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Start-up of four laboratory-scale anaerobic filters, containing clay, coral, mussel shell and plastic pall ring support materials, was achieved at a hydraulic retention time of 6 days and a constant COD loading, ab initio, of 5 kg COD.m−3.d−1 using a pig slurry supernatant feed. Start-up was most rapid with the clay filter (c. 20 days) and was slowest with the filter containing the mussel shell support. Irrespective of the time taken for start-up, the performance of all four filters at steady-state was similar, with COD removal efficiencies of 69–73% being attained. Start-up and steady-state performance did not correlate directly with either the unit surface area or the porosity of the support materials utilised.
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Wilkie, A., Colleran, E. Start-up of anaerobic filters containing different support materials using pig slurry supernatant. Biotechnol Lett 6, 735–740 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133066
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