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COD (mg·L -1 )COD removal (%)OLR (kgCOD·m -3·d -1 )Chapter 4a3.53.0I II III IV2.52.01.51.00.5b0.00 50 100 150 200 250 300 350Time (d)120I II III IV10080604020c00 50 100 150 200 250 300 350Time (d)1500I II III IV120090060030000 50 100 150 200 250 300 350Time (d)Figure 4.2. a) Evolution of OLR applied to the UASB (•) <strong>and</strong> the MBR (); b) CODremoval percentages in the UASB (•) <strong>and</strong> the entire system (▲); c) total CODconcentration in the feeding (•) <strong>and</strong> the UASB effluent (Δ) during periods I, II, III <strong>and</strong> IV.As can be observed on figure 4.2a, the applied organic loading rate was veryvariable during the first operational weeks. During the first 114 days the synthetic116

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