scholarly journals Nitrogen Removal Efficiency in Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities Operated in Intermittent Aeration Mode in the Case of Low Influent Load.

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 519-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun NAKAJIMA ◽  
Yuhei INAMORI
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Intermittent Aeration ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Treatment Facilities

scholarly journals Performance and Energy Consumption Evaluation of Rotating Biological Contactor for Domestic Wastewater Treatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Sharjeel Waqas ◽  
Muhammad Roil Bilad ◽  
Zakaria B Man
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Treatment Efficiency ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Rotating Biological Contactors ◽  
Biological Performance

Biological processes are extensively used for wastewater treatment because of low organic footprint, economically feasible, and high treatment efficiency. Rotating biological contactors (RBC), an attached growth biological process offers advantage of low operating cost, simple configuration and structure, reduced bionomical footprint and thus has been extensively employed for organics and nitrogen removal. In this study, RBC was used for the treatment of synthetic domestic wastewater operating at high hydraulic and organic loading rate to demonstrate the biological performance. The results showed that the RBC achieved a treatment efficiency for COD, ammonium, TN and turbidity of 70.2%, 95.2%, 70%, and 78.9 %, respectively. The efficient nitrogen removal and increased nitrate concentration signify the presence of nitrifying bacteria which actively degrade the nitrogen compounds through the nitrification process. Thus, this system is a sound alternative for both domestic and industrial wastewater treatment for decentralized applications.

Simultaneous organic stabilization and nitrogen removal in multi-stage biodrum system

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
C. Chiemchaisri ◽  
C. Liamsangoun
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Nitrogen Concentration ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Organic Removal ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiencies

This paper presents the performance of a multi-stage biodrum system applied to domestic wastewater treatment. The organic stabilization and nitrogen removal efficiency in the system was investigated at different hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 12, 6 and 3 hours. The rotational speed of the biodrum was examined at 2,4 and 8 rpm. Average organic removal efficiencies in the system at different HRTs of 12, 6 and 3 hours were 96.3, 94.4 and 90.9%. Simultaneously, average nitrogen removal efficiencies were 91.5, 90.6 and 81.0%. The effect of rotational speed on nitrogen removal efficiencies in the system was clearly observed at a low HRT of 3 hours. The experimental results suggested that optimum HRT in the system was 6 hours. Moreover, they revealed that nitrogen removal efficiencies in the reactors operated at different rotational speed were in the same degree when considering the effluent nitrogen concentration. However, the reactors operated at lower rotational speed needed to employ higher numbers of biodrums (4 stages) than the others with higher rotational speed (3 and 2 stages at 4 and 8 rpm.) in order to achieve similar effluent qualities. At a rotational speed of 2 rpm, maximum nitrogen removal rate was found to be 0.2 kg/m3/d.

Enhancement of oxygen transfer and nitrogen removal in a membrane separation bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chiemchaisri ◽  
K. Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Membrane Separation ◽  
Hollow Fiber Membrane ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Moderate Temperature ◽  
Nitrifying Bacteria ◽  
Diffusion Resistance ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment

Biological nitrogen removal in a membrane separation bioreactor developed for on-site domestic wastewater treatment was investigated. The bioreactor employed hollow fiber membrane modules for solid–liquid separation so that the biomass could be completely retained within the system. Intermittent aeration was supplied with 90 minutes on and off cycle to achieve nitrification and denitrification reaction for nitrogen removal. High COD and nitrogen removal of more than 90% were achieved under a moderate temperature of 25 °C. As the temperature was stepwise decreased from 25 to 5 °C, COD removal in the system could be constantly maintained while nitrogen removal was deteriorated. Nevertheless, increasing aeration supply could enhance nitrification at low temperature with benefit from complete retention of nitrifying bacteria within the system by membrane separation. At low operating temperature range of 5 °C, nitrogen removal could be recovered to more than 85%. A mathematical model considering diffusion resistance of limiting substrate into the bio-particle is applied to describe nitrogen removal in a membrane separation bioreactor. The simulation suggested that limitation of the oxygen supply was the major cause of inhibition of nitrification during temperature decrease. Nevertheless, increasing aeration could promote oxygen diffusion into the bio-particle. Sufficient oxygen was supplied to the nitrifying bacteria and the nitrification could proceed. In the membrane separation bioreactor, biomass concentration under low temperature operation was allowed to increase by 2–3 times of that of moderate temperature to compensate for the loss of bacterial activities so that the temperature effect was masked.

Intermittent Aeration for Nitrogen Removal in Small Aerated Lagoon

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Koottatep ◽  
C. Leesanga ◽  
H. Araki
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Intermittent Aeration ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Total Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Save Energy

Intermittent aeration has been proved to be an efficient method in nitrogen removal in many biological treatment processes. Aerated lagoon has been used as domestic wastewater treatment for a small housing estates in Thailand for quite sometime. The purpose of this study is to determine whether intermittent aeration of aerated lagoon could provide efficient nitrogen removal in domestic wastewater. The experiment was carried out using pilot scale aerated lagoon at Chiangmai University. The result showed that 45% of total nitrogen removal could be achieved by aeration and non-aeration of 12 hours each cycle. The intermittent aeration did not affect organic substances removal of the process. Sludge recycle during non-aeration period may improve total nitrogen removal. The method could be introduced to save energy of small wastewater treatment plant.

Feasibility of contact aeration method for small-scale domestic wastewater treatment system in rural China

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kuyama ◽  
M. Mizuochi ◽  
H. Koyanagi ◽  
T. Wako
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Billing System ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Treatment Facilities

This study examines the feasibility of the contact aeration method for utilisation in small-scale domestic wastewater treatment facilities in various rural areas of China, where the national government starts to address the water pollution issue. Three pilot facilities using the contact aeration method with different capacities were constructed, operated and monitored in Chongqing city and Jiangsu province. In order to evaluate the feasibility of the constructed facilities, the quality of treated wastewater and the operational cost were monitored. Results obtained from the monitoring showed that BOD and COD effluent concentrations achieved quality targets in all facilities. As for the other pollutants, quality targets were met for most of the period. Operational costs of facilities bettered those set for the facility in the town of Baiyang and new village of Zhaojia, but exceeded them for the facility in the village of Dongbei. The main reasons for the differences were the electricity billing system and operational system for each facility. In order to promote small-scale aeration-based domestic wastewater treatment plants in rural China in the future, the issue of what constitutes efficient facility maintenance first needs to be addressed.

The Structure and its Applications of the Subsurface Wastewater Infiltration System

2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 712-715
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Shi Man Wang ◽  
Hong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Structure Type ◽  
Ecological Process ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Process Structure

Subsurface wastewater infiltration system (SWIS) is considered to be an efficient and economic ecological process for decentralized domestic wastewater treatment. The process structure determines the performance and removal efficiency of the pollutants. This paper introduces several kinds of commonly used structure and their applications, and it proposes that it is essential to make the structure type diversified and broaden the application space of the SWIS.

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