Difference between Anaerobic and Aerobic Reactors | Waste Treatment
Anaerobic reactors differ from aerobic reactors primarily because the former must be closed in order to exclude oxygen from the system, since this could interfere with anaerobic metabolism. A noticeable exception is constituted by anaerobic ponds and the bottom of facultative ponds, in which anaerobic conditions are established as a result of stratification and oxygen depletion in the lower part [...]