scholarly journals Industrial effluent treatment with immersed MBRs: treatability and cost

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 762-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazim Qiblawey ◽  
Simon Judd
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Transmembrane Pressure ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Industrial Effluent Treatment

Abstract A comprehensive OPEX analysis for both municipal and industrial wastewaters has been conducted encompassing energy, critical component (membrane) replacement, chemicals consumption, waste disposal and labour. The analysis was preceded by a review of recent data on industrial effluent treatability with reference to published chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal data for four effluent types: food and beverage, textile, petroleum and landfill leachate. Outcomes revealed labour costs to be the most significant of those considered, contributing 50% of the OPEX for a 10,000 m3/day capacity municipal wastewater treatment works. An analysis of the OPEX sensitivity to 12 individual parameters (labour cost, flux, electrical energy cost, membrane life, feed COD, membrane cost, membrane air-scour rate, chemicals cost, waste disposal cost, mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentration, recirculation ratio, and transmembrane pressure) revealed OPEX to be most sensitive to labour effort and/or costs for all scenarios considered other than a large (100,000 m3/day capacity) works, for which flux and electrical energy costs were found to be slightly more influential. It was concluded that for small- to medium-sized plants cost savings are best made through improving the robustness of plants to limit manual intervention necessitated by unforeseen events, such as electrical/mechanical failure, foaming or sludging.

scholarly journals Integrated Membrane Process for the Treatment and Reuse of Residual Table Olive Fermentation Brine and Anaerobically Digested Sludge Centrate

Membranes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Carlos Carbonell-Alcaina ◽  
Jose Luis Soler-Cabezas ◽  
Amparo Bes-Piá ◽  
María Cinta Vincent-Vela ◽  
Jose Antonio Mendoza-Roca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Forward Osmosis ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Transmembrane Pressure ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Anaerobically Digested Sludge ◽  
Table Olive

Management of wastewater is a major challenge nowadays, due to increasing water demand, growing population and more stringent regulations on water quality. Wastewaters from food conservation are especially difficult to treat, since they have high salinity and high organic matter concentration. The aim of this work is the treatment of the effluent from a table olive fermentation process (FTOP) with the aim of reusing it once the organic matter is separated. The process proposed in this work consists of the following membrane-based technologies: Ultrafiltration (UF) (UP005, Microdyn Nadir), Forward Osmosis (FO) (Osmen2521, Hydration Technology Innovation) and Nanofiltration (NF) (NF245, Dow). The FO process was implemented to reduce the salinity entering the NF process, using the FTOP as draw solution and, at the same time, to concentrate the centrate produced in the sludge treatment of a municipal wastewater treatment plant with the aim of obtaining a stream enriched in nutrients. The UF step achieved the elimination of 50% of the chemical oxygen demand of the FTOP. The UF permeate was pumped to the FO system reducing the volume of the anaerobically digested sludge centrate (ADSC) by a factor of 3 in 6.5 h. Finally, the ultrafiltrated FTOP diluted by FO was subjected to NF. The transmembrane pressure needed in the NF stage was 40% lower than that required if the ultrafiltration permeate was directly nanofiltered. By means of the integrated process, the concentration of organic matter and phenolic compounds in the FTOP decreased by 97%. Therefore, the proposed process was able to obtain a treated brine that could be reused in other processes and simultaneously to concentrate a stream, such as the ADSC.

Novel industrial wastewater treatment integrated with recovery of water and salt under a zero liquid discharge concept

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sengodagounder Rajamani
Keyword(s):  
Saline Water ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Membrane System ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Liquid Discharge ◽  
Quality Water ◽  
Industrial Effluent Treatment

AbstractConventional industrial effluent treatment systems are designed to reduce biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) but not total dissolved solids (TDS), mainly contributed by chlorides. In addition to the removal of TDS, it is necessary to recover water for reuse to meet the challenges of shortage of quality water. To recover water, the wastewater needs to be further treated by adopting treatment systems including microfilters, low pressure membrane units such as ultrafiltration (UF), membrane bioreactors (MBR), etc., for the application of reverse osmosis (RO) systems. By adopting the RO system, 75%–80% of quality water with <500 mg/L of TDS is recovered from treated effluent. The management of 20%–25% of the saline water rejected from the RO system with high TDS concentration is being addressed by methods such as forced evaporation systems. The recovery of water from domestic and industrial waste for reuse has become a reality. The membrane system has been used for different applications. It has become mandatory to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in many states in India and other countries such as Spain, China, etc., and resulted in development of new treatment technologies to suit the local conditions.

scholarly journals Landfill leachate and industrial effluent treatment using advanced evaporation technology

2019 ◽  
pp. 353-360
Author(s):  
Peter R. Koistinen
Keyword(s):  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Industrial Effluent Treatment ◽  
Conventional Systems

