干化床和芦苇床稳定污泥过程中的腐殖化特征

通过现场实验，考查污泥干化床和污泥干化芦苇床稳定污泥过程中的腐殖质变化特征，重点分析了污泥腐殖化率和污泥腐殖化指数的变化情况。系统运行了3年，包括前2年的污泥负荷期和第3年的自然稳定期，检测分析在第3年进行。实验结果表明，污泥腐殖质含量历月变化不大，基本在1．1％～2．1％范围；总体上污泥的腐殖化率具有上升趋势，同一时间样品芦苇床中污泥的腐殖化率略高于干化床；污泥腐殖化指数呈上升趋势，但芦苇床略低于传统于化床；4-11月，干化床中的污泥腐殖化指数从0．079升高到0．742，芦苇床从0．042升高到0．715。经过3Y的稳定化处理，污泥的腐殖化程度和腐熟度得到有效提高。     

污泥干化芦苇床中的渗滤液水质变化特征

对3个中试规模的高有机质剩余污泥干化床中污泥渗滤液水质变化特征进行了为期2年的实验研究。Ⅰ单元作为对照床,未种植植物;Ⅱ单元和Ⅲ单元种植芦苇。Ⅰ单元和Ⅱ单元底部充填炉渣,通过穿孔PVC通风管与大气相连通,目的是通过床体填料空隙提供氧气。3个干化床按照如下周期运行:进泥大约半小时,闲置1周,污泥负荷平均为41.3kg TSS/(m2·a)。实验结果表明,污泥干化芦苇床去除污泥渗滤液中的有机物较传统干化床更有效,通风结构有利于有机物的降解;3个床体的污泥渗滤液总磷浓度均高于进泥,但两个芦苇床渗滤液总磷浓度较低,可能的原因是较传统干化床多了植物吸收作用。根据实验数据分析,3个床体中都发生了氨化、硝化和反硝化作用,单元Ⅲ获得了最高的总氮去除率30.38%,Ⅱ单元和Ⅰ单元获得的总氮去除率分别为25.47%和20.59%。高有机质剩余污泥渗滤液仍含有较高的污染物浓度,需回流至污水处理单元进行进一步处理。     

沸石粉在污泥生态床中的应用研究

研究了不同沸石粉投加比例对污泥脱水、沉降、干化时间、污泥生态床中植物根部干重的影响,最终选定沸石粉投加比例为6%。在此投加比例下,对污泥生态床中的氮磷含量进行了测定,结果表明,黄花鸢尾床与芦苇床,总磷含量下降分别为13.2%和12.2%;总氮含量下降分别为48.3%和49.2%;硝氮含量下降分别为67.2%和70.2%。     

基于mcrA基因分析污泥干化芦苇床中产甲烷菌的多样性

基于mcr A基因探讨污泥干化芦苇床稳定污泥过程中的产甲烷菌多样性,利用PCR-DGGE技术分析不同时期、不同干化床污泥中产甲烷菌群落变化。DGGE图谱聚类分析发现,同一时期不同干化床污泥中产甲烷菌群落相似度较高;而同一干化床、不同时期污泥中的产甲烷菌群落有显著的差异。结果表明,污泥干化芦苇床中产甲烷菌的优势种属主要随芦苇生长时期和污泥稳定化时间的延长而改变。基于序列和系统发育树分析,干化床污泥样品中主要的产甲烷优势菌属是甲烷杆菌属(Methanobacterium),甲烷微菌属(Methanomicrobium),表明有通气结构的芦苇床更能有效抑制产甲烷菌的生长,进而有利于减少甲烷的排放。     

不同有机质含量进泥的污泥干化芦苇床运行效能

污泥干化芦苇床是将人工湿地和污泥干化床进行有机结合,形成的一种新型污泥处理系统。系统运行时,周期性地将污泥布向湿地表面,水经填料层向下渗滤,并经由底部排水管流出;污泥中的固体物质被截留在填料层上面,通过蒸发蒸腾作用进一步脱水。通过系统地考察不同有机质含量剩余污泥在污泥干化芦苇床中的稳定化效果,总结并对比分析了污泥干化芦苇床对不同原泥的矿化程度、氮磷等营养物质的去除、微污染有机物的降解以及温室气体排放等。经过2年的布泥期和1年的稳定期,污泥有机质得到有效处理,高、低有机质含量污泥的稳定化程度分别达到54.50%和58.20%,满足GB 18918-2002中稳定化污泥标准的要求,同时高于GB 8712-1987(10%)的城镇垃圾农用控制标准要求。污泥氮磷含量仍然处于较高水平,可作为植物性营养元素;其中高、低有机质含量污泥中氮的含量分别从7.10%降到3.10%和从2.52%降到0.98%。微污染有机物如多环芳烃得到有效去除,高、低有机质含量污泥中多环芳烃分别去除了67.28%和32.64%,其中湿地植物芦苇起到了积极作用;监测结果表明,污泥干化芦苇床会释放一定量的温室气体,其中CO_2释放量为16.5~65.2 g·(m~2·d)~(-1),CH_4释放量为0.43~1.95 g·(m~2·d)~(-1),用CO_2来衡量CH_4的全球变暖趋势,污泥干化芦苇床CO_2释放量为15.02 g·(m~2·d)~(-1)。     

