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Living Technologies ~ How It Works <br />000000 <br />HOW IT WORKS <br />~ ~ t ~ ~ - . <br />o <br />Clased Aerobic Reactor <br />The closed aerobic reactor is the first fully aerobic reactor in <br />the Living Machine. Aerators in the bottom of the tanks <br />bubble air throughout the tank, keeping everything mixed and <br />providing oxygen for our waste-eating microorganisms. <br />Gases from the closed aerobic tank are captured and passed <br />through a biofilter that traps and degrades the odors. <br />Generally, this biofilter sits directly over a portion of the reactor <br />and is planted with appropriate vegetation to help control <br />moisture levels in the filter material. <br />This reactor removes a large fraction of the BOD remaining in <br />the wastewater, it is where odorous gases are striped and the <br />nitrification process begins, i.e., converts Kjeldahl nitrogen <br />foroanic plus ammonia nitrogen) to nitrate. <br />Dome I Living_Machines~ Inc. l Li_v_ing Machines® <br />For The Planet I Case Studies I How They_Work I News <br />Contact ~ Form I Glossary I Resources & References <br />i~1 <br />u,r~ wua~, ate. <br />~~. <br />http://www.livingmachines.com/htm/how_works/step3.htm <br />~~ <br />i~ <br />5/6/2003 <br />