Performance efficiency of an integrated stone media fixed biofilm reactor and sand filter for sewage treatment

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 2638-2647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zia Ullah Khan ◽  
Iffat Naz ◽  
Abdul Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Rafiq ◽  
Naeem Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Sand Filter ◽  
Fixed Biofilm

Carbon tetrachloride biodegradation in a fixed-biofilm reactor and its kinetic study

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jin ◽  
A. J. Englande
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Pseudomonas Cepacia ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
Biphasic Model ◽  
Providencia Stuartii ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Fixed Biofilm

Kinetics of Carbon Tetrachloride biodegradation are evaluated in a continuous-flow fixed-biofilm reactor with controlled initial redox potential. The column was seeded with a mixed culture of indigenous microorganisms Pseudomonas cepacia and Providencia stuartii. The fixed biofilm reactor exhibited 98%–99.9% biodegradation of CT introduced into the reactor at an initial concentration of about 200 μg/l for retention times of 1 to 4 days respectively. Four models were employed to evaluate the kinetics of CT biodegradation. These included: Eckenfelder (1989), Arvin (1991), Bouwer and McCarty (1985) and a biphasic model. Comparison of calculated results with observed results between these models agreed very closely to each other (0.968 < R2 < 0.999). Predicted performance was best described by the model of Bouwer and McCarty (1985). However, the biphasic and Eckenfelder models provided excellent correlations and were much simpler to apply. The biphasic model yielded very good correlations of the data for all detention times evaluated; whereas, the Eckenfelder model effected comparable results only at the longer retention times studied.

Comparison of Luffa Cylindrical Sponge and Plastic Sponge as Carriers in Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor for Sewage Treatment

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 2431-2438
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang Wang ◽  
Shang Hua Zhang ◽  
Chang Qing Pang ◽  
Jie Li
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Removal Efficiencies

Luffa cylindrical sponge and plastic sponge were used as carriers in sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) for sewage treatment in this paper. The removals of suspended solid (SS), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and NH3-N in sewage were studied. The average removal efficiencies of SS, COD and NH3-N with luffa cylindrical sponge were 96%, 89% and 90%, respectively, while these with plastic sponge were 94%, 83% and 80%, respectively. As a natural, cheap and environment friendly biocarrier, luffa cylindrical sponge was easy to get a biofilm with enriched microbes during the first few days of sewage treatment. It was much more suitable as a carrier than the plastic sponge for SBBR.

Perchlorate removal using two component biodegradable carriers in particle-fixed biofilm reactor

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-244
Author(s):  
Fang He ◽  
Fusheng Li ◽  
Haihong Zhou ◽  
Lingling Niu ◽  
Liguo Wang
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polymer Particle ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
16S Rrna Genes ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Perchlorate Removal ◽  
Fixed Biofilm

In this research, biocompounds designed out of two polymers having different degradability was investigated for use as the sole carbon source and biofilm carrier to remove perchlorate in particle-fixed biofilm reactors. Both laboratory batch and column experiments were conducted with perchlorate contaminated groundwater. Batch experiments demonstrated clearly that ClO4– was removed from the aqueous phase readily and the degradation rate constants (k) changed in the range of 0.23–0.37 mg/L h as ClO4– concentration increased from 2 to 8 mg/L. Simultaneous perchlorate and nitrate degradation occurred in the polymer bioreactor. Effluent concentrations of perchlorate varied positively with temperature and fitted the Arrhenius equation expression as k=k20•100.0316(t–20) over the range of 13–30 °C. No perchlorate was detected in the effluent of polymer columns after 20 days’ startup. Complete perchlorate removal was observed at a hydraulic loading rate doubled to 1.8 mL/min. Images prove the concept of the pore and filament structure within the biocompounds, which provide both a heterotrophic biofilm and carbon source. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA genes indicated that formerly reported perchlorate-reducing bacteria were present in the polymer particle-fixed biofilm reactors.

