Biological treatment of palm oil mill effluent by using a downflow hanging sponge reactor

The performance of biological treatment using a downflow hanging sponge reactor as post-treatment of agro-industrial wastewater has been recognized worldwide. However, the effectiveness of the system in treating POME is remain unknown. Therefore, with this background in mind, an anaerobic treatment operated at COD loading rate of 0.4-0.6 kg/m3/day, HRT of 2 hours and input pH of 7.6 was run using a DHS reactor packed with sponge media for the treatment of POME. During the study, the output concentration performances of COD (32-58%), Colour (41-76%), ammoniacal nitrogen (66-92%) and phosphate (54-87%) were recorded. These results indicate comparable performances with the existing biological treatment system. However, it also offered additional credits in-term of fouling and clogging issues, practically as well as lower cost and energy consumption. Thus, it will be great to have a system that is capable to provide a simple technology which is affordable to various industrial scales.

MODELING OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT

The paper deals with the problem of mathematical modeling of biological wastewater treatment. The peculiarity of the biological treatment system is that a block with activated sludge, called an aeration tank, is used for water purification. To describe the process of biological wastewater treatment in aeration tanksa mathematical model developed in the GPS-X software package is proposed.

Retechnologization of biological sewage water treatment facilities using mathematical modelling

The efficiency of sewage treatment plants is an urgent problem of the designed and operating stations. In modern conditions, efficiency is understood as the operation of facilities in which operating costs are minimized, facilities provide standard cleaning, and the company implements measures to modernize and improve energy efficiency and trouble-free operation. The article deals with the comparative analysis and selection of the most optimal scheme of biological sewage water treatment of existing sewage water treatment plants. The indicators of the efficiency of functioning and permissible loads on treatment facilities in the design of aeration tanks for biological sewage water treatment are determined. The results served as the basis for the creation of a mathematical model, with the help of which it is possible to calculate the parameters of the biological treatment system and optimize the process of biological sewage water treatment at existing treatment facilities. Mathematical modeling allows you to reduce the cost of designing and operating treatment facilities, to guarantee the degree of treatment in accordance with the requirements and standards for the discharge of treated sewage water into a reservoir for fisheries purposes.

Artificial wetland planted with Limonium Perezzi, for the treatment of wastewater from tanning

The wastewater from leather tanning contains different types of pollutants depending on the internal process that is carried out, in particular, the riparian and tanning stages provide the greatest contaminant load within the process, in terms of organic matter, grease and oils, chlorides, chromium, sulfides among other substances. This study analyzed the efficiency of a biological treatment system, consisting of artificial wetlands of horizontal subsurface flow, in order to evaluate the removal of salinity and organic load present in the water produced during the process of soaking leathers. Two prototypes were tested, one planted with Limonium perezzi and the other unplanted as a control parameter, the wetlands were operated for 32 days. The results show that the planted wetland removes 49.2% of the initial chloride present (44,414.8 mgCl-/L) in the water and 86.2% of the total organic carbon (755.9 mgC/L). It was demonstrated that artificial wetlands are still a viable and efficient alternative in terms of organic load removal, on the other hand, the selected plant showed a very good performance in the treatment of wastewater because of its high tolerance to high concentrations of salt dissolved in the water, reaching perspiration of sodium chloride crystals through the leaves and stem.

Organic and nutrient removal during start-up period for domestic sewage treatment by an A/O mixed carrier system

This study combined biofilm method and A/O process reasonably to form the biological treatment system. This experiment focused on the performance of the system for domestic sewage according to the determination of CODCr, ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus. The A/O-mixed carrier system had a good removal effect on organic pollutants for simulated domestic sewage. At the start-up period, the average removal rates of CODCr, ammonia nitrogen and total nitrogen were 92%, 90% and 55%, respectively. But the removal effect of total phosphorus was not ideal.

Mathematical Description of Sequencing Batch Reactor operation of treatment of wastewater with low concentration of organic contaminations

The paper is oriented towards the study of certain small wastewater-treatment plants, in particular the study of some treatment processes where the wastewater has low concentration of organic contamination. The primary goal of this paper was to obtain the characteristics of a biological treatment system which comply with the laws of enzyme kinetics. The design formulas of the Sequencing Batch Reactor with an inflow of wastewater and low concentration of organic contaminations has been obtained.