Effect of biological additives and micronutrients on the anaerobic digestion of physicochemical sludge

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Noyola ◽  
A. Tinajero
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Volatile Solid ◽  
The Third ◽  
Waste Sludge ◽  
Aluminium Sulfate ◽  
Batch Tests ◽  
Thermophilic Digestion

Two additives (lyophilized bacilli and enzymes) and a solution of micronutrients (Fe, Co, Ni and Mo) were tried separately and in combination, in order to assess their effect on the anaerobic digestion of waste sludge from an enhanced primary treatment (EPT) of municipal wastewater. Three batch tests were carried out in serological bottles. In the first test, addition of bacilli increased production of methane from day 11 and at day 17 the production was 95% greater than the control. In that experiment, the concentration of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) was 1,391 mg/L, 40% lower than the control. In the second test, the combination of micronutrients with bacilli, reached from the first days a better methane production than the control, 167% higher in day 17. At the end of the experiment, this combination achieved a lower concentration of VFAs and a greater percentage of volatile solid removal than the rest of the treatments. The third test was based on an experimental design in order to statistically determine the best doses of bacilli additive and micronutrients. The anaerobic thermophilic digestion of sludge from aluminium sulfate EPT will be improved with the addition of Fe: 4.5 mg/g VS, Ni: 0.75 mg/g VS, Co: 0.45 mg/g VS, Mo: 0.09 mg/g VS and bacilli additive: 12 mg/g VS.

Removal of helminth eggs and fecal coliforms by anaerobic thermophilic sludge digestion

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Cabirol ◽  
M. Rojas Oropeza ◽  
A. Noyola
Keyword(s):  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Fecal Coliforms ◽  
Volatile Fraction ◽  
Waste Sludge ◽  
Biological Sludge ◽  
Sludge Stabilization ◽  
Sludge Digestion ◽  
Helminth Eggs ◽  
Thermophilic Conditions ◽  
Thermophilic Digestion

Anaerobic digestion of two types of waste sludge was applied in order to assess the suitability of thermophilic conditions for the stabilization of organic matter and removal of fecal coliforms and helminth eggs. Feeding sludge was taken from an activated sludge municipal facility (BS) and from an enhanced primary treatment municipal plant (EPT). As an accompanying experiment, mesophilic digesters were also operated. The four digesters (M1, M2, T1, T2) had a 5 litre volume and an egg shape. A highly stabilized material was obtained at both temperatures with BS type of sludge, taking the reduction of volatile fraction of suspended solids (%RVSS) as indicator (84% for M1 and 74% for T1). In general, EPT sludge was a more difficult substrate, if compared with BS sludge; thermophilic condition was better adapted than mesophilic for this kind of sludge. Satisfactory reductions on counts of fecal coliforms and helminth eggs were achieved under thermophilic digestion for both types of feeding sludge. T1 digester, fed with biological sludge, removed fecal coliforms below 1000 MPN/gTS and helminth eggs down to 0.28 HELarval/gTS, at an HRT of 20 days. As a general conclusion, anaerobic thermophilic digestion may be an appropriate option for sludge stabilization, in order to meet EPA Class A biosolids final disposal regulations. However, further research is needed in order to consistently remove helminth eggs and fecal coliforms from waste sludge at shorter hydraulic retention times.

scholarly journals Temperature-Phased Biological Hydrolysis and Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment for Anaerobic Digestion Performance Enhancement

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beraki Bahre Mehari ◽  
Sheng Chang ◽  
Youngseck Hong ◽  
Han Chen
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Thermal Hydrolysis ◽  
Soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Effects Of Temperature

