Recalcitrant organic matter removal from textile wastewater by an aerobic cell-immobilized pellet column

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 2124-2131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moonil Kim ◽  
Dukkyu Han ◽  
Fenghao Cui ◽  
Wookeun Bae
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Cell Immobilization ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Textile Wastewater ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Conventional Activated Sludge ◽  
Interactional Functions ◽  
Aerobic Cell

The treatment of textile wastewater is difficult because of its recalcitrant organic content. The biological removal of recalcitrant organics requires a long retention time for microbial growth. Activated sludge was immobilized in a polyethylene glycol pellet to allow for sufficient sludge retention time. The pellets were filled in an aerobic cell-immobilized pellet column (CIPC) reactor in order to investigate the removal of recalcitrant organics from textile wastewater. A textile wastewater effluent treated by a conventional activated sludge reactor was used as a target wastewater. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency of the aerobic CIPC reactor at various empty bed contact times was in the range of 42.2–60.5%. Half of the input COD was removed in the lower part (bottom 25% of the reactor volume) of the reactor when the organic loading rate was less than 1.5 kg COD/(m3•d). About 15–30% of the input COD was removed in the remaining part of the column reactor. The COD removed in this region was limitedly biodegradable. The biodegradation of recalcitrant organics could be carried out by the interactional functions of the various bacteria consortia by using a cell-immobilization process. The CIPC process could effectively treat textile wastewater using a short retention time because the microorganisms that degrade limitedly biodegradable organics were dominant in the reactor.

Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge of low organic content in a novel digester

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 966-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wu ◽  
Y. Jiang ◽  
Z. P. Cao ◽  
Z. H. Li ◽  
Y. Y. Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor ◽  
Internal Circulation ◽  
Solid Retention Time

A novel digester, termed an internal circulation anaerobic digester (ICAD), was developed to intensify sludge digestion. It consists of reaction zone, settling zone, thickening zone, riser and downcomer. Internal circulation in the digester is intensified by backflow biogas. The mesophilic ICAD treating thermal pretreated waste activated sludge with volatile suspended solids (VSS)/suspended solids (SS) of 0.45–0.49 was conducted in this study to reduce and stabilize the low organic content sludge. The results showed that the VSS removal rate and biogas rate reached 46.0% and 0.72 m3/kg VSSfed at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 15 days. VSS/SS and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) of the effluent sludge ranged from 0.39 to 0.41 and 274 mg/L to 473 mg/L, respectively, under various HRTs from 10 to 27 days. The degradation ability of ICAD derived from the improved mass transfer by internal circulation and long solid retention time at short HRT is compared with continuous stirred tank reactor.

scholarly journals Assessment of High Salinity Wastewater Treatment with Dewatered Alum Sludge-Aerobic Membrane Reactor

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Kang ◽  
Xiyu Cui ◽  
Yanrui Cui ◽  
Linlin Bao ◽  
Kaili Ma
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Reactor ◽  
High Salinity ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Soluble Phosphate ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Alum Sludge ◽  
Salinity Wastewater

Abstract The discharge of wastewater containing both high salinity and high organic content without prior treatment is detrimental to aquatic life and water hygiene. In order to integrate the advantages of membrane treatment and biological treatment, and exert the phosphorus removal efficiency of dewatered alum sludge, in this study, an aerobic membrane reactor based on dehydrated alum sludge was used to treat mustard tuber wastewater with salinity of 6.8-7.3 % under the conditions of 30 °C, 20 kPa trans-membrane pressure (TMP) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of 3300-3900 mg/L. Three replicate reactors were applied to assess the operational performance under different organic loading rate (OLR). The results showed that all reactors were effective in removing COD, ammonia nitrogen (NH4 +-N) and soluble phosphate (SP) under the conditions of 30 °C and 20 kPa of TMP. Meanwhile, the effluent concentration of COD, NH4 +-N and SP all increased while OLR was changed from 1.0 to 3.0 kg COD/m3/day, and the effluent COD and NH4 +-N concentration except for SP could reach the B-level of Chinese “Wastewater quality standards for discharge to municipal sewers” when OLR was less than 3.0 kg COD/m3/day. This indicates that dewatered alum sludge-based aerobic membrane reactor is a promising bio-measure for treating high salinity wastewater.

