scholarly journals Evaluation of Heavy Metals Leakage from Concretes Containing Municipal Wastewater Sludge

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Khalilzadeh Shirazi ◽  
Reza Marandi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Sludge

scholarly journals Occurrence and Fate of Heavy Metals in Municipal Wastewater in Heilongjiang Province, China: A Monthly Reconnaissance from 2015 to 2017

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Du ◽  
Lingrong Zhang ◽  
Yuntao Ma ◽  
Xinyue Li ◽  
Zhenglu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
County Level ◽  
Heilongjiang Province ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Modeling Tools

As one of the major sources of pollutions in the environments, effluents from municipal wastewater recently became a hot topic. This study quantified monthly county-level releases of five heavy metals, i.e., lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), and mercury (Hg), from municipal wastewater into the environment in the Heilongjiang Province of China, based on sampling, measurement, and modeling tools. Wastewater samples were collected from 27 municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs) in 15 county-level cities of Heilongjiang every month from 2015 to 2017. The concentrations of five heavy metals were analyzed in both influents (Pb: 160 ± 100 μg/L; Cd: 15 ± 9.0 μg/L; Cr: 170 ± 64 μg/L; Hg: 0.67 ± 1.5 μg/L; As: 6.2 ± 4.8 μg/L) and effluents (Pb: 45 ± 15 μg/L; Cd: 5.2 ± 5.1 μg/L; Cr: 57 ± 13 μg/L; Hg: 0.28 ± 0.12 μg/L; As: 2.6 ± 1.4 μg/L). The removal ratios of the five heavy metals ranged from 50% to 67%. Inflow fluxes of Pb, Cr, and Cd displayed increasing trends first then decreased after reaching a maximum value, whereas those of Hg and Pb remained stable. Material flow analysis reveals that constructions of MWTPs are conducive to significantly reduce the releases of heavy metals from urban areas into the aquatic environment in the study area. Additionally, municipal wastewater sludge (used as fertilizer or spread on the land) could be a significant source of heavy metals in the land.

scholarly journals REDUCTION OF THE LEVEL OF TECHNOGENIC HAZARD NEGATIVE EFFECT OF SEDIMENTS OF URBAN WASTE WATER ON THE ENVIRONMENT WITH HUMIC SUBSTANCES

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
Stanislav Dushkin
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Humic Substances ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Ecological Problem ◽  
Urban Wastewater ◽  
Water Object ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Methods Of Treatment

The article discusses the issues of reducing the level of technogenic safety of the negative impact of urban wastewater sludge on the environment by removing heavy metals using humic substances. It is noted that the technogenic and ecological problem requires an urgent solution through the formation of new effective methods of treatment (neutralization and dehydration) and further disposal of urban wastewater sludge. Silt sites are a source of pollution of soil, groundwater and surface water object and air. A new method for removing heavy metals from municipal wastewater sludge using humic substances has been developed. It was found that humic substances have a sorption capacity in relation to heavy metals. As a reagent for removing heavy metals from urban wastewater sludge, it is proposed to use the product of processing lignite and peat with alkali using a carbon-alkali reagent, which makes it possible to reduce the concentration of heavy metals to such concentrations that the sludge can be used as fertilizer in agriculture.

Physical properties of dewatered wastewater sludge for landfilling

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Koenig ◽  
J. N. Kay ◽  
I. M. Wan
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Compressibility Factor ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Intrinsic Resistance ◽  
Coefficient Of Consolidation ◽  
Minimum Requirement ◽  
Geotechnical Stability

In the context of landfilling dewatered wastewater sludge in Hong Kong, with landfills up to 140 m high, one of the most significant properties of sludge is its physical nature with regard to moisture characteristics and associated geotechnical stability. Commonly, lower limits are set on total solids content, but no geotechnical stability criteria are applied with the exception of Germany where a minimum requirement for vane shear strength is set at 25 kN/m2. The purpose of this study was to determine and evaluate dewatered wastewater sludge from three Hong Kong municipal wastewater treatment plants with regard to the following physical and geotechnical properties: (i) vane shear strength; (ii) consolidation characteristics such as compression index, compressibility factor, coefficient of consolidation and compressibility coefficient; and (iii) hydraulic characteristics such as permeability and intrinsic resistance. Although dewatered sludge exhibits quite different characteristics as compared to soils, predictive logarithmic relationships may be established between various properties which are consistent with the critical state model for soils, conventional filtration and consolidation theory. Such representation provides a valuable basis for understanding the sludge characteristics and behaviour to landfill design.

Hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal wastewater sludge and nutrient recovery from the aqueous phase

Biofuels ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vinod Kumar ◽  
Krishna Kumar Jaiswal ◽  
Mikhail S. Vlaskin ◽  
Manisha Nanda ◽  
M. K. Tripathi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Phase ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Hydrothermal Liquefaction ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Nutrient Recovery

scholarly journals Effects of Wastewater Sludge Topdressing on Color, Quality, and Clipping Yield of a Turfgrass Mixture

HortScience ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1308-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugur Bilgili ◽  
F. Olcay Topac-Sagban ◽  
Irfan Surer ◽  
Nejla Caliskan ◽  
Pervin Uzun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Fecal Coliform ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Turf Quality ◽  
Color Quality ◽  
Turf Soils ◽  
Sludge Application

The objectives of the present study were to determine the effects of the rate and timing of the application of sun-dried wastewater sludge from a food processing company's wastewater system on turfgrass growth and quality. The results were compared with those obtained with ammonium nitrate, and changes in the concentration of heavy metals and the presence of fecal coliform in turf soils after sun-dried wastewater sludge application were determined. The rate and the timing of sun-dried wastewater sludge and ammonium nitrate applications affected the turf color, quality, and clipping yield. Monthly fertilization resulted in a more uniform color and turf quality than infrequent spring and fall fertilization. Compared with the background values of base soils, heavy metals did not accumulate in sun-dried wastewater sludge-amended soils over the test period. Fecal coliform was not detected in sludge-amended soil samples, indicating that bacteria regrowth did not occur during the study period.

