污泥的处置及利用技术探讨

污泥是污水处理厂污水处理的2次产物,如处理不当将会造成2次污染。随着人们环保意识的不断增强与环保力度的加大,如何有效地进行污泥的处治与处置已成为国内外环境岩土工程界函待解决的主要热点问题之一。在总结国内外相关文献资料的基础上,对国内外常用的污泥处置及利用技术进行总结与归纳,包括污泥的填埋、焚烧、农业利用、固化以及生物修复技术等,并对各种处置方法的适用性与优、缺点作出科学的分析与评价,可为污泥及污染土的处置及利用提供一定的参考作用。     

Effect of extracellular polymeric substances on sludge reduction potential of Bacillus licheniformis

The disposal of wastewater sludge generated during the treatment of the various municipal and industrial wastewaters is a major environmental problem. In this study the thermophilic bacterium Bacillus licheniformis, which enhances the efficiency of sludge reduction, was isolated from waste activated sludge acclimated to 55 °C. The resulting suspended solids’ degradation was 12 % and chemical oxygen demand solubilization was 18 %. To further enhance the sludge reduction potential, extra polymeric substances, which play a major role in the formation of flocs, were removed. A chemical extractant, ethylenediaminetetraacetate that is also a cation binding agent, was used to remove the extra polymeric substances. After the removal of extra polymeric substances, the suspended solids’ degradation increased from 12 to 23 % and the chemical oxygen demand solubilization increased from 18 to 25 %. These observations confirm that Bacillus licheniformis enhanced sludge reduction in non-flocculated sludge (with the removal of extra polymeric substances) as compared to flocculated sludge (without the removal of extra polymeric substances).     

固化污泥的工程性质及微观结构特征

通过室内试验,向污泥中添加不同比例的石灰、土和粉煤灰,研究了不同配合比下固化污泥的工程性质。研究发现,采用适当的配合比情况下,固化污泥的强度可以满足填埋的要求,渗透性也有很大提高;采用冷冻干燥技术和扫描电镜研究了固化污泥的微观结构,发现固化后污泥的密实性有较大的提高,这是其强度提高的一个重要原因;应用分形几何的理论,对由扫描电镜获取的固化污泥微观结构图像进行了定量分析,结果表明,分形维数和强度之间有较强的正相关性。     

市政污泥真空预压模型试验研究

《城镇污水处理厂污泥处理处置技术规范》[1]执行前,市政污泥往往直接倾倒于填埋场形成污泥库,导致垃圾设计库容显著降低。为恢复填埋场库容,许多填埋场面临污泥库的原位加固处理。通过2组模型试验,探讨真空预压处理污泥的可行性。试验结果表明,真空预压后污泥含水率显著降低,强度提高至2~4 kPa;污泥排水固结系数随预压过程发展表现出非线性;排水板周围污泥含水率和渗透系数降低明显,阻碍离排水板较远处污泥排水固结,因此减少排水板间距可显著提高污泥处理效果;真空预压过程中污泥中孔压变化规律与常规淤泥质土有明显区别,特别是远离排水板的位置孔压消散幅度小,表明污泥中孔压消散规律不符合传统的太沙基固结理论;污泥真空预压过程中,间歇式通正气压会在处理初期阶段加快排水速率,但整体改善作用不明显;真空预压可作为污泥减量化的一种途径,如要满足后续堆载垃圾的要求,还需配合其他原位处理方法进一步提高强度。     

Treatment of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater in upflow anaerobic filter under low upflow velocity

The wastewater discharged by poultry slaughterhouse industries are characterized mainly by high biochemical oxygen demand, high suspended solids and complex mixture of fats, proteins and fibers requiring systematic treatment prior to disposal. In this study, the performance of an upflow anaerobic filter reactor for treating Indian poultry slaughterhouse wastewater under low upflow velocity of 1.38 m/day at mesophilic temperature (29-35 °C) was investigated. The reactor was inoculated with anaerobic non-granular sludge from an anaerobic reactor treating the poultry slaughterhouse wastewater. The reactor took 147 days for complete start-up with removal efficiencies of total chemical oxygen demand and soluble chemical oxygen demand of 70 and 79 % respectively. The maximum total chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency of 78 % was achieved at an organic loading rate of 10.05 kg/m³/day and at an hydraulic retention time of 12 h. The average methane content varied between 46 and 56 % and methane yield at maximum removal efficiency was 0.24 m³ CH₄/kg COD_removed·day. Sludge granules of 1–2 mm were observed in between the packing media. Scanning electron microscope analysis revealed that sludge granules are composed of clumps of Methanosarcina clustered with less intertwined Methanosaeta fibre of granules. The lower velocity used in this study has achieved better performance of the reactor by creating active microbial formation with stable pH upto an organic loading rate of 14.3 kg/m³/day. This has proved that the poultry slaughterhouse wastewater can be treated using anaerobic filter reactor under low upflow velocity.     

