Tannery effluent as a carbon source for biological sulphate reduction

Tannery effluent was assessed as a carbon source for biological sulphate reduction in a pilot-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB), stirred tank reactor (STR) and trench reactor (TR). Sulphate removals of between 60-80% were obtained in all three reactors at total sulphate feed levels of up to 1800 mg l(-1). Sulphate removal in the TR (400-500 mg SO4 l(-1) day(-1)) and UASB (up to 600 mg SO4 l(-1) day(-1)) were higher than those obtained in the STR (250 mg SO4 l(1) day(-1)). A change in operation mode from a UASB to a STR had a large impact on chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies. COD removal rates decreased by 25% from 600-700 mg COD l(-1) day(-1) to 200-600 mg COD l(-1) day(-1). The TR had an average COD removal rate of 500 mg COD l(-1) day(-1). Large quantities of sulphide were produced in the reactors (up to 1500 mg l(-1)). However due to the elevated pH in the reactor, only a small amount was in the form of H2S and thus the odour problem normally associated with biological sulphate reduction was not present.     

Anoxic treatment of phenolic wastewater in sequencing batch reactor

Studies were conducted on the anoxic phenol removal using granular denitrifying sludge in sequencing batch reactor at different cycle lengths and influent phenol concentrations. Results showed that removal exceeded 80% up to an influent phenol concentration of 1050 mg/l at 6 h cycle length, which corresponded to 6.4 kg COD/m3/d. Beyond this, there was a steep decrease in phenol and COD removal efficiencies. This was accompanied by an increase in nitrite concentration in the effluent. On an average, 1 g nitrate-N was consumed per 3.4 g phenol COD removal. Fraction of COD available for sludge growth was calculated to be 11%.     

制革废水处理厂及下游综合污水厂升级改造探究

对某制革废水处理厂和下游综合污水处理厂的进出水水质和沿程工艺段进行采样分析,得出制革废水处理厂出水NH3-N和TN平均浓度分别为77. 32、160. 93 mg/L,综合污水处理厂出水COD平均浓度为106. 8 mg/L,其中大部分是难降解COD,出水TN平均浓度为89. 93 mg/L,出水COD和TN是影响污水处理厂出水达标排放的主要指标。在小试中投加500 mg/L葡萄糖(以COD浓度计)时脱氮效果明显增强,综合污水处理厂出水TN浓度可稳定在15 mg/L以下。利用臭氧、活性焦和四相催化氧化深度处理综合污水处理厂二级出水,发现臭氧对COD基本没有去除效果,活性焦和四相催化氧化都能使COD浓度降至50 mg/L以下,但四相催化氧化去除单位COD的成本约是活性焦的29%、再生活性焦的49%。     

Carbohydrate storage in anaerobic sequencing batch reactors

This study demonstrates the accumulation and degradation of trehalose as a storage compound in a glucose-fed anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). One hour after substrate addition, only 40% of the added organic matter (as chemical oxygen demand, COD) was accounted for by the cumulative methane production and soluble COD remaining in the reactor. All influent COD was accounted for by methane and biomass production by the end of the 24-h ASBR cycle. These dynamics can be explained by the production of an intracellular storage product. Total carbohydrate analysis showed that 26% of the glucose added to the reactor transiently accumulated within the biomass. Based on ¹³C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, trehalose (-d-glucopyranosyl-(d-glucopyranoside)) was identified as the main carbohydrate produced. Mathematical modeling was performed and the IWA Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) was modified to include microbial storage. The modified model adequately described the ASBR dynamics during a 24-h cycle.     

Process modeling and analysis of palm oil mill effluent treatment in an up-flow anaerobic sludge fixed film bioreactor using response surface methodology (RSM)

In this study, the interactive effects of feed flow rate (QF) and up-flow velocity (V up) on the performance of an up-flow anaerobic sludge fixed film (UASFF) reactor treating palm oil mill effluent (POME) were investigated. Long-term performance of the UASFF reactor was first examined with raw POME at a hydraulic loading rate (HRT) of 3 d and an influent COD concentration of 44300 mg/l. Extreme reactor instability was observed after 25 d. Raw POME was then chemically pretreated and used as feed. Anaerobic digestion of pretreated POME was modeled and analyzed with two operating variables, i.e. feed flow rate and up-flow velocity. Experiments were conducted based on a central composite face-centered design (CCFD) and analyzed using response surface methodology (RSM). The region of exploration for digestion of the pretreated POME was taken as the area enclosed by the feed flow rate (1.01, 7.63 l/d) and up-flow velocity (0.2, 3 m/h) boundaries. Twelve dependent parameters were either directly measured or calculated as response. These parameters were total COD (TCOD) removal, soluble COD (SCOD) removal, effluent pH, effluent total volatile fatty acid (TVFA), effluent bicarbonate alkalinity (BA), effluent total suspended solids (TSS), CH4 percentage in biogas, methane yield (Y M), specific methanogenic activity (SMA), food-to-sludge ratio (F/M), sludge height in the UASB portion and solid retention time (SRT). The optimum conditions for POME treatment were found to be 2.45 l/d and 0.75 m/h for QF and V up, respectively (corresponding to HRT of 1.5 d and recycle ratio of 23.4:1). The present study provides valuable information about interrelations of quality and process parameters at different values of the operating variables.     

