Aerobic purification of condensed water from thermal concentration process of olive mill wastewater

Abstract

A study of aerobic treatment in batch regime of condensed water from thermal concentration process of olive mill wastewater was carried out. An 80% of wastewater organic substances was removal after the third day of fermentation. The substrate removal rate follows a zero-order kinetic for high concentrations, and a first-order kinetic for low organic matter concentration, during the last days of fermentation. The kinetic parameters (qmax and Ks) were obtain by Michaelis- Menten model.

Keywords

• aerobic depuration
• condensation water
• kinetics
• olive mill wastewater