Treatment of wastewater sludge by liquid state bioconversion process

• Main Authors: Alam, Md. Zahangir, Fakhru'l-Razi, A, Mollah, Abul Hussain, Roychoudhary, P. K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2001
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/4949/1/Paper-1-liquid_state.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/4949/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/ESE-100104874#.UbWdX-emZjE

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of an eminent decay fungus, Phanerocheate chrysosporium of organic residues on wastewater sludge for its improvement through decomposition and separation of waste particles by Liquid State Bioconversion (LSB). The effect of fungal treatment was compared to uninoculated (Control) at three dif- ferent harvests 7, 14 and 21 days after inoculation (DAI). The observed results showed that the weight loss and solid content of wastewater sludge were significantly influenced by Phanerocheate chrysosporium. Both para- meters were highly influenced at 7 DAI. The COD and pH of wastewater sludge were also highly influenced by fungal treatment.