Development of a reliable alkaline wastewater treatment process: optimization of the pre-treatment step

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (20) ◽  
pp. 5055-5063 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Prisciandaro ◽  
G. Mazziotti di Celso ◽  
F. Vegliò
1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Hanqing ◽  
Joo-Hwa Tay ◽  
Francis Wilson

In this paper, a feasible municipal wastewater treatment process, using the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) or the anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) as an anaerobic pre-treatment system, and the reed bed or the stabilization pond with supporting media as a post-treatment system, is presented and discussed. Results obtained in pilot- and full-scale treatment plants clearly reveal that the anaerobic treatment is indeed a very attractive option for municipal wastewater pre-treatment at temperatures exceeding 20C in tropical and subtropical regions. The UASB system has been commonly employed as an anaerobic pre-treatment system. The ABR provides another potential for the anaerobic pre-treatment. The effluents from the anaerobic treatment system should be post-treated to meet discharge standards. Because of the advantages of the reed bed system when it is employed for tertiary treatment, this system could be considered as a post-treatment system. Another cost-effective system, the stabilization pond packed with attached-growth media, is also a potential post-treatment system.


2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Shiota ◽  
A. Akashi ◽  
S. Hasegawa

A novel wastewater treatment process (S-TE PROCESS®) with significantly reduced production of excess sludge has been developed. The process consists of two different stages, one for a biological wastewater treatment and the other for a thermophilic aerobic digestion of the resulting sludge. A portion of return sludge from the wastewater treatment step is injected into a thermophilic aerobic sludge digester (TASD), in which the injected sludge is solubilized by the action of thermophilic aerobic bacteria. The solubilized sludge is returned to the aeration tank in the wastewater treatment step for its further degradation. Pilot-scale facilities of the S-TE process and the conventional activated sludge process as a control, both treating the same industrial wastewater, were comparatively operated for totally 270 days. As a result, 93% reduction in overall excess sludge production was achieved in the S-TE operation. The SS solubilization rate in TASD was stable at around 30%. Only a slight increase in the effluent SS and TOC concentrations was observed compared with those of the control facility. Otherwise the removal efficiency of TOC was approximately 95% for both plants. A full-scale plant treating domestic sewage was operated for three years, showing 75% reduction of overall excess sludge production. It was concluded that the new process was feasible.


Author(s):  
Николай Васильевич Смирнов ◽  
Александр Николаевич Кириллов ◽  
Nikolay Smirnov ◽  
Alexandr Kirillov

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Turner ◽  
G. D. Lewis

Over a 12 month period F-specific bacteriophages, faecal coliforms and enterococci were compared as microbial indicator organisms for the quality of a wastewater treatment (oxidation pond) system. Results suggest that enterococci may be the most useful indicator for oxidation pond systems.


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