scholarly journals Treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater using an activated sludge/contact aeration process

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-K. Chen ◽  
S.-L. Lo

This study combines a two-phase biological treatment system of activated sludge/contact aeration process by adding biological contact filters into the rear sector of the activated sludge aeration tank of the slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant. This system keeps the advantages of complete mixing of substrates and microorganisms and flexible operation of the activated sludge process, and increased biological phase, less sludge, process stability and good settleability of sludge of the contact aeration process. This system could avoid the defects of sludge bulking, increased sludge production and difficult operation of the activated sludge process, and system clogging and rigid operation of the contact aeration process. Because suspended microorganisms are flowing into the contact aeration system, which then degrade or suspend within the biological contact filters after being adsorbed by the fixed biological film, on which partial bio-solids will act as seeding microorganisms. Suspended microorganisms and the dropped biological film will settled in the secondary settling tank, then reflux into the activated sludge aeration tank. The partial dropped biological film will decompose in the activated sludge aeration tank to achieve the function of decreasing sludge. Large specific gravity and good settling ability of biofilm sludge will provide better effluent quality. It has been proven through a practical experiment at a slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant in Taiwan, that the activated sludge process effluent COD value of 150-200 mg/L and SS value of 80-100 mg/L were decreased to around 40 mg/L and 22 mg/L, respectively, after changing its system to the two-phase biological treatment system of activated sludge/contact aeration process.

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1287-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jobbágy ◽  
G. M. Tardy ◽  
Gy. Palkó ◽  
A. Benáková ◽  
O. Krhutková ◽  
...  

The purpose of the experiments was to increase the rate of activated sludge denitrification in the combined biological treatment system of the Southpest Wastewater Treatment Plant in order to gain savings in cost and energy and improve process efficiency. Initial profile measurements revealed excess denitrification capacity of the preclarified wastewater. As a consequence, flow of nitrification filter effluent recirculated to the anoxic activated sludge basins was increased from 23,000 m3 d−1 to 42,288 m3 d−1 at an average preclarified influent flow of 64,843 m3 d−1, Both simulation studies and microbiological investigations suggested that activated sludge nitrification, achieved despite the low SRT (2–3 days), was initiated by the backseeding from the nitrification filters and facilitated by the decreased oxygen demand of the influent organics used for denitrification. With the improved activated sludge denitrification, methanol demand could be decreased to about half of the initial value. With the increased efficiency of the activated sludge pre-denitrification, plant effluent COD levels decreased from 40–70 mg l−1 to < 30–45 mg l−1 due to the decreased likelihood of methanol overdosing in the denitrification filter


Author(s):  
Yu.S. Chirikanova ◽  

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.


1976 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-121
Author(s):  
N. Thérien ◽  
P. Harrington

Abstract The dynamic response of the activated sludge process in the wastewater treatment plant of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke was analysed with respect to large disturbances in both the flow rate and the quality of wastewater entering the plant. A mass balance conducted for the organic substrate and biomass entering and leaving the process led to a model consisting of two separate differential equations in terms of BOD and VSS with a two-phase bio-kinetic relationship for the reaction term. Predictions of the model for BOD and VSS variations in time were compared to experimental observations at the plant. A model using mean daily values for VSS and expressed in terms of BOD for the stream flowing out the clarifier unit in response to flow rate and BOD cyclic fluctuations of the entering wastewater stream to the process was found apt at describing the time at which BOD peaks in the process effluent occurred as well as predicting the magnitude of these peaks. The dynamic behaviour of the activated sludge process has been simulated for periods of one to several days using this model. Its use in predicting appropriate control action in time in order to improve the treatment efficiency is also indicated.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Pollert ◽  
Ing. Dana Pavlíčková ◽  
Ing. Vladimír Todt

The Prague's wastewater treatment plant includes mechanical and secondary biological treatment with an upgrade of the activated sludge process to partial nitrification and gentrification and gas facility. The plant's capacity (population equivalent) is 1.43 million, the hydraulic is 7.0 m3/s (during rains it is 8.2 m3/s). The main aim is to increase efficiency of sludge removal from the secondary clarifiers after necessary reconstruction. A 3D multiphase mathematical model was used to study possible efficiency improvement while 12 different scenarios (+ the present state) were simulated and compared. Simulation of the clarifiers brings new knowledge of their behaviour. The study has resulted in an optimised design of the secondary clarifiers to be used within reconstruction.


