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Item Laboratory studies were conducted to assess the influence of media related factors such as porosity and pore size and specific surface area on performance of up flow anaerobic biofilters (ABFs). Two simple model of 8 litres capacity up flow anaerobic biofilters (ABFs), one packed with support media granite of size 50 to 40 mm and the other packed with granite of size 25 to 20 mm were installed. The experimental anaerobic biofilters were made of PVC tubes. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) was maintained as 12 hours. The study was carried out for a period of 90 days. The waste treatment performance indicates that the biofilter associated with media of the lesser pore size and porosity with higher specific surface area demonstrated the highest BOD and COD removal 91.03% and 82.50% respectively. Copyright © Enviromedia.(Treatment of domestic wastewater in up flow anaerobic biofilters (using granite as packing material)) Srinikethan, G.; Shrihari, S.; Pradeepan, V.S.2005Item Effect of media characteristics on performance of upflow aerobic biofilters(2008) Srinikethan, G.; Shrihari, S.; Pradeepan, V.S.Laboratory studies were conducted to assess the influence of media related factors such as porosity, pore size, particle size and specific surface area on the performance of upflow aerobic biofilters (ABFs). Three simple models of 8 litre capacity upflow submerged ABFs packed with support media of size 40 mm, 20 mm and 10 mm respectively were installed. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) was maintained as 12 hours. The study was carried out for a period of 90 days. The reactor performance indicated that the aerobic biofilter (ABF-3), associated with media of lowest porosity, pore size, particle size and highest specific surface area, demonstrating the highest BOD and COD removal efficiency of 93.32 % and 85.01 % respectively.Item Optimum size of granite filter media for the maximum treatment of domestic sewage in upflow anaerobic biofilters(2008) Srinikethan, G.; Shrihari, S.; Pradeepan, V.S.Laboratory studies were conducted to assess the influence of media related factors such as particle size, porosity, pore size and specific surface area on performance of upflow anaerobic biofilters (AnBFs). Three simple models of 8 litres capacity upflow anaerobic biofilters (AnBFs) packed with support media granite of size 40 mm, 20 mm and 10 mm respectively were installed. The experimental anaerobic biofilters (AnBFs) were made of PVC tubes. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) was maintained as 12 hours. The study was carried out for a period of 90 days. The waste treatment performance indicates that the anaerobic biofilter (AnBF-2) packed with granite media of moderate particle size of 20mm demonstrated the highest BOD and COD removal 91.02 % and 82.01 % respectively. Copyright © Enviromedia.Item Bacterial Cellulose production by K. saccharivorans BC1 strain using crude distillery effluent as cheap and cost effective nutrient medium(Elsevier B.V., 2019) Gopu, G.; Srinikethan, G.Bacterial Cellulose (BC), a valuable biopolymer gaining importance over the past few decades due to its remarkable properties and applications. In this study, crude distillery effluent having a high COD value of 87,433 mg/L was used to produce Bacterial Cellulose under static fermentation by Komagataeibacter saccharivorans, a novel isolated bacterial strain. 1.24 g/L of cellulose production was noted after eight days along with 23.6% reduction in COD value. The BC pellicle was purified, lyophilized and stored. Further, the lyophilized BC pellicle was subjected to characterization techniques such as SEM, ATR-FTIR, XRD, NMR and TLC. Morphological analysis revealed that cellulose fibers were dense with higher porosity and an average fiber width of 60 nm. FTIR depicted similar functional groups as that of BC-HS medium. TLC of the biopolymer was performed to evaluate its purity. X-ray diffraction and 13C NMR studies gave more insights about the crystalline and the amorphous regions; the synthesized polymer exhibited 80.2% as crystallinity and crystallite size of 8.36. Hence, the present study demonstrates that distillery effluent waters could be effectively reused as production medium fulfilling two objectives namely one reducing COD and making the effluent safe for disposal and two to produce a value-added product. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.