Applicability of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor for typical sewage of a small community: its biomass reactivation after shutdown

In this study, the characteristics of sewage of small community were determined for 6 months to ascertain the type of treatment required in subtropical conditions. The results demarcated sewage of this community as a medium-strength wastewater (chemical oxygen demand: 475 mg/L, biochemical oxygen demand: 240 mg/L and total suspended solids: 434 mg/L). Chemical oxygen demand to sulphate ratio of the sewage (11.6) established that it was amenable to anaerobic digestion. The temperature, strength, biodegradability and components of sewage were suitable for anaerobic digestion, and thus, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB) was selected for its treatment. These reactors are often shutdown in small communities due to environmental and/or socio-economic factors. The ability of two UASB reactors, seeded with cow dung (UASB_CD) and activated sludge of a dairy treatment plant (UASB_ASDIT) to restart after a long idle period of 12 months, was investigated along with sludge analysis by scanning electron microscope. Biomass in both reactors reactivated rapidly after shutdown period and within 30 days after substrate feeding achieved uniform removal efficiencies for chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, chloride and oil and grease. Chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency of both reactors became uniform and remained close to 80% after 30 days through reactivation of microbes in sludge bed due to adequate food and temperature conditions. During restart-up, at an average organic loading rate of 0.902 kg COD/m³ per day, methane yields of 0.091 and 0.084 m³/kg COD removed were achieved for UASB_CD and UASB_ASDIT reactors, respectively.     

处置库污泥工程特性测试研究

对某填埋场污泥库中取样的污泥进行了岩土工程特性测试,包括有机质含量、含水率、界限含水率、颗粒级配、渗透系数、压缩固结特性及抗剪强度等。试验结果表明,与常规淤泥相比,污泥库中经一段时间降解后污泥有机质含量及含水率较高,平均值分别为45%和520%;污泥在历时2 a的生物降解作用下,污泥含水率、有机质含量沿深度呈较为明显的减少趋势;污泥具有极高的压缩性,压缩系数a100-200高达7 MPa-1;污泥的固结表现为非线性大变形特性,其固结系数在10-5～10-6 cm2/s,比淤泥低1～2个数量级,固结系数随压力的增加而显著减少;污泥的抗剪强度参数较小,其黏聚力为0,内摩擦角为14.7°。有机质含量高是污泥高含水率、高液塑性指数、高压缩性,低渗透性、低固结系数及低抗剪强度的本质原因。以上成果可为污泥库的固化处置、稳定分析等提供必要的参数。     

纸浆渣烧结灰基本特性及其在污泥固化中的试验研究

国内每年产生大量的污泥,其无害化处理、废物重新利用的技术是解决疏浚污泥污染问题的必由之路,而污泥固化技术是其重要的途径。纸浆渣烧结灰自身所具有的吸水性和自硬性是一种研制廉价污泥固化剂配方的重要成分,是把造纸产业废弃物和生产废弃物同时再利用的环保工法,具有现实的研究价值。对纸浆渣烧结灰基本特性进行了试验研究,并在此基础上进行了污泥固化的试验研究,主要包括纸浆渣烧结灰酸碱度试验、吸水率试验、微观结构试验、抗剪强度试验和污泥固化土的无侧限抗压强度试验,结果表明,纸浆渣烧结灰呈弱碱性;吸水性随着压力的增大而减小,存在一个最小吸水率;抗剪强度随含水率的增加而减小,且具有自硬性。纸浆渣烧结灰可提高水泥固化污泥的无侧限抗压强度,并且水泥的掺入含量越高,其强度的提高越显著。     