Thermal hydrolysis (TH) and biological hydrolysis (BH) are two main and growing anaerobic digestion pretreatment technologies. In this study, municipal wastewater sludge samples were collected from the Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Ontario, Canada. The effects of temperature on BH treatment, including BH at 42 °C (BH42), 42 °C followed by 55 °C (BH42+55), 55 °C followed by 42 °C (BH55+42), and 55 °C (BH55) were evaluated for anaerobic digestion performance enhancement and compared with TH treatment at 165 °C. The TH, BH42, BH42+55, BH55+42, and BH55 treatments caused the reduction of volatile suspended solids (VSS) by 22.6%, 17.5%, 24.6%, 23.1%, and 25.9%, respectively. The soluble chemical oxygen demand (sCOD) content of the sludge increased by 377.5%, 323.8%, 301.3%, 286.9%, and 221.7% by the TH, BH55, BH42+55, BH55+42, and BH42 treatments, respectively. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) constituted around 40% of the sCOD in the BH-treated sludge and 6% in the TH-treated sludge. The cumulative methane yields (NmLCH4/g COD fed) of sludge treated by BH55+42 and TH were respectively 23% and 20% higher than that of the untreated sludge. For BH pretreatment, sludge treated by BH55+42 produced more methane than those treated by BH42+55, BH55, and BH42. The methane yields of the combined sludge treated by the TH and BH55+42 treatments were in the ranges of 248.9 NmLCH4/g COD to 266.1 NmLCH4/g COD fed, and 255.3 NmLCH4/g COD to 282.2 NmLCH4/g COD fed, respectively.

scholarly journals Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion of Waste-Activated Sludge by Conductive Materials under High Volatile Fatty Acids-to-Alkalinity Ratios

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
Paolo S. Calabrò ◽  
Filippo Fazzino ◽  
Carlo Limonti ◽  
Alessio Siciliano
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Steel Scrap ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Conductive Materials ◽  
Stable Conditions

Anaerobic digestion (AD) represents a suitable option for the management of the waste-activated sludge (WAS) produced in municipal wastewater treatment plants. Nevertheless, due to its complex characteristics, WAS is often barely degradable under conventional anaerobic processes. The use of conductive materials during AD provides a promising route for enhancing WAS digestion, through the effects of direct inter-species electron transfer (DIET). The present paper aims to evaluate the effects of the addition of four different materials—granular activated carbon (GAC), granular iron, and aluminium and steel scrap powders—in semi-continuous lab-scale reactors under very high volatile fatty acids-to-alkalinity ratios. In particular, the use of metallic aluminium in WAS digestion was investigated for the first time and compared to the other materials. The AD of WAS without the addition of conductive materials was impossible, while the use of steel powder and zero-valent iron is shown not to improve the digestion process in a satisfactory way. On the contrary, both GAC and Al allow for effective WAS degradation. At stable conditions, methane yields of about 230 NmLCH4/gVS and 212 NmLCH4/gVS are recorded for GAC- and Al-amended reactors, respectively. These two materials are the most promising in sustaining WAS AD through DIET also in case of unbalanced volatile fatty acids-to-alkalinity ratios.

scholarly journals Modeling of Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Sludge Waste using Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1)

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 18-19
Author(s):  
Taekjun Lee ◽  
Young Haeng Lee
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Water Association ◽  
Sludge Waste ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Gas Volume

Anaerobic digestion model no. 1 (ADM1) model of international water association was applied to a lab-scale thermophilic anaerobic digestion process for the treatment of activated sludge wastes originating from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The aim of the present study is to compare the results obtained from the simulation with the experimental values. The simulated results showed a good fit for cumulative produced methane gas volume and the concentration profile of total volatile fatty acids (VFAs).

scholarly journals Influence of combined sulfachloropyridazine sodium and zinc on enzyme activities and biogas production during anaerobic digestion of swine manure

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 2733-2741
Author(s):  
Ranran Zhang ◽  
Jie Gu ◽  
Xiaojuan Wang ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Xiaxia Tuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Urease Activity ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Batch Tests

