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Application of the ‘Biothane’ Wastewater Treatment System in the Soft Drinks Industry
Author(s) -
HOUSLEY J. N.,
ZOUTBERG G. R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1994.tb01101.x
Subject(s) - bottling line , effluent , wastewater , factory (object oriented programming) , waste management , sewage treatment , environmental science , engineering , caustic (mathematics) , environmental engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science , bottle , physics , mathematical physics , programming language
This paper describes the experience gained by Yorkshire Water in the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant to deal with the effluent from Europe's largest canning and bottling factory (at Wakefield, West Yorkshire). The process which was chosen was the ‘Biothane’ upward‐flow anaerobic sludge blanket system. Commissioning of the plant was fraught with difficulties due to the erratic organic load being discharged from the factory, along with larger than anticipated volumes of caustic solution.