湿污泥在流化床中干燥特性

在鼓泡流化床干燥器内,床料采用0～1 mm的石英砂,以热空气作为干燥介质,对城市污水污泥的流态化干燥特性进行实验研究。通过控制送风温度、流化风量、加料量、污泥粒径等参数,研究在不同工况条件下床温以及干污泥含水率的变化情况。结果表明,随着送风温度的升高,床温升高,干污泥含水率下降,最终趋向于一个稳定值8%。床温随流化风量的增加先是减小而后升高,干污泥的含水率随流化风量的增加先是降低而后增大。当加料量从11 kg/h增加到13kg/h时,干污泥的含水率基本没有变化,当加料量超过13 kg/h时,干污泥的含水率从8.1%开始呈递增趋势。随污泥粒径的增大,床温升高,干污泥含水率也随之升高。     

小城镇污水处理厂污泥土壤化植物床的运行

随着我国污水处理率不断提高,污泥产量快速增加,污泥的资源化利用问题日益突出。针对这一问题,采用污泥土壤化植物床技术处理小城镇污水厂污泥。通过一个小试装置和4个中试单元,对植物床处理过程中的污泥泥质以及滤液水质变化进行了分析,研究比较了甜象草床、芦苇床、香蒲床对污泥的处理效果。研究表明,污泥土壤化植物床对投加到其中的污泥会产生一系列复杂作用,有助于污泥脱水和稳定化,同时能有效地对污泥渗滤液进行截流净化。     

蚯蚓与微生物协同处理对剩余污泥腐殖化特征的影响

对污水生物处理产生的剩余污泥分别采用碱提取法和Adani法(有机溶剂加酸水解)提取腐殖酸,通过元素分析、红外光谱和三维荧光光谱比较,确定Adani法提取的腐殖酸非腐殖质成分含量较低,可以较好地表征剩余污泥中腐殖酸特性。进而采用Adani法提取蚯蚓生物滤池处理剩余污泥的原泥和出泥中的腐殖酸,研究蚯蚓与微生物协同处理对剩余污泥腐殖化特征的影响。元素分析、E4/E6及三维荧光光谱分析结果表明:与原泥腐殖酸相比,出泥腐殖酸中蛋白质等有机物得到有效降解,腐殖物质明显增多,其腐殖酸分子量、芳香化和缩聚程度均较高;蚯蚓生物滤池出泥腐殖化程度明显提高。     

污水处理厂污泥干化焚烧处理可行性分析

以绍兴污水处理厂脱水污泥为研究对象,通过实验分析了污泥进行干化焚烧处理的可行性。对污泥泥质进行分析,采用桨叶式污泥干化机对污泥的热干化特性、干化过程污染排放特性进行研究,使用流化床污泥焚烧试验装置对污泥焚烧工况及焚烧过程中污染物的排放特征进行研究,结果表明,绍兴污水处理厂脱水污泥的泥质特征与大多数污水污泥类似,灰分较高、发热量较低,需干化后才可实现稳定燃烧;污泥在小型桨叶式污泥干化机内的干化速率最高达到0.6kg/(m2·min),并随污泥干化的进行而逐渐降低;干化过程产生的常规污染气体中氨气浓度最高,可达170 mg/Nm3;污泥干化冷凝水的COD高达820 mg/L,氨氮等指标也很高。污泥干化系统的设计需充分考虑污泥热干化过程中气体和液体污染物的排放,设置相应的处理设施。污泥干化至含水率30%时,可在不投加辅助燃料的情况下实现流化床焚烧炉内的焚烧处理,干化污泥焚烧时需关注烟气中常规污染气体和重金属的控制,焚烧灰渣浸出毒性未超过国标限值。     

厌氧膨胀床处理低浓度污水的污泥颗粒和生物活性变化

污泥的聚集形态和活性，是影响厌氧反应器处理效率的关键因素。通过对厌氧膨胀床反应器（anaerobicex—pandedblanketreactor，AEBR）处理低浓度城镇污水在启动和稳定运行期的污泥活性研究，AEBR在启动运行期内，接种颗粒污泥为适应低浓度基质条件，污泥粒径经历从大变小，再重新颗粒化粒径变大的过程。在运行期第103天，粒径小于1000μm污泥的体积比达到44．7％，平均粒径为952μm，到运行期第173天，粒径小于1000μm污泥的体积比降为28％，平均粒径达1179μm，污泥重新颗粒化完成。颗粒污泥适应新的环境后，单位重量污泥的最大比产甲烷活性（specificmetha．nogensisactivity，SMA）值和胞外聚合物含量增加，分别达到112mLCH4／（gVSS·d）和215mg／gVSS。在处理实际城镇污水的AEBR反应器内，辅酶F420含量可以有效指示污泥样品的产甲烷活性，AEBR反应器不同高度位置的污泥活性不一样，反应器底部污泥活性低于中上部区域污泥的活性。     