内循环厌氧反应器—好氧工艺处理果汁生产废水

采用内循环厌氧反应器(IC)/好氧生物工艺处理高浓度苹果汁生产废水。废水水量为1200 m^3/d,进水COD为2000~10000 mg/L,pH值为5~7。废水经处理后,出水COD≤60 mg/L,满足《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB 18918-2002)一级B排放标准。IC反应器对COD的去除率高达90%以上。该工程投资为425万元,运行电费为1.85元/m^3,药剂费约0.96元/m^3。     

IC反应器在微氧条件下的运行特性研究

采用人工合成废水对IC反应器在微氧和厌氧条件下去除COD的效果、沼气产量、出水VFA、颗粒污泥粒径分布及颗粒污泥浓度等进行对比试验研究.结果表明:在进水COD分别为1 000、2 000、2 600、3 300、4 000 mg/L时,与厌氧相比,微氧时(溶解氧控制在0.5～1.0 mg/L)对COD的去除率分别增长了4.0%、4.0%、2.6%、1.5%、0.9%,沼气产量分别增长了160.0%、137.0%、78.0%、90.5%、50.9%;两种条件下的出水VFA均在200 mg/L以下,但与厌氧相比,微氧的出水VFA值更低、波动更小、变化更平稳;微氧时颗粒污泥的MLSS减少了3.6%,而MLVSS/MLSS值增长了0.6%,表明颗粒污泥的活性增强.     

Removal of carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater using a low investment, integrated treatment concept

An integrated chemical-physical-biological treatment concept for the low-cost treatment of domestic wastewater is proposed. Domestic wastewater was subjected to a chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT), followed by treatment in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. In addition, a regenerable zeolite was used to remove NH4+, either after CEPT pretreatment or after biological treatment in the UASB reactor. The CEPT pretreatment consisted of the addition of a coagulant (FeCl3) and an anionic organic flocculant and removed on average 73% of the total chemical oxygen demand (COD(t)), 85% of the total suspended solids, and 80% of PO4(3-) present in the wastewater. The UASB system, which consequently received a low COD(t) input of approximately 140 mg/L, was operated using a volumetric loading rate of 0.4 g COD(t)/L. d (hydraulic retention time [HRT]=10 h) and 0.7 g COD(t)/L. d (HRT=5 h). For these conditions, the system removed about 55% of the COD(t) in its influent, thus producing an effluent with a low COD(t) of approximately 50 mg/L. The zeolite, when applied in batch mode before the UASB reactor, removed approximately 45% of the NH4+, whereas its application as a post-treatment cartridge resulted in almost 100% NH4+ removal. The simple design and relatively low operating costs, due to low costs of added chemicals and low energy input (estimated at Euro 0.07-0.1 per m3 wastewater treated), combined with excellent treatment performance, means that this system can be used as a novel domestic wastewater treatment system for developing countries. Therefore, the system is called a Low Investment Sewage Treatment (LIST) system.     

Influence of the agitation rate on the treatment of partially soluble wastewater in anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor

This work reports on the influence of the agitation rate on the organic matter degradation in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor, containing biomass immobilized on 3 cm cubic polyurethane matrices, stirred mechanically and fed with partially soluble soymilk substrate with mean chemical oxygen demand (COD) of 974+/-70 mg l(-1). Hydrodynamic studies informed on the homogenization time under agitagion rates from 500 to 1100 rpm provided by three propeller impellers. It occurred very quickly compared to the total cycle time. The results showed that agitation provided good mixing and improved the overall organic matter consumption rates. A modified first-order kinetic model represented adequately the data in the entire range of agitation rate. The apparent first-order kinetic constant for suspended COD rose approximately 360% when the agitation rate was changed from 500 to 900 rpm, whereas the apparent first-order kinetic constant for soluble COD did not vary significantly.     

