The Effect of Scale on the Performance of an Integrated Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment Process

Kulyash Meiramkulova, Antonis A. Zorpas, Duman Orynbekov, Michal Zhumagulov, Gulnur Saspugayeva, Aliya Kydyrbekova, Timoth Mkilima and Vassilis J. Inglezakis
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Kulyash Meiramkulova: Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Antonis A. Zorpas: Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Environmental Conservation and Management, Lab of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability, The Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2220, Cyprus
Duman Orynbekov: Department of Sciences and Technology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Michal Zhumagulov: Department of Thermal Engineering, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Gulnur Saspugayeva: Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Aliya Kydyrbekova: Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Timoth Mkilima: Department of Civil Engineering, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Satpayev str. 2, Nur-Sultan 010008, Kazakhstan
Vassilis J. Inglezakis: Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), School of Engineering & Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: The efficiency of a wastewater treatment process may be affected by several factors including the scale at which the system is operating. This study aimed at investigating the influence of scale on a poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment process. The process is comprised of several units including electrolysis, membrane filtration, and ultraviolet irradiation. The results of the industrial-scale wastewater treatment plant of the Izevski poultry farm slaughterhouse in Kazakhstan were compared with those of a lab-scale wastewater treatment process under the same conditions. The traditional and water quality index (WQI) approaches were used to present the results and the drinking water quality standards of Kazakhstan were used as a reference. The industrial and lab-scale plants showed high purification efficiency for most of the studied water quality parameters. The comparative analysis based on the WQI showed that the industrial-scale wastewater treatment plant outperforms the lab-scale wastewater treatment process.

Keywords: scale-up; poultry wastewater; water quality index; integrated wastewater treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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