Abstract In order to study the influence of different concentrations of zinc and sulfachloropyridazine sodium (SCPS) on anaerobic digestion (AD) during biogas production, we determined the levels of urease, dehydrogenase activity, and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in batch tests. The experiments were conducted in small AD devices at a temperature of 37 °C using swine manure and wheat straw as raw materials. Four digestion trials were performed using different zinc and SCPS contents: control digestion with no additives (CK), SCPS at 630 mg kg−1 dry weight (S), SCPS at 630 mg kg−1 with zinc at 500 mg kg−1 dry weight (SL), and SCPS at 630 mg kg−1 with zinc at 5,000 mg kg−1 dry weight (SH). The biogas accumulation under S was 1.7 times that with CK, while SL and SH produced 78% and 35% of that under S, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that the accumulated biogas was significantly negatively correlated (p < 0.05) with VFAs, and the urease activity was significantly negatively correlated (p < 0.01) with zinc and significantly positively correlated with VFAs (p < 0.05). The dehydrogenase activity was strongly correlated (p < 0.01) with the biogas accumulated during the AD of swine manure.

Anaerobic Digestion of Primary Sludge Containing Iron Phosphate

1973 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Jack ◽  
G.J. Farquhar ◽  
G.M. Cornwall
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Iron Phosphate ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Task Group ◽  
Iron Compounds ◽  
Primary Sludge ◽  
Group Report ◽  
Aluminum Compounds

Abstract The importance of phosphorus as a nutrient in the eutrophication of lakes and rivers has been well established (Fruh 1967). It has been shown in addition that a significant amount of this phosphorus arises from the discharge of treated and untreated municipal wastewater (Task Group Report 1967). Consequently, measures are being taken, notably in the Province of Ontario, for removal of phosphorus from wastewater by means of chemical precipitation. Chemicals exhibiting satisfactory phosphorus removal include lime, iron compounds and aluminum compounds (Leckie and Stumm 1970; Schmid 1968; Wuhrman 1968).

Effects of Various Sewage Sludge Treatment Processes on the Survival of Potato Cyst-Nematodes (Globodera spp.) and the Implications for Disposal

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 909-916
Author(s):  
A. M. Spaull ◽  
D. M. McCormack ◽  
E. B. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Potato Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Cyst Nematodes ◽  
Sludge Treatment ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Sewage Sludge Treatment ◽  
Thermophilic Digestion ◽  
C 30 ◽  
Effluent Exposure ◽  
Potato Crops

Samples of sewage sludges, taken over a 12-month period from 9 Scottish sewage works, contained on average 0.24 cysts of Globodera spp. (potato cyst-nematodes) of which 11% were viable. The incidence was not significantly related to season or to the presence of vegetable-processing effluent. Exposure of cysts in sludge to mesophilic anaerobic digestion (35 °C, 30 min) cold anaerobic digestion (9 weeks), pasteurisation (70 °C, 30 min) and aerobic thermophilic digestion (60 °C, ld) reduced viability of eggs within the cysts by almost 100%. Sludges so treated can therefore be considered to be free from infection risk to potato crops, although the non-infective cysts may still be recovered. Treatment with lime at pH 11.5 (20 °C, 24 h), by aerobic stabilisation in an oxidation ditch (7 weeks) and by activated-sludge treatment (5d) did not reduced viability acceptably. Accelerated cold digestion did not reduce viability sufficiently after the usual 15 weeks but rendered eggs completely non-viable after 21 weeks. The results show that even sludge treated to destroy viable cysts should not be applied to land used for growing seed potatoes and subject to testing for freedom from infestation. Treatment destroying viability should increase the acceptability of sludge for ware potato growers, although the numbers of cysts applied in untreated sludge would be unlikely to increase significantly levels of cysts in soils already infested.

Influence of hydrothermal pretreatment conditions, typology of anaerobic digestion system, and microbial profile in the production of volatile fatty acids from olive mill solid waste

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 105055
Author(s):  
Yasmim Arantes da Fonseca ◽  
Nayara Clarisse Soares Silva ◽  
Adonai Bruneli de Camargos ◽  
Silvana de Queiroz Silva ◽  
Hector Javier Luna Wandurraga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Microbial Profile ◽  
Olive Mill Solid Waste ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
Olive Mill
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