冻结技术在水土重金属污染净化与修复中的应用及进展

随着工业化进程的加快,水土重金属污染事件逐渐增多,对其治理与修复成为当前的迫切工作。冻结技术在治理修复污染水土时,其修复过程只向地层输入“冷量”,属于绿色修复技术,无二次污染风险,受到越来越多的关注。详细总结了冻结技术的修复机理,及其在污水、污泥、重金属污染土壤治理修复中的应用现状和最新研究进展。冻结修复机理是通过冰的自净作用和固-液相平衡原理来实现污染物的定向驱赶和富集,而黏性土壤颗粒的吸附和阻滞作用使单一技术对重金属污染土壤的修复难度增大,其他修复手段与冻结技术联合处理成为一种新的思路。利用冻结土体的低渗透性,还可有效降低污染物的迁移速度,封闭不同种类污染物,形成阻隔污染物扩散的冻结屏障。冻结修复技术在水土重金属污染净化及修复领域具有良好的应用前景。     

疏浚淤泥的土工材料化处理技术的试验与探讨

疏浚淤泥的弃埋会产生环境问题,如何进行处理是国内外十分关注的问题。采用固化及轻量化处理技术开发再生土工材料,具有广阔的应用前景。根据室内试验,研究了不同配比的淤泥固化土和轻量化土的无侧限抗压强度和密度,并分析了固化和轻量化的强度形成机理。疏浚淤泥土工材料化处理在技术上是可行的,且具有废物利用和保护环境的优点,可带来良好的环境效益和社会效益。     

Preservation of thermophilic mixed culture for anaerobic palm oil mill effluent treatment by convective drying methods

The generation of huge amount of liquid waste known as palm oil mill effluent is a major problem in oil palm industry. Meanwhile, anaerobic biodegradation of such organic effluent at thermophilic condition is a promising treatment technology due to its high efficiency. However, storage and transportation of thermophilic mixed culture sludge are challenging due to constant biogas generation and heating requirement. Hence, drying of thermophilic sludge was conducted to obtain dormant thermophiles and thus enables easier handling. In this study, thermophilic sludge was dried using heat pump at 22 and 32 °C as well as hot air oven at 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C. Subsequently, quality of dried sludge was examined based on most probable number enumeration, chemical oxygen demand, and methane yield. Average drying rate was found to increase from 3.21 to 17.84 g H₂O/m² min as drying temperatures increases while average moisture diffusivity values ranges from 5.07 × 10^?9 to 4.34 × 10^?8 m²/s. Oven drying of thermophilic mixed culture resulted in highest chemical oxygen demand removal and lowest log reduction of anaerobes at 53.41% and 2.16, respectively, while heat pump drying resulted in the highest methane yield and lowest log reduction of methanogens at 53.4 ml CH₄/g COD and 2.09, respectively. To conclude, heat pump at 22 °C was most suitable drying technique for thermophilic mixed culture as the original methane-producing capability was largely retained after drying, at a slightly lower yet still comparable chemical oxygen demand removal when palm oil mill effluent was treated with the rehydrated culture.     

Enhanced bioremoval of refractory compounds from dyeing wastewater using optimized sequential anaerobic/aerobic process

The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process followed by the biological aerated filter process was employed to improve the removal of color and recalcitrant compounds from real dyeing wastewater. The highest removal efficiency for color was observed in the anaerobic process, at 8-h hydraulic retention time, seeded with the sludge granule. In the subsequent aerobic process packed with the microbe-immobilized polyethylene glycol media, the removal efficiency for chemical oxygen demand increased significantly to 75 %, regardless of the empty bed contact time. The average influent non-biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand was 517 mg/L, and the average concentration in effluent from the anaerobic reactor was 363 mg/L, suggesting the removal of some recalcitrant matters together with the degradable ones. The average non-biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand in effluent from the aerobic reactor was 87, 93, and 118 mg/L, with the removal efficiency of 76, 74, and 67 %, at 24-, 12-, and 8-h empty bed contact time, respectively. The combined anaerobic sludge blanket and aerobic cell-entrapped process was effective to remove the refractory compounds from real dyeing wastewater as well as in reducing organic loading to meet the effluent discharge limits. This integrated process is considered an effective and economical treatment technology for dyeing wastewater.     

