Wastewater activated sludge

Textile wastewater Activated sludge and Over 90% decolorization was [17]... 

For an industrial wastewater activated-sludge process, the amount of bsCOD in the influent wastewater is 300 g/m3 and the influent nonbiodegradable suspended volatile solids (nbVSS) concentration is 50 g/m3. The influent flowrate is 1000 m3/d, the biomass concentration is 2000 g/m3, the reactor bsCOD concentration is 15 g/m3, and the reactor volume is 105 m3. If the cell debris fraction, / . 

Garcfa-Becerra, F. Y., Acosta, E. and Allen, D. G. (2009) Alkaline Extraction of wastewater activated sludge biosolids. Bioresour. Technol. (submitted). 

Phenol can be oxidi2ed and hence removed, ie, to levels <20 / g/L, from wastewater (248). Moreover, addition of potassium permanganate to the return activated sludge results in reduction of odors issued from the aeration tanks of conventional activated sludge wastewater treatment plants without any change occurring to the microbiology of the system (249). 

Wastewater. Phenol is a toxic poUutant to the waterways and has an acute toxicity (- 5 m g/L) to fish. Chlorination of water gives chlorophenols, which impart objectionable odor and taste at 0.01 mg/L. Biochemical degradation is most frequently used to treat wastewater containing phenol. Primary activated sludge, along with secondary biological treatment, reduces phenol content to below 0.1 mg/L (69). 

Incineration in an approved combustion plant is the preferred method of disposal. Wastewater from succinic acid processes is suitable for biological degradation by activated sludge (188). Polymeric sorbents (189) and ferric chloride treatment processes (190) can also be used for wastes containing... 

Process water streams from vinyl chloride manufacture are typically steam-stripped to remove volatile organics, neutralized, and then treated in an activated sludge system to remove any nonvolatile organics. If fluidized-bed oxychlorination is used, the process wastewater may also contain suspended catalyst fines and dissolved metals. The former can easily be removed by sedimentation, and the latter by precipitation. Depending on the specific catalyst formulation and outfall limitations, tertiary treatment may be needed to reduce dissolved metals to acceptable levels. 

Most carbon adsorption units use granular activated carbon (GAC). The powdered form of activated carbon (PAC) typically is less than 100 microns in diameter and may be used to reduce dioxins in incinerator emissions (2) and in the treatment of drinking water and wastewater treatment (see the section on "Activated Sludge"). 

Process Va.ria.tlons, There are many variations of the activated sludge process which have been developed in response to different wastewater... 

Biolog ic lRemoval. Certain organisms normally present in activated sludge have the abiUty to store phosphoms. The process configuration for bio-P removal involves an anaerobic step in which phosphoms is released and acetate taken up by the bio-P organisms. This is followed by an aerobic step in which phosphoms is rapidly taken up by the bio-P. Under proper operating conditions, soluble effluent phosphoms levels of 0.1 mg/L are achievable from municipal wastewater. 

Activated Sludge. There are several generic activated sludge processes presendy available. Complete Mix (CMAS) is appHcable to refractory-type wastewaters in which filamentous bulking is not a problem. This process has the advantage of dampening ductuations of induent wastewater quaUty. 

Fig. 2. Typical flow sheet for a domestic wastewater treatment plant utilizing the activated-sludge process.

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