DAT-IAT改进工艺对生活污水中氨氮的去除

以需氧池-间歇曝气池（DAT-IAT）工艺为基础，在其后设置一生物接触氧化反应器，考察了该组合工艺对生活污水中氨氮的去除效果。结果表明，在IAT池以曝气2h、沉淀1h、出水1h的工况运行及生物接触氧化反应器的HRT为3h的条件下，系统对氨氮的平均去除率为81．1％，出水氨氮平均浓度为7．0mg／L，满足《城市污水再生利用城市杂用水水质》（GB／T 18920-2002）的要求。系统对氨氮的去除率随着进水COD浓度的提高而下降，当进水COD为815．3mg／L时，出水氨氮浓度仍可满足GB／T 18920-2002的要求；随着进水氨氮浓度的提高，系统对氨氮的去除率先略有上升后明显下降，为保证出水氨氮浓度达到回用标准，应将进水氨氮浓度控制在50mg／L以下；系统适宜的pH值范围为7～8，pH值过高或过低都会造成系统对氨氮去除率的显著下降。     

Anaerobic treatment of real textile wastewater with a fluidized bed reactor

Anaerobic treatability of a real cotton textile wastewater was investigated in a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) with pumice as the support material. The immobilized biomass or attached volatile solids level on the support material was 0.073 g VSS/g support material at the end of the 128-d start-up period. During the operation period, real cotton textile wastewater was fed to the anaerobic FBR both unsupplemented (in Stages 1 and 2) and supplemented (with synthetic municipal wastewater in Stage 3 and glucose in Stages 4-6). The effect of operational conditions such as organic loading rate (OLR), hydraulic retention time (HRT), influent glucose concentration as the co-substrate, etc. was investigated to achieve the maximum color removal efficiency in the reactor. Results indicated that anaerobic treatment of textile wastewater studied was possible with the supplementation of an external carbon source in the form of glucose (about 2g/l). The corresponding maximum COD, BOD(5) and color removals were found to be around 82%, 94% and 59%, respectively, for HRT of around 24h and OLR of 3 kg COD/m(3)/d. Further increase in external carbon source added to real textile wastewater did not improve the color removal efficiency of the anaerobic FBR reactor.     

Effect of EDTA and Fe-EDTA complex concentration on TCF Kraft mill effluent degradability. Batch and continuous treatments

The effect of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid (EDTA) and Fe-EDTA complex on synthetic totally chlorine-free (TCF) effluent degradability in batch and continuously operating reactors was evaluated. Under batch treatment, the addition of EDTA and Fe-EDTA complex was studied in the range of 80 to 320 mg l(-1). Under continuously operated reactors, the Fe-EDTA complex concentration varied from 20 to 80 mg l(-1), and the hydraulic retention time (HRT) varied from 48 to 24 h. Sludge oxygen uptake rate (OUR) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal decreased when EDTA concentration increased in the influent under batch treatment; however, this inhibitory effect was reduced by the addition of Fe-EDTA complex. Without the addition of EDTA, COD removal decreased from 71% to 8%. The most efficient EDTA removal treatment (almost 10%) was the treatment of 80 mg l(-1) Fe-EDTA. Under continuously operated reactors, COD removal was greater than 57% in the synthetic TCF effluent with a Fe-EDTA concentration that varied from 20 to 80 mg l(-1); however, EDTA removal was lower than 25% in all cases. Synthetic TCF effluent with a Fe -EDTA concentration higher than 80 mg l(-1) could not be treated by the activated sludge treatment due to EDTA's inhibitory effect on the sludge.     

复合式交替流生物工艺处理制药废水的研究

采用复合式交替流生物反应器处理综合制药废水,确定了最优运行方式,并对最优运行方式下的处理效果进行了考察。结果表明,DO和容积负荷是影响反应器启动的重要因素;采用最优的运行方式,在进水COD为2 000～4 500 mg/L、流量为0.4～1.0 m^3/h的条件下,出水COD基本保持在500 mg/L以下,达到《污水综合排放标准》（GB 8978—1996）的三级标准要求。由于最优运行方式下采用A池两个分区及B池两点周期性交替进水的运行方式,故会导致出水水质周期性变化,因此必须辅以其他后续处理手段以确保出水水质达标。     

Atrazine degradation in anaerobic environment by a mixed microbial consortium

Atrazine degradation by anaerobic mixed culture microorganism in co-metabolic process and in absence of external carbon and nitrogen source was studied at influent atrazine concentration range of 0.5-15 mg/l. Wastewater of desired characteristic was prepared by the addition of various constituents in distilled water spiked with atrazine. In co-metabolic process, dextrose of various concentrations (150-2000 mg/l) was supplied as external carbon source. The reactors were operated in sequential batch mode in which 20% of treated effluent was replaced by the same amount of fresh wastewater everyday, thus maintaining a hydraulic retention time (HRT) equal to 5 days. In co-metabolic process, 40-50% of influent atrazine degradation was observed. First-order atrazine degradation rate (expressed in day(-1)) was better in co-metabolic process (5.5 x 10(-4)) than in absence of external carbon source (2.5 x 10(-5)) or carbon and nitrogen source (1.67 x 10(-5)). In presence of 2000 mg/l of dextrose, atrazine degradation was between 8% and 15% only. Maximum atrazine degradation was observed from wastewater containing 300 mg/l of dextrose and 5mg/l of atrazine. Influent atrazine concentration did not have much effect on the methanogenic bacteria which was clear from methane gas production and specific methanogenic activity (SMA).     