Bioleaching of heavy metals from wastewater sludge by ferrous iron oxidizing bacteria

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Marchenko ◽  
G. N. Pshinko ◽  
V. Ya. Demchenko ◽  
V. V. Goncharuk
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Ferrous Iron ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Iron Oxidizing Bacteria

Anaerobic thermophilic digestion of sewage sludge with a thickened sludge recycle

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ya. Vanyushina ◽  
Yu. A. Nikolaev ◽  
A. M. Agarev ◽  
M. V. Kevbrina ◽  
M. N. Kozlov
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Recycling Process ◽  
Digested Sludge ◽  
Volatile Solids ◽  
Solids Retention ◽  
Thermophilic Digestion

The process of anaerobic thermophilic digestion of municipal wastewater sludge with a recycled part of thickened digested sludge, was studied in semi-continuous laboratory digesters. This modified recycling process resulted in increased solids retention time (SRT) with the same hydraulic retention time (HRT) as compared with traditional digestion without recycling. Increased SRT without increasing of HRT resulted in the enhancement of volatile substance reduction by up to 68% in the reactor with the recycling process compared with 34% in a control conventional reactor. Biogas production was intensified from 0.3 L/g of influent volatile solids (VS) in the control reactor up to 0.35 L/g VS. In addition, the recycling process improved the dewatering properties of digested sludge.

Wastewater sludge treatment at the municipal wastewater treatment facilities with the purpose of its further utilization

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Ю.А. Егорова ◽  
В.И. Кичигин ◽  
О.И. Нестеренко ◽  
А.А. Юдин
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Sludge Treatment ◽  
Technological Waste ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Water And Wastewater

Осадки городских очистных канализационных сооружений являются самым массовым технологическим отходом, создающим проблемы утилизации для любого города. Рассмотрены возможные методы обработки осадков сточных вод на городских очистных канализационных сооружениях городского округа Самара с целью их последующей утилизации. Обозначены причины и приведены документальные подтверждениянекорректности возложения ответственности за обращение с такими отходами только на организации водопроводно-канализационного хозяйства. Рассмотрен способ захоронения обезвоженного осадка сточных вод в обвалованном полигоне. Установлено, что обработанные на очистных сооружениях осадки относятся к V классу опасности для окружающей среды. Обработанные, стабилизированные, подсушенные, обезвреженные отходы осадков сточных вод (малоопасный осадок с песколовок при очистке хозяйственно-бытовых и смешанных сточных вод, практически не опасный осадок с песколовок при очистке хозяйственно-бытовых и смешанных сточных вод и избыточный ил биологических очистных сооружений в смеси с сырым осадком) могут быть использованы в качестве наполнителей бетонно-цементных смесей и органоминеральных удобрений или переданы для утилизации сторонним организациям. Sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment facilities is the most massive technological waste that causes trouble for any city. Possible methods of wastewater sludge treatment at the municipal wastewater treatment facilities of the Samara Urban District with the purpose of its further utilization are considered. The reasons are indicated and documentary evidence of the incorrectness of assigning the responsibility for processing such wastes only to the water and wastewater utilities is provided. The method of landfilling dewatered wastewater sludge in a ridged landfill is considered. It has been established that the sludge processed at the wastewater treatment facilities is referred to the V class of environmental hazard. Sludge subjected to the treatment, stabilization, drying and neutralization (low hazardous sludge from grit chambers for domestic and mixed wastewater treatment; almost non-hazardous sludge from grit chambers for domestic and mixed wastewater treatment and excess sludge from biological treatment facilities mixed with raw sludge) can be used as fillers for concrete-cement mixtures and organo-mineral fertilizers or transferred for disposal to outside companies.

scholarly journals Comparison of Different Electricity-Based Thermal Pretreatment Methods for Enhanced Bioenergy Production from Municipal Sludge

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Hosseini Koupaie ◽  
T. Johnson ◽  
C. Eskicioglu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Conventional Heating ◽  
P Value ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Rf Heating ◽  
Thermal Pretreatment ◽  
Bioenergy Production ◽  
Sequential Pretreatment

This paper presents results for a comprehensive study that compares the performance of three electricity-based thermal pretreatment methods for improving the effectiveness of anaerobic digestion (AD) to process municipal wastewater sludge. The study compares thermal pretreatment using conventional heating (CH), microwave (MW), and radio frequency (RF) heating techniques. The effectiveness of the pretreatment methods was assessed in terms of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biopolymers solubilization, AD bioenergy production, input electrical energy, and overall net energy production of the sequential pretreatment/AD process. The heating applicators for the bench-scale testing consisted of a custom-built pressure-sealed heating vessel for CH experiments, an off-the-shelf programmable MW oven operating at a frequency of 2.45 GHz for MW heating experiments, and a newly developed 1 kW RF heating system operating at a frequency of 13.56 MHz for RF heating experiments. Under identical thermal profiles, all three thermal pretreatment methods achieved similar sludge disintegration in terms of COD and biopolymer solubilization as well as AD bioenergy production (p-value > 0.05). According to the energy assessment results, the application of CH and MW pretreatments resulted in overall negative energy production, while positive net energy production was obtained through the sequential pretreatment/AD process utilizing RF pretreatment.

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