Working Parameters Optimization of Hydrolysis-acidogenesis reactor in two stage anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse Wastewater for Biogas Production

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejene Tsegaye Bedane ◽  
Mohammed Mazharuddin Khan ◽  
Seyoum Leta Asfaw
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Slaughterhouse Wastewater ◽  
Working Parameters

Abstract Background : Wastewater from agro-industries such as slaughterhouse is typical organic wastewater with high value of biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, biological organic nutrients (Nitrogen and phosphate) which are insoluble, slowly biodegradable solids, pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and viruses, parasite eggs. Moreover it contains high protein and putrefies fast leading to environmental pollution problem. This indicates that slaughterhouses are among the most environmental polluting agro-industries. Anaerobic digestion is a sequence of metabolic steps involving consortiums of several microbial populations to form a complex metabolic interaction network resulting in the conversation of organic matter into methane (CH 4 ), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other trace compounds. Separation of the phase permits the optimization of the organic loading rate and HRT based on the requirements of the microbial consortiums of each phase. The purpose of this study was to optimize the working conditions for the hydrolytic - acidogenic stage in two step/phase anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastewater. The setup of the laboratory scale reactor was established at Center for Environmental Science, College of Natural Science with a total volume of 40 liter (36 liter working volume and 4 liter gas space). The working parameters for hydrolytic - acidogenic stage were optimized for six hydraulic retention time 1-6 days and equivalent organic loading rate of 5366.43 – 894.41 mg COD/L day to evaluate the effect of the working parameters on the performance of hydrolytic – acidogenic reactor. Result : The finding revealed that hydraulic retention time of 3 day with organic loading rate of 1,788.81 mg COD/L day was a as an optimal working conditions for the parameters under study for the hydrolytic - acidogenic stage. The degree of hydrolysis and acidification were mainly influenced by lower hydraulic retention time (higher organic loading rate) and highest values recorded were 63.92 % at hydraulic retention time of 3 day and 53.26% at hydraulic retention time of 2 day respectively. Conclusion : The finding of the present study indicated that at steady state the concentration of soluble chemical oxygen demand and total volatile fatty acids increase as hydraulic retention time decreased or organic loading rate increased from 1 day hydraulic retention time to 3 day hydraulic retention time and decreases as hydraulic retention time increase from 4 to 6 day. The lowest concentration of NH 4 + -N and highest degree of acidification was also achieved at hydraulic retention time of 3 day. Therefore, it can be concluded that hydraulic retention time of 3 day/organic loading rate of 1,788.81 mg COD/L .day was selected as an optimal working condition for the high performance and stability during the two stage anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastewater for the hydrolytic-acidogenic stage under mesophilic temperature range selected (37.5℃). Keywords : Slaughterhouse Wastewater, Hydrolytic – Acidogenic, Two Phase Anaerobic Digestion, Optimal Condition, Agro-processing wastewater

scholarly journals Volatile Fatty Acids and Biomethane Recovery from Thickened Waste Activated Sludge: Hydrothermal Pretreatment’s Retention Time Impact

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1580
Author(s):  
Farokh laqa Kakar ◽  
Ahmed El Sayed ◽  
Neha Purohit ◽  
Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Pretreatment Temperature ◽  
Biomethane Production

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the hydrothermal pretreatment’s retention time influence on the volatile fatty acids and biomethane production from thickened waste activated sludge under mesophilic conditions. Six different retention times of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 min were investigated while the hydrothermal pretreatment temperature was kept at 170 °C. The results showed that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) solubilization increased by increasing the hydrothermal pretreatment retention time up to 30 min and stabilized afterwards. The highest COD solubilization of 48% was observed for the sample pretreated at 170 °C for 30 min. Similarly, the sample pretreated at 170 °C for 30 min demonstrated the highest volatile fatty acids yield of 14.5 g COD/Lsubstrate added and a methane yield of 225 mL CH4/g TCODadded compared to 4.3 g COD/Lsubstrate added and 163 mL CH4/g TCODadded for the raw sample, respectively. The outcome of this study revealed that the optimum conditions for solubilization are not necessarily associated with the best fermentation and/or digestion performance.

scholarly journals Comparison of aerobic processes for olive mill wastewater treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (9) ◽  
pp. 1914-1926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Jaouad ◽  
M. Villain-Gambier ◽  
L. Mandi ◽  
B. Marrot ◽  
N. Ouazzani
Keyword(s):  
Stable State ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
Treated Water ◽  
Conventional Activated Sludge ◽  
Olive Mill

Abstract Membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been proven to be an efficient technology capable of treating various industrial effluents. However, the evaluation of its performances in the case of olive mill wastewater (OMW) over a conventional activated sludge (CAS) have not been determined yet. The present study aims to compare OMW treatment in two laboratory scale pilots: an external ceramic MBR and CAS starting with an acclimation step in both reactors by raising OMW concentration progressively. After the acclimation step, the reactors received OMW at 2 gCOD/L with respect to an organic loading rate of 0.2 and 0.3 kgCOD/kgMLVSS/d for MBR and CAS, respectively. Biomass acclimation occurred successfully in both systems; however, the MBR tolerated more OMW toxicity than CAS as the MBR always maintained an effluent with a better quality. At a stable state, a higher reduction of 95% chemical oxygen demand (COD) was obtained with MBR compared to CAS (86%), but both succeeded in polyphenols removal (80%). Moreover, a higher MLSS elimination from the MBR treated water (97%) was measured against 88% for CAS. Therefore, CAS was suitable for OMW treatment and MBR could be proposed as an alternative to CAS when a better quality of treated water is required.

