Development of Bed Biofilm Reactor

Centre for Sustainability of Ecosystem and Earth Resources (Earth Centre) Universiti Malaysia Pahang - Development of Bed Biofilm Reactor

In 1930, Tausz and Donath presented the concept of using microorganisms to treat contaminated soil, giving rise to wastewater organics and inorganics biodegradation (Source: https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.7131 ).

Today, Universiti Malaysia Pahang's Earth Centre has successfully designed and developed a bed biofilm reactor that can be used as a fixed or moving bed. Biofilm carriers are presented into the reactor to increase biomass retention, reduce the space area required, and colonize microbes without biomass recycling.