MIMO control application for pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment by electrocoagulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 200-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sule Camcioglu ◽  
Baran Ozyurt ◽  
Hale Hapoglu
2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim J Dumonceaux ◽  
Janet E Hill ◽  
Carl P Pelletier ◽  
Michael G Paice ◽  
Andrew G Van Kessel ◽  
...  

We examined the microbial community structure and quantified the levels of the filamentous bulking organism Thiothrix eikelboomii in samples of activated sludge mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) from Canadian pulp and paper mills. Libraries of chaperonin 60 (cpn60) gene sequences were prepared from MLSS total microbial community DNA and each was compared with cpnDB, a reference database of cpn60 sequences (http://cpndb.cbr.nrc.ca) for assignment of taxonomic identities. Sequences similar to but distinct from the type strain of T. eikelboomii AP3 (ATCC 49788T) (~89% identity over 555 bp) were recovered at high frequency from a mill sample that was experiencing bulking problems at the time of sample collection, which corresponded to microscopic observations using fluorescent in situ hybridization with commercially available 16S rDNA-based probes. We enumerated this strain in five mill-derived MLSS samples using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and found that two samples had high levels of the bulking strain (>1012genomes/g MLSS) and two contained lower but detectable levels of this organism. None of the mill samples contained cpn60 sequences that were identical to the type strain of T. eikelboomii. This technique shows promise for monitoring pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment systems by detecting and enumerating this strain of T. eikelboomii, which may be specific to pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment systems.Key words: activated sludge, biological treatment, bulking; chaperonin 60, cpn60, filamentous bacteria, mixed liquor suspended solids, microbial communities, 021N, qPCR, settling, Thiothrix.


2018 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Yuliani ◽  
R. Agustiningsih ◽  
H. S. Halimatul Munawaroh ◽  
N. F. Rahmi

Effluents from pulp and paper mill typically consist of high loading of inorganics compounds (e.g., Na2CO3, Na2S, NaOH and NaCl) and organics compounds (e.g., lignin and polysaccharides fragments, alcohols, carboxylic acids) Several methods, such as biological, physical and chemical treatment, have been reported to degrade these molecules. However, coagulation is by far the cheapest, simplest and most common method employed for secondary wastewater treatment to reduce colour and organics. In this research, two most widely used methods were employed to treat a model wastewater of pulp and paper industry, namely a combination of coagulation-flocculation-UV irradiation/H2O2 and electrocoagulation (EC). In the application of coagulation-flocculation-UV irradiation/H2O2 method, the decrease in colour (measured as absorbance at 500 nm) was 71%, and the COD removal was measured to be 38% under the optimum conditions of pH 8, coagulant dose of 700 ppm, flocculant dose of 60 ppm, 130 rpm of coagulant stirring rate, 1 day irradiation time, and 25 mM of H2O2. For the EC method, 91% reduction of color and 84% reduction of COD were achieved at 40 min of electrolysis time, pH of 8, 600 ppm of NaCl concentration, electrode distance of 1.5 cm and 2 V of voltage. The EC method may serve as an efficient method for color and organics removals from pulp and paper mill wastewater.


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