Anaerobic wastewater treatment is receiving renewed interest because it offers a means to treat wastewater
with lower energy investment. Because the microorganisms involved grow more slowly, such systems require
clever design so that the microbes have sufficient time with the substrate to complete treatment without requiring
enormous reactor volumes. The anaerobic baffled reactor has inherent advantages over single compartment
reactors due to its circulation pattern that approaches a plug flow reactor. The physical configuration of the
anaerobic baffled reactor enables significant modifications to be made; resulting in a reactor which is proficient of
treating complex wastewaters which presently require only one unit, ultimately significant reducing capital costs.
This paper also concerns about mechanism, kinetic and hydrodynamic studies of anaerobic digestion for future
application of the anaerobic baffled reactor for wastewater treatment