污泥掺入生活垃圾后的力学特性试验研究

填埋是污泥消化处置的方法之一,由于污泥的工程特性较特殊,填埋会引发很多环境岩土工程问题。考虑到填埋工程会进行分层碾压铺填,在标准击实试验的击实功下制备试样,通过污泥与垃圾土混合后的直接剪切试验、渗透特性试验,考虑淋滤液和降解产气压力共同影响,进行边坡稳定分析。结果表明：污泥和垃圾混合后的强度比垃圾土的强度低,比污泥的强度高,改善了污泥的强度特性;污泥掺入垃圾后的渗透系数与垃圾土的渗透系数相当,没有劣化垃圾土的渗透特性,但比污泥的渗透系数有显著提高;随着污泥掺量的增加,边坡安全系数会先提高后降低,因此,应结合试验和稳定计算结果,确定实际工程的污泥掺入比;考虑降解产气对边坡稳定的影响,安全系数会降低约15%～20%。     

Chemical oxygen demand fractions of municipal wastewater for modeling of wastewater treatment

When a new wastewater treatment plant is being designed by computer simulation, detailed data about organic fractions of influent wastewater (measured as chemical oxygen demand) are usually not available, but knowledge of the typical ranges of these fractions is indispensable. The influent chemical oxygen demand fractions can substantially influence the results of simulation-based design such as reactor volumes, solids residence time, effluent quality, oxygen demand, sludge production, etc. This article attempts to give an overview of wastewater organic fractions as modeling parameters and presents new chemical oxygen demand fractionation results from Hungary. According to the data from literature, the ratio of chemical oxygen demand components in raw wastewater is very different and the average composition is as follows: Inert particulate =17.1 %, slowly biodegradable = 57.9 %, inert soluble = 7.8 % and readily biodegradable = 17.5 %. The Hungarian wastewater samples were analyzed according to STOWA (Dutch foundation for applied water research) protocol and the obtained results were not much different from those of literature ( inert particulate = 23.7 %, slowly biodegradable = 49.8 %, inert soluble = 4.6 % and readily biodegradable = 21.9 %), but some typical characteristics were observed.     

粉煤灰污泥添加剂对地下水质影响的模拟研究

通过测定土柱和淋洗液中重金属的含量,研究石灰岩质土壤应用粉煤灰污泥添加剂改良后重金属在土壤剖面上的分布移动特征及对地下水质的影响.结果表明:仅试验层内除As和Ni外,Zn、Cd、Pb、Cu、Cr、Hg含量明显增加,未出现明显向下移动的趋势;同时重金属淋出量明显增加,但未超过地下水Ⅲ级标准.初步认为与添加剂自身、重金属的特性及石灰岩质土壤滤层的截固作用相关.粉煤灰污泥经过合理的配施和预处理应用于石灰岩质矿区退化土壤的改良,短期内不会对地下水的质量产生明显的影响.     

A coupled ozonation–electrooxidation treatment for removal of bisphenol A,nonylphenol and triclosan from wastewater sludge

Organic emerging micropollutants are persistent during the biological process used in treatment plants and have the tendency to accumulate in the sludge. Since a common method of final sludge disposal is the land application, there are potential risks associated with the presence of contaminants within the sludge. In this work, the removal efficiency of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, namely bisphenol A, nonylphenol and triclosan from sludge was investigated using ozonation and electrooxidation using boron-doped diamond electrodes. Both procedures were studied to determine the optimal conditions (pH, current density and ozone flow) for removing these chemicals in an hour. With the obtained conditions, a coupled system ozonation–electrooxidation was used with the goal to have better pollutant elimination. Results indicate that these compounds could be effectively removed by the coupled system; the diminutions were Bisphenol A 86%, nonylphenol 68% and triclosan 67%. Also improvements in the quality of aqueous phase were obtained, and for instance, the chemical oxygen demand, color and turbidity, were abated in 62, 61 and 66%, respectively. Moreover, an additional advantage of the coupled system is the absence of any secondary pollution.     

