scholarly journals Technical evaluation and optimization of biological aerated filter (BAF) treating micro-polluted source water at low temperature

Author(s):  
Dongmei Liu ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Aiwen Wang
2014 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 968-971
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Li Ping Qiu ◽  
Li Xin Zhang ◽  
Kang Xie

The performance of biological aerated filter (BAF) with lava media for the treatment of micro-polluted source water was investigated with the operational temperature 18°C, the PH value 6.29-8.35, hydraulic retention time (HRT) 30 min as well as dissolved oxygen (DO) 2-3mg/L. The results show that the lava media is a pretty carrier that has promising surface characteristics for microorganism growth and biofilm formation. The biofilter could be operated successfully in 18d, that was shorter than the ceramic and zeolite media filter in the same start-up condition. During the steady operation period, the lava media BAF performed a promising treatment performance of permanganate index, ammonia nitrogen, and turbidity removal, where as the removal rate were 46%, 97% and 62%, respectively. Moreover, the index of UV254, which partly indicates the concentration of hardly degradable substance in the micro-polluted source water, could be removed 23% in the novel media filter.


2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 720-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Li Long Yan ◽  
Fang Ma

Biological Aerated Filter has the drawback of severe plug under low temperature, and frequent back-washing would cause the bad performance of ammonia removal. To solve these shortcomings, partial backwashing experiment was carried out to test its amelioration effect on Biological Aerated Filter. The result showed that performing backwashing at the 40 cm of filter had strong protective effect on nitrifying bacteria, the ammonia removal could be improved gradually with the highest removal rate of 71.71%. Partial backwashing affected less on ammonia removal and the removal efficiency could be restored to the previous level after the backwashing completed for 2.5 h.


2013 ◽  
Vol 777 ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
Dong Wang ◽  
Li Ping Qiu ◽  
Chun Hui Guo ◽  
Qiang Liu

The performance of three BAFs with zeolite, activated carbon and anthracite media for the treatment of polluted Huaihe raw water were investigated. All three BAFs performed promising permanganate index (CODMn) and ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N) removal efficiency as well as the turbidity removal was over 60%. Moreover, the CODMn and NH4+-N removal in the three BAFs were affacted by the characteristics of filter media. Activated carbon and anthracite had better CODMn removal than zeolite. Zeolite had the best NH4+-N removal, followed by activated carbon, anthracite was the worst.


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