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Can I use sludge return liquors instead of methanol as a carbon source?

April 26, 2017carbon liquors methanol Return sludge source

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Can I use sludge return liquors instead of methanol as a carbon source?

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It is possible to use return liquors, but these liquors tend to vary in concentration, and therefore can be unreliable when dosed, causing either too much carbon to be applied leading to BOD failures or too little leading to nitrate failures.