1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 367-380
Author(s):  
B H Paepcke ◽  
P H Jones

In this study the operation and performance of a contact stabilization process operating under the extended aeration mode is examined. Data was obtained during a detailed plant study carried out at a full scale municipal wastewater treatment plant. This new hybrid activated sludge process has good process stability like the conventional extended aeration process, but achieves this with a significantly smaller aeration tank volume and therefore lower cost.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinda Rita K. Hartaja ◽  
Imam Setiadi

Generally, wastewater of nata de coco industry contains suspended solids and COD were high, ranging from 90,000 mg / l. The high level of of the wastewater pollutants, resulting in nata de coco industry can not be directly disposed of its wastewater into the environment agency. Appropriate technology required in order to process the waste water so that the treated water can meet the environmental quality standards that are allowed. Designing the waste water treatment plant that is suitable and efficient for treating industrial wastewater nata de coco is the activated sludge process. Wastewater treatment using activated sludge process of conventional (standard) generally consists of initial sedimentation, aeration and final sedimentation.Keywords : Activated Sludge, Design, IPAL


1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
Ahmed Fadel

Many of Egypt's cities have existing treatment plants under operation that have been constructed before 1970. Almost all of these treatment plants now need rehabilitation and upgrading to extend their services for a longer period. One of these plants is the Beni Suef City Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Beni Suef WWTP was constructed in 1956. It has primary treatment followed by secondary treatment employing intermediate rate trickling filters. The BOD, COD, and SS concentration levels are relatively high. They are approximately 800, 1100, and 600 mg/litre, respectively. The Beni Suef city required the determination of the level of work needed for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the existing 200 l/s plant and to extend its capacity to 440 l/s at year 2000 A description of the existing units, their deficiencies and operation problems, and the required rehabilitation are presented and discussed in this paper. Major problems facing the upgrading were the lack of space for expansion and the shortage of funds. It was, therefore, necessary to study several alternative solutions and methods of treatment. The choice of alternatives was from one of the following schemes: a) changing the filter medium, its mode of operation and increasing the number of units, b) changing the trickling filter to high rate and combining it with the activated sludge process, for operation by one of several possible combinations such as: trickling filter-solids contact, roughing filter-activated sludge, and trickling filter-activated sludge process, c) dividing the flow into two parts, the first part to be treated using the existing system and the second part to be treated by activated sludge process, and d) expanding the existing system by increasing the numbers of the different process units. The selection of the alternative was based on technical, operational and economic evaluations. The different alternatives were compared on the basis of system costs, shock load handling, treatment plant operation and predicted effluent quality. The flow schemes for the alternatives are presented. The methodology of selecting the best alternative is discussed. From the study it was concluded that the first alternative is the most reliable from the point of view of costs, handling shock load, and operation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 203-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kayser ◽  
G. Stobbe ◽  
M. Werner

At Wolfsburg for a load of 100,000 p.e., the step-feed activated sludge process for nitrogen removal is successfully in operation. Due to the high denitrification potential (BOD:TKN = 5:1) the effluent total nitrogen content can be kept below 10 mg l−1 N; furthermore by some enhanced biological phosphate removal about 80% phosphorus may be removed without any chemicals.


2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 01002
Author(s):  
Herto Dwi Ariesyady ◽  
Mentari Rizki Mayanda ◽  
Tsukasa Ito

Activated sludge process is one of the wastewater treatment method that is applied for many wastewater types including painting process wastewater of automotive industry. This wastewater is well-known to have high heavy metals concentration which could deteriorate water environment if appropriate performance of the wastewater treatment could not be achieved. In this study, we monitored microbial community diversity in a Painting Biological Treatment (PBT) system. We applied a combination of cultivation and genotypic biological methods based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis to identify the diversity of active microbial community. The results showed that active microbes that could grow in this activated sludge system were dominated by Gram-negative bacteria. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis, it was revealed that their microbial diversity has close association with Bacterium strain E286, Isosphaera pallida, Lycinibacillus fusiformis, Microbacterium sp., Orchobactrum sp., Pseudomonas guariconensis, Pseudomonas sp. strain MR84, Pseudomonas sp. MC 54, Serpens sp., Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila, and Xylella fastidiosa with similarity of 86 – 99%. This findings reflects that microbial community in a Painting Biological Treatment (PBT) system using activated sludge process could adapt with xenobiotics in the wastewater and has a wide range of diversity indicating a complex metabolism mechanism in the treatment process.


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