August. The following parameters were analyzed: pH, alkalinity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS), ammonia nitrogen, and total nitrogen kjedhall. The average pH, COD and TSS in the UASB reactor effluent values were 6.96, 660 mg/L and 188 mg/L , respectively. The system proved to be efficient, with average removal of 96.40% to 89.92% for COD and TSS. The UASB reactor showed high performance in removing solids and organic load. Thus, this reactor becomes a viable alternative for treating wastewater slaughterhouse, offering good removal results and low cost of deployment