Application of cigarette filter rods as biofilm carrier in an integrated fixed-film activated sludge reactor

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1793-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sabzali ◽  
Mahnaz Nikaeen ◽  
Bijan Bina
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Cigarette Filter ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Biofilm Carrier ◽  
Fixed Film ◽  
Activated Sludge Reactor

Bio-carriers are an important component of integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) processes. In this study, the capability of cigarette filter rods (CFRs) as a bio-carrier in IFAS processes was evaluated. Two similar laboratory-scale IFAS systems were operated over a 4-month period using Kaldnes-K3 and CFRs as IFAS media. The process performance was studied by using chemical oxygen demand (COD). The organic loading rate was in the range 0.5–2.8 kgCOD/(m3·d). The COD average removal efficiencies were 89.3 and 93.9% for Kaldnes-K3 (reactor A) and cigarette filters (reactor B), respectively. The results demonstrate that the performance of the IFAS reactor containing CFRs was comparable to the reactor using Kaldnes. The CFRs, which have a high porous surface area and entrapment ability for microbial cells, could be successfully used in biofilm reactors as a bio-carrier.

scholarly journals PERFORMANCE OF H2O2 - AERATED BIOFILTER IN TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER CONTAINING HUMIC ACID

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2A) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Le Van Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Humic Acid ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Dihydrogen Phosphate ◽  
Potassium Dihydrogen ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Long Time

This work presents the results of adding H2O2 into a modified aerated biofilter (ABF) for treatment of refractory organic constituents in wastewater. The activated sludge, taken from wastewater treatment system of Hue Beer Company, was long-time cultured in laboratory with beef extract-peptone solution. The synthetic wastewater was prepared from solutions of glucose, ammonium acetate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium sulphate. As a refractory organic compound, humic acid (HA) was added into the wastewater; and parameters of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and color were measured to estimate the treatment performance. The experiments were conducted in continuous mode to observe the effects of H2O2 concentration (25–100 mg/L) and hydraulic retention time (HRT: 24–18 hours; according to organic loading rate, OLR: 0.51–0.67 kg-COD/m3/d) on the aerated biofilter system, under identical treatment conditions (COD: 505 ± 10 mg/L, HA concentration: 25 mg/L, pH: 7.0 ± 0.2, temperature: 25 ± 3.0 oC, and air flow rate: 1.0 ± 0.1 L/min). At the concentration of H2O2 50 mg/L and HRT of 24 hours, the ABF reactor yielded highyielded highyielded high yielded high yielded highyielded highyielded highyielded highyielded highest treatment est treatmentest treatmentest treatmentest treatmentest treatment est treatmentest treatmentest treatment efficienc efficiencefficiencefficiencefficiencefficienc efficiency (95(95 % COD and COD and COD and COD and COD and COD and COD and 74 % color colorcolorcolor). Consequently, H2O2 could be used to improve the effectiveness of activated sludge process in treatment of wastewater containing refractory organic compounds.

scholarly journals Treatment of Textile Wastewater by CAS, MBR, and MBBR: A Comparative Study from Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1306
Author(s):  
Xuefei Yang ◽  
Víctor López-Grimau ◽  
Mercedes Vilaseca ◽  
Martí Crespi
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Textile Wastewater ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Efficient Technology ◽  
Conventional Activated Sludge ◽  
Large Water ◽  
Dyed Fabrics

In this study, three different biological methods—a conventional activated sludge (CAS) system, membrane bioreactor (MBR), and moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR)—were investigated to treat textile wastewater from a local industry. The results showed that technically, MBR was the most efficient technology, of which the chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), and color removal efficiency were 91%, 99.4%, and 80%, respectively, with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 1.3 days. MBBR, on the other hand, had a similar COD removal performance compared with CAS (82% vs. 83%) with halved HRT (1 day vs. 2 days) and 73% of TSS removed, while CAS had 66%. Economically, MBBR was a more attractive option for an industrial-scale plant since it saved 68.4% of the capital expenditures (CAPEX) and had the same operational expenditures (OPEX) as MBR. The MBBR system also had lower environmental impacts compared with CAS and MBR processes in the life cycle assessment (LCA) study, since it reduced the consumption of electricity and decolorizing agent with respect to CAS. According to the results of economic and LCA analyses, the water treated by the MBBR system was reused to make new dyeings because water reuse in the textile industry, which is a large water consumer, could achieve environmental and economic benefits. The quality of new dyed fabrics was within the acceptable limits of the textile industry.

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