Domestic sewage treatment in a pilot-scale anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (ASBBR)

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnaldo Sarti ◽  
Marcelo Loureiro Garcia ◽  
Marcelo Zaiat ◽  
Eugenio Foresti
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor

scholarly journals Distribution and Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Liquid and Solid Phases in the Unit Processes of Sewage Treatment Plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwon Park ◽  
Changsoo Kim ◽  
Youngmin Hong ◽  
Wonseok Lee ◽  
Hyenmi Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Relative Distribution ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Mass Load ◽  
Removal Efficiencies

In this study, we analyzed 27 pharmaceuticals in liquid and solid phase samples collected from the unit processes of four different sewage treatment plants (STPs) to evaluate their distribution and behavior of the pharmaceuticals. The examination of the relative distributions of various categories of pharmaceuticals in the influent showed that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were the most dominant. While the relative distribution of antibiotics in the influent was not high (i.e., 3%–5%), it increased to 14%–30% in the effluent. In the four STPs, the mass load of the target pharmaceuticals was reduced by 88%–95% mainly in the biological treatment process, whereas the ratio of pharmaceuticals in waste sludge to those in the influent (w/w) was only 2%. In all the STPs, the removal efficiencies for the stimulant caffeine, NSAIDs (acetaminophen, naproxen, and acetylsalicylic acid), and the antibiotic cefradine were high; they were removed mainly by biological processes. Certain compounds, such as the NSAID ketoprofen, contrast agent iopromide, lipid regulator gemfibrozil, and antibiotic sulfamethoxazole, showed varying removal efficiencies depending on the contribution of biodegradation and sludge sorption. In addition, a quantitative meta-analysis was performed to compare the pharmaceutical removal efficiencies of the biological treatment processes in the four STPs, which were a membrane bioreactor (MBR) process, sequencing batch reactor (SBR) process, anaerobic–anoxic–oxic (A2O) process, and moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) process. Among the biological processes, the removal efficiency was in the order of MBR > SBR > A2O > MBBR. Among the tertiary treatment processes investigated, powdered activated carbon showed the highest removal efficiency of 18%–63% for gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, atenolol, cimetidine, and trimethoprim.

Nutrient reduction evaluation of sewage effluent treatment options for small communities

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 221-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.D. Beavers ◽  
I.K. Tully
Keyword(s):  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Subsurface Flow ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Sand Filter ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Slow Sand Filter

Small communities that are sewered by either package sewage treatment plants or on-site sewerage facilities are finding that the ground and surface waters are being contaminated. Nitrogen, which typically is not removed in these conventional systems, is a major concern. This project evaluated the capability of four sewage treatment technologies to reduce the amount of nitrogen being discharged in the effluent to the receiving environment. The four sewage treatment processes evaluated include a recirculating sand filter, biofilter, slow sand filter and constructed subsurface flow wetland. These processes were evaluated for their capability to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, BOD5 and TSS. The primary objective of the project was to evaluate the capability of these treatment processes to reduce nitrogen using biological processes nitrification and denitrification. This paper reports on the performance of these processes to reduce nitrogen. The study demonstrated that the biofilter was capable of removing from a primary treated influent 40% of the total nitrogen. For the same quality influent the recirculating sand filter was capable of removing 35% of the total nitrogen. Secondary treated effluent was fed to the slow sand filter and the subsurface flow wetland. There was a 52% reduction in total nitrogen through the wetland however there was virtually no reduction in total nitrogen through the slow sand filter.

scholarly journals Modeling of Novel Processes for Eliminating Sidestreams Impacts on Full-Scale Sewage Treatment Plant Using GPS-X7

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Faris ◽  
Haider M. Zwain ◽  
Majid Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Seyed Mostafa Siadatmousavi
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Innovative Treatment ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Treat All ◽  
Do So

Abstract Worldwide, most of treatment system are retuning sidestreams (SSs) to the plant wastewater head without treatment, and some innovations are only treating centrate. In this study, an innovative process was established to separately treat all SSs away from plant mainstream and return treated sidestream effluents to plant wastewater outfall instead of wastewater head. This innovative process aims to eliminate SSs impacts on full scale A2/O sewage treatment plant. To do so, a novel pilot extended nutrient moving bed biofilm reactor (EN-MBBR) was developed to treat all SSs lines (supernatant gravity thickener, underflow mechanical thickener, and centrate), and SSs elimination on full scale A2/O system was simulated using GPS-X7. The results of two steps innovative treatment showed that 98, 98, 93, 100, 85, 100 and 98% of TSS, BOD, COD, NH4, NO3, H2S and PO4-P were removed from SSs, respectively. The two steps innovative treatment combined degradation, nitrification, and dilution processes. The simulation results proved that eliminating SSs has eliminated hydraulic and pollutants shocks, reduced the volumes of full scale A2/O facilities, and minimized cost and energy. Moreover, the calibrated model was validated with R values more than 0.8 and NMSE values close to zero. To conclude, the innovative process in this study successfully treated SSs separately and eliminated their impacts.

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