Evaporation is one of the most efficient methods for separation of dissolved solids and water. Using evaporation, high quality, recyclable or dischargeable water can be produced. An advanced evaporation technology for industrial effluent and landfill leachate treatment has been developed. Construction material of the evaporative heat transfer surface is the key difference to conventional systems: thin, corrosion resistant and elastic polymeric film is used instead of rigid metals. The cost of the polymeric surface is low, decreasing the high costs that are associated with conventional evaporators. Thus, evaporation is now a feasible alternative in a number of effluent treatment applications. The technology applies Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) concept using electrical energy or Multi-Effect (ME) concept utilizing waste heat as energy source. In both concepts the evaporative surface areas are larger than in conventional systems. As a result of the large surface electrical energy consumption is low in the MVR-type evaporators, typically 8-12 kWh/m3 of recovered water; in ME-type evaporators the large area enables the utilization of low value waste heat in an efficient way.

Production of porous carbonaceous adsorbent from physical activation of sewage sludge: application to wastewater treatment

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rio ◽  
L. Le Coq ◽  
C. Faur ◽  
P. Le Cloirec
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Physical Activation ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Surface Groups ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Adsorption Capacities

With an objective of production of carbonaceous sorbent for industrial effluent treatment, physical activation by steam of biological sludge collected from the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Nantes (France) was studied and optimised using experimental design. Thus, this activation process consists of a carbonisation under N2 atmosphere at 600 °C for 1 h, followed by a thermal oxidation using steam (760 °C, 0.5 h, 2.5 L/min). The global mass yield of the process is equal to 38%. The thermal treatment allows a specific surface area of up to 225 m2/g to be reached, the porous structure being composed of both micropores and mesopores. The content of acidic surface groups is 0.71 mEq/g whereas that of basic surface groups is 0.55 mEq/g. The adsorption properties of the sorbent made from sludge are estimated with regard to various pollutants representative of industrial pollution of wastewaters and compared with those of commercial activated carbon. Whereas the adsorption capacities of organic micropollutants are quite low because of proportionality to the microporosity, the important mesoporosity of the sorbent leads to interesting properties for macromolecules removal from aqueous solutions, such as dyes(qm=175–200 mg/g). Furthermore, the surface functional groups and Ca2 +  ions within the materials allow high copper ion adsorption capacities of 140 mg/g to be obtained. Finally, a techno-economic approach shows that the sludge activation process seems to be economically competitive with regard to incineration.

Enhanced Performance of Ultrafiltration Membrane with Powdered Zeolite Addition for Secondary Effluent Treatment

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 2712-2716
Author(s):  
Yong Tu ◽  
Yong Gang Bai ◽  
Yong Chen ◽  
Wei Jing Liu ◽  
Jun Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Fluorescence Spectra ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Ultrafiltration Membrane ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Secondary Effluent ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Sem Images

The research on ultrafiltration membrane assisted by powdered zeolite for the treatment of secondary effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant was studied. The results show that membrane fouling rate is reduced by pre-coating the ultrafiltration membrane with powdered zeolite, and the treatment performance of secondary effluent is enhanced. UV-vis, three-dimensional excitation emission matrix (3D-EEM) fluorescence spectra and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images for ultrafiltration were also discussed.

Benchmarks for the energy demand of nutrient removal plants

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Anaerobic Sludge ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Sludge Digestion ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

The energy demand of municipal wastewater treatment plants for nutrient removal equipped with primary clarifiers, activated sludge system, anaerobic sludge digestion, and CHP is evaluated theoretically, on the basis of COD balances. Operational experience from energy-efficient Austrian treatment plants confirms that the demand on external electrical energy can be kept as low as 5 to 10 kWh/(pe.a) depending on the N:COD ratio in the raw wastewater. A low N:COD ratio helps to keep not only the effluent nitrogen load low, but also the energy demand. Measures to minimise the energy demand at treatment plants and to reduce the nitrogen load are discussed.

Soft Drinks Industry Wastewater Treatment

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larbi Tebai ◽  
Ioannis Hadjivassilis
Keyword(s):  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Soft Drinks ◽  
Effluent Treatment ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Effluent Treatment Plant ◽  
Industrial Effluent Treatment ◽  
Effluent Characteristics ◽  
Industry Wastewater

Soft drinks industry wastewater from various production lines is discharged into the Industrial Effluent Treatment Plant. The traditional coagulation/flocculation method as first step, followed by biological treatment as second step, has been adopted for treating the soft drinks industry wastewaters. The performance of the plant has been evaluated. It has been found that the effluent characteristics are in most cases in correspondence with the requested standards for discharging the effluent into the Nicosia central sewerage system.

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