含砷地下水的治理技术现状与进展

【研究目的】 全世界有70多个国家的上亿人口面临高砷地下水的威胁,长期饮用高砷地下水会导致慢性砷中毒,诱发癌症,严重危害身体健康。地下水中砷的浓度分布和变化是受到沉积环境、气象水文、矿物环境、人类活动影响等多种因素共同作用的结果,因此需要从砷的不同理化性质特征进行着手,选择适当且有针对性的治理技术。【研究方法】 基于现阶段含砷地下水的污染现状,综合考虑去除量、处理成本、修复速率、可逆性等多种因素,分析含砷地下水的治理现状与进展。【研究结果】 本文全面地介绍含砷地下水治理技术,涵盖了化学氧化、混凝沉淀、吸附、离子交换、膜技术和生物修复等修复方式的研究成果,展现了不同类型处理方式对地下水中砷的去除效果,总结各技术发挥除砷效果的内在机理及最新优化措施,并对含砷地下水治理技术的发展趋势进行了展望,以期为含砷地下水的综合整治提供有意义的参考。【结论】 目前的砷污染水处理技术存在诸多缺陷,产生的废物或污泥可能成为二次污染的潜在来源。因此,为了更好地保护环境免受As的影响,需要新的混合技术以及对 As 负载废物/污泥的安全处置方法。缺乏饮用水安全意识和偏远地区的适用性也给砷的治理带来了挑战,因此需要一种价格合理、易于构建、在社区或家庭层面运行的技术来解决这个问题。     

Moving bed biofilm reactor to treat wastewater

This review carries out a comparative study of advanced technologies to design, upgrade and rehabilitate wastewater treatment plants. The study analyzed the relevant researches in the last years about the moving bed biofilm reactor process with only attached biomass and with hybrid biomass, which combined attached and suspended growth; both could be coupled with a secondary settling tank or microfiltration/ultrafiltration membrane as a separation system. The physical process of membrane separation improved the organic matter and NH₄ ⁺-N removal efficiencies compared with the settling tank. In particular, the pure moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor showed average chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand on the fifth day and total nitrogen removal efficiencies of 88.32, 90.84 and 60.17%, respectively, and the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor had mean chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand on the fifth day and total nitrogen reduction percentages of 91.18, 97.34 and 68.71%, respectively. Moreover, the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor showed the best efficiency regarding organic matter removal for low hydraulic retention times, so this system would enable the rehabilitation of activated sludge plants and membrane bioreactors that did not comply with legislation regarding organic matter removal. As the pure moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor performed better than the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor concerning the total nitrogen removal under low hydraulic retention times, this system could be used to adapt wastewater treatment plants whose effluent was flowed into sensitive zones where total nitrogen concentration was restricted. This technology has been reliably used to upgrade overloaded existing conventional activated sludge plants, to treat wastewater coming from textile, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, paper mill or hospital effluents, to treat wastewater containing recalcitrant compounds efficiently, and to treat wastewater with high salinity and/or low and high temperatures.     

National-scale Assessment of Current and Future Flood Risk in England and Wales

In recent years, through the availability of remotely sensed data and other national datasets, it has become possible to conduct national-scale flood risk assessment in England and Wales. The results of this type of risk analysis can be used to inform policy-making and prioritisation of resources for flood management. It can form the starting point for more detailed strategic and local-scale flood risk assessments. The national-scale risk assessment methodology outlined in this paper makes use of information on the location, standard of protection and condition of flood defences in England and Wales, together with datasets of floodplain extent, topography, occupancy and asset values. The flood risk assessment was applied to all of England and Wales in 2002 at which point the expected annual damage from flooding was estimated to be approximately £1 billion. This figure is comparable with records of recent flood damage. The methodology has subsequently been applied to examine the effects of climate and socio-economic change 50 and 80 years in the future. The analysis predicts increasing flood risk unless current flood management policies, practices and investment levels are changed – up to 20-fold increase in real terms economic risk by the 2080s in the scenario with highest economic growth. The increase is attributable primarily to a combination of climate change (in particular sea level rise and increasing precipitation in parts of the UK) and increasing economic vulnerability.     

Treatment of oily sludge by advanced oxidation process

For treating oily sludge, wet peroxide oxidation (WPO) and catalytic wet oxidation (CWO) were investigated. The CWO experiment was carried out in a 0.5?L batch reactor using FeCl₃ as catalyst. By using WPO, the effects of reaction parameters such as residence time, temperature, H₂O₂ excess, and initial COD were investigated. The results demonstrated that >80?% chemical oxygen demand (COD) was removed by CWO and >90?% COD was removed by WPO. Significantly, more of COD could be removed from the oily sludge by adding H₂O₂ in small doses. In conclusion, WPO was much more effective in the removal of organic compounds from oily sludge.