ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Small – Scale Instrumented Sequential Batch
Reactor: Performance Evaluation
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Instrumentation Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India
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Centre for Environmental Studies, College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, India
Submission date: 2023-04-11
Final revision date: 2023-08-28
Acceptance date: 2023-08-29
Online publication date: 2023-11-14
Publication date: 2024-01-03
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P.X. Nancy Grace
Department of Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Radha nagar, 600044, Chennai, India
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):647-657
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Water is an essential element for survival. In many parts of the world, there seems to be a water
crisis due to population growth. However, action must be made to obtain usable water. To some extent,
wastewater treatment is an excellent solution to address this problem. Wastewater treatment, like other
household appliances, is essential for reusing waste water. A lot of wastewater treatment facilities are
large, expensive, and energy-intensive. The most efficient way to deal with the aforementioned issue is
through a sequential batch reactor, a space-efficient reactor. Many controllers are used to control the
Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), Even though many controllers are in usage, their price prohibits the
use of SBR at every home. In an effort to use a compact and cost effective Atmel microcontroller is
used and also proved that. Based on the experiments, the Atmel microcontroller performs best without
reducing the treated water efficiency. It is found that, the ultimate BOD and COD efficiency is 97.8%
and 96.3%, respectively. Henceforth, it is suggested that the Atmel microcontroller can be utilized to
regulate the small-scale SBR.