改良型SBR工艺对奶牛场废水中抗生素的去除效果

奶牛场废水中的有机物和抗生素对其还田利用不利,为此,采用带缺氧区的推流式SBR(简称改良型SBR)工艺处理干清粪条件下间歇产生的奶牛场废水,重点考察其对抗生素的去除效果。结果表明,当进水COD、NH4+-N、TN、TP浓度分别为1 234~4 696、768~1 365、880~1 370、5.62~12.02 mg/L时,经改良型SBR工艺处理后,出水COD可降至401~544 mg/L、NH4+-N始终低于10mg/L,TN平均损失率为22.38%,TP基本没有被去除。奶牛场废水中磺胺类和β-内酰胺类抗生素总浓度为3.84~4.48μg/L,改良型SBR工艺对其总去除率可达到72.97%~90.82%,且对10种较高浓度的磺胺类抗生素(每种添加浓度均为50μg/L,共计500μg/L)也有很好的去除效果,去除率可达95.75%~95.97%。生物降解是奶牛场废水中磺胺类和β-内酰胺类抗生素的主要去除途径,另外,磺胺类抗生素的去除与其分子结构中S—N键的断裂有重要关系。在不影响COD去除效果的条件下,调整反应器的混合液回流量或进水量均可减少碱度投加量,从而降低运行成本。     

Anaerobic filter reactor performance for the treatment of complex dairy wastewater at industrial scale

The wastewaters discharged by raw milk quality control laboratories are more complex than the ones commonly generated by dairy factories because of the presence of certain chemicals such as sodium azide or chloramphenicol, which are used for preserving milk before analysis. The treatment of these effluents has been carried out in a full-scale plant comprising a 12 m(3) anaerobic filter (AF) reactor and a 28 m(3) sequential batch reactor (SBR). After more than 2 years of operation, a successful anaerobic treatment of these effluents was achieved, without fat removal prior to the anaerobic reactor. The organic loading rates maintained in the AF reactor were 5-6 kg COD/m(3) d, with COD removal being higher than 90%. No biomass washout was observed, and most of the fat contained in the wastewaters was successfully degraded. The addition of alkalinity is crucial for the maintenance of a proper buffer medium to ensure pH stability. The effluent of the AF reactor was successfully treated in the SBR reactor, and a final effluent with a COD content below 200 mg/l and total nitrogen below 10mg N/l was obtained.     

EGSB/生物接触氧化/BAF工艺处理葡萄糖生产废水

采用“EGSB-生物接触氧化-BAF”联合工艺处理葡萄糖生产废水，着重研究了pH值和容积负荷对EGSB反应器去除效果的影响。结果表明，以厌氧颗粒污泥作为EGSB的接种污泥，30d左右便可完成启动，且能形成灰黑色和黑色颗粒污泥；采用出水回流和人为投加碱性物质可以增强系统的缓冲能力，有效缓解系统酸碱平衡失调。当进水COD为3000～4000mg／L、SS为800～1000mg,／L、NH3-N为15～20mg／L时，采用该联合工艺处理后，对COD、SS和NH3-N的平均去除率分别达98％、92％和78％，处理效果好而且稳定。     

Improving anaerobic sequencing batch reactor performance by modifying operational parameters.

A lab-scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) that had operated with glucose at an organic loading rate of 2.1 kg COD m(-3) d(-1) was stressed with an organic loading rate of 3.2 kg COD m(-3) (-1). Five different combinations of influent concentration, total cycle time, and fill time to cycle time ratio were examined. No external pH control was used. In all cases, acetate and propionate were the main constituents of the effluent. Larger fill time to cycle time ratios and lower initial substrate concentrations resulted in improved performance suggesting that ASBR operation may be improved by changing operational parameters.     

负荷变化对ABR运行效果的影响研究

利用厌氧折流板反应器(ABR) 处理屠宰废水,研究了负荷变化对厌氧折流板反应器（ABR）运行效果的影响。研究结果表明：厌氧折流板反应器对负荷变化的适应能力较强,ABR反应器的特殊结构为其提供了良好的抗负荷变化的能力。当维持进水COD浓度在2 500~3 000 mg/L范围之内,改变水力负荷,使HRT由27.5 h下降到15 h,COD去除率下降不超过5％;当维持反应器HRT为20 h时,改变有机负荷,使进水COD浓度由2 500 mg/L提高到4 800 mg/L,在负荷改变后的第二天,COD去除率仅降