Breakthrough Technologies for the Biorefining of Organic Solid and Liquid Wastes

Organic solid and liquid wastes contain large amounts of energy, nutrients, and water, and should not be perceived as merely waste. Recycling, composting, and combustion of non-recyclables have been practiced for decades to capture the energy and values from municipal solid wastes. Treatment and disposal have been the primary management strategy for wastewater. As new technologies are emerging, alternative options for the utilization of both solid wastes and wastewater have become available. Considering the complexity of the chemical, physical, and biological properties of these wastes, multiple technologies may be required to maximize the energy and value recovery from the wastes. For this purpose, biorefining tends to be an appropriate approach to completely utilize the energy and value available in wastes. Research has demonstrated that non-recyclable waste materials and bio-solids can be converted into usable heat, electricity, fuel, and chemicals through a variety of processes, and the liquid waste streams have the potential to support crop and algae growth and provide other energy recovery and food production options. In this paper, we propose new biorefining schemes aimed at organic solid and liquid wastes from municipal sources, food and biological processing plants, and animal production facilities. Four new breakthrough technologies—namely, vacuum-assisted thermophilic anaerobic digestion, extended aquaponics, oily wastes to biodiesel via glycerolysis, and microwave-assisted thermochemical conversion—can be incorporated into the biorefining schemes, thereby enabling the complete utilization of those wastes for the production of chemicals, fertilizer, energy (biogas, syngas, biodiesel, and bio-oil), foods, and feeds, and resulting in clean water and a significant reduction in pollutant emissions.     

Effect of particle size on quality of crab meatballs using enzymatically deproteinized crab by-products

The production of crab meatballs generates large amount of crab shell waste, it is therefore necessary to develop a green, economical and environmentally friendly process to vaporize the waste. This study was aimed at investigating the applicability of microwave heating combined with ultrasonic field-assisted alkaline protease (MUSED) (50 ℃, pH = 9.0, 14025.67 U/g, 4.21 h and liquid/material = 14.41:1) for pretreatment of ball-milled crab shells. The ball milling efficiency of the crab shell powder pretreated by MUSED was observed to increase by 50 % compared to the control group, with the final average particle size of D₄ = 4.88 ± 0.20 um. High calcium solubility and low energy consumption of the ball-milled powder increased dietary calcium bioavailability and reduced the potential for high calorie intake. The addition of 6 % (w/w) crab shell powder treated by MUSED improved the texture of the crab meatballs (CM-D₄) and gave the product enhanced crab flavor relative to the control group. Moreover, the lower cooking loss of CM-D₄ resulted in significant retention of nutrients (p < 0.05). The crab shell powder treated by MUSED method was more efficient in ball milling, which improved the quality of crab meatballs while relieving environmental pressure.     

国外污泥处置技术

污泥处置是一个引入注目的问题,本文就区盟及其成员国的污泥产量,质量,污泥处置方式的现状及可能的发展趋势进行了综述与讨论。     

A/O系统中活性污泥组成细菌的分离与鉴定

通过菌胶团破碎、混合细菌分离纯化、单一菌种生理生化特性研究等工作，从厌氧／好氧(Anoxic／Oxic，简称A／O)工艺活性污泥系统中分离出8种细菌并分别鉴定出其属别，其中普通细菌3种、亚硝化细菌4种和硝化细菌1种。在A／O工艺进水水质出现波动和需要调节出水质量的情况下，参照各种细菌的固有特性，调节和控制生产工艺参数，可迅速而有效地保证和提高A／O工艺处理化工生产废水的效果。     

Structure of Crack in Thermally Dried Sludge Cake

We examined in this work the drying characteristics of wastewater sludge, considering the weight loss using an electronic balance and the morphology change of drying cake by an X-ray micro-computerized tomography scanner (micro-CT). The drying rates for sludge cake was 50-60% of the pure water test. The corresponding micro-CT images were scanned to explore the change in cake volume and development of internal crack over drying. The Otsu's method was applied to bilevel the scanned images, based on which the three-dimensional model for crack's internal structure was reconstructed. The cake porosity and the geometric factors of cracks, such as the compactness, the boundary fractal dimension, and the Sierpinski carpet fractal dimension, were evaluated. The shrinkage of cake volume and the development of internal crack occurred simultaneously. The skin layer formed by the former mechanism retards further drying. On the other hand, the internal cracks were shown to exhibit zigzagging with a noncircular cross section and fractal-like boundary, which should be able to enhance local drying. A possible role of change in crack structure on the rate of drying was discussed.     

CASS法处理含盐废水的研究

采用鱼品加工厂生产废水掺一定比例的海水作为试验用水,通过含盐量的不断增加研究系统的耐盐性,通过含盐量的降低和升高研究系统的抗盐度波动性。试验表明,当Cl-的质量浓度<6300mg/L时,CASS系统可正常运行;当Cl-的质量浓度<4500mg/L时,对于Cl-质量浓度梯度为3600mg/L的冲击,系统可以在1个运行周期内恢复正常运行。     

污水处理厂污泥于陶粒生产中的综合利用

主要从市场、工艺、经济和社会效益方面，对污水处理厂污泥于陶粒生产中的综合利用问题进行了论述。     

生物反应器-中空纤维膜处理医院污水

生物反应器-中空纤维膜处理医院污水试验表明,该工艺在技术上可行,处理效率高,操作管理方便。对COD、NH3-N、大肠杆菌的去除率均达90％以上,出水水质良好、稳定。增设粗分离器后,对延长膜清洗周期、提高膜通量效果明显。     

Solidification of electroplating sludge using alkali-activated pulverized fuel ash as cementitious binder

This work investigated the potential for utilization of alkali-activated PFA as solidification binder to treat electroplating sludge. The sludge was solidified using 30 wt.% of lime and 70 wt.% of PFA. Two alkali activators, Na₂SiO₃ and Na₂CO₃, were added at 0, 4, 6, and 8 wt.%. Results showed that early strength development of lime-PFA cements with Na₂SiO₃ and Na₂CO₃ was considerably higher than those without. Addition of electroplating sludge resulted in reduced strength. The strength reduction was greater when 4% Na₂SiO₃ activator was used than when 8% Na₂CO₃ activator was used. A higher pH of Na₂SiO₃ solution (pH=13.5) compared to that of Na₂CO₃ solution (pH=11.9) resulted in resolubilization of metal hydroxides from the electroplating sludge, which competed with calcium ion for soluble silicate. In addition, Pb, Cd, and Cu were not found in the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) leachates. Cr, Zn, and Fe were detected and in some cases Cr exceeded U.S. EPA allowable limits.     

微波消解法快速测定废水中的总磷

采用微波对废水中的总磷进行消解,考察了消解时间、功率等不同实验条件对标样微波消解的影响,得出本实验消解的最佳条件,即过硫酸钾溶液用量为 0.5 mL,压力为10 MPa,消解时间为 2 min：并将该法与总磷测定的常规方法进行了比较,结果表明,过硫酸钾-微波消解法操作简单,效率高,对工作环境污染小.最后对微波消解法的精密度和准确度进行验证,实验结果表明其具有良好的精密度和准确度.