预制床技术在油泥(砂)处理中的应用

采用预制床生物修复技术首次对江苏油田3个井站的罐底油泥(砂)和三相分离器废油泥(砂)进行工艺研究,建立了运行稳定的处理与利用现场示范工程,取得了满意的试验效果,现场油泥(砂)的总油含量＞100 g/kg(土),装置运行2个月,总油去除率96.4%～98.4%,其中烷烃去除率74.7%～98.5%,沥青质去除率75.0%～89.4%,芳香烃去除率85.5%～99.6%.     

流化床中污泥干燥特性

以湿污泥为原料在气固流动流化床干燥器内进行了污泥干燥特性的实验研究,考察流化风速、送风温度、联合干燥热量配比的变化对干燥强度、干燥热效率及平均传热系数的影响。实验结果表明,流化床污泥干燥最佳流化风速为1.48 m/s左右;随着流化风温的升高,干燥强度和干燥热效率逐渐增大,但增幅减小;单独的加热管干燥和流化风干燥的干燥热效率均较低,分别为33%和45%左右。在相同总输入热量下,随着内置加热管输入热量的比重越来越大,干燥热效率、干燥强度和平均传热系数均先增大后减小。     

摇动床生物膜反应器和活性污泥法组合技术处理高浓度有机废水的研究

利用摇动床生物膜反应器(简称摇动床)技术具有的容积负荷高与污泥产量低的优点,在普通活性污泥池的前部填充高性能丙烯酸树脂纤维(Biofringe)填料,研究了摇动床和活性污泥法组合技术处理高浓度有机废水的有效性。结果表明,该组合技术具有很强的有机物去除能力,当进水COD平均质量浓度由1500mg/L上升到2514mg/L时,出水COD的平均去除率基本保持在96%以上;整个运行阶段的出水COD浓度均满足《污水综合排放标准》(GB8978—1996)的二级标准;当进水NH4+-N浓度增加时,NH4+-N的去除率由99.7%降低到76.5%,但是在试验运行的整个阶段,摇动床和活性污泥法组合技术系统都表现出较强的硝化能力;活性污泥池中最高的混合液悬浮固体(MLSS)质量浓度为10625mg/L,最高MLSS约为普通活性污泥法的4倍;运行结束后的污泥产率为0.186,污泥产率仅为普通活性污泥法的50%左右。     

EGSB反应器处理城市生活垃圾沥滤液

采用膨胀颗粒污泥床(EGSB)反应器对城市生活垃圾焚烧厂产生的垃圾沥滤液进行处理。实验结果表明:中温条件下,当COD浓度为55 000 mg/L左右,有机容积负荷(OLR)为22.8 kg COD/(m3.d)时,EGSB对垃圾沥滤液具有较好的的处理效果,COD去除率可达94.2%。当进水COD为72 000 mg/L左右时,为保证反应器的稳定运行,OLR应降低至18.2 kg COD/(m3.d),此时COD去除率可以达到88%左右,出水COD平均为9 103 mg/L。垃圾沥滤液和EGSB处理出水均以小分子量有机物为主,其中<4 kDa的有机物分别占76.5%和74.4%。EGSB对整个分子量区间的溶解性有机物都有较好的处理效果,其中对大分子有机物的处理效率相对更高。     

Reed beds receiving industrial sludge containing nitroaromatic compounds

Goal, Scope and Background Sweden has prohibited the deposition of organic waste since January, 2005. Since 1 million tons of sludge is produced every year in Sweden and the capacity for incineration does not fill the demands, other methods of sludge management have to be introduced to a larger degree. One common method in the USA and parts of Europe is the use of wetlands to treat wastewater and sewage sludge. The capacity of reed beds to affect the toxicity of a complex mixture of nitroaromatics in sludge, however, is not fully elucidated. In this study, an industrial sludge containing explosives and pharmaceutical residues was therefore treated in artificial reed beds and the change in toxicity was studied. Nitroaromatic compounds, which are the main ingredients of many pharmaceuticals and explosives, are well known to cause cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. Recently performed studies have also showed that embryos of zebrafish (Danio rerio) are sensitive to nitroaromatic compounds. Therefore, we tested the sludge passing through constructed wetlands in order to detect any changes in levels of embryotoxicity, genotoxicity and dioxin-like activity (AhR-agonists). We also compared unplanted and planted systems in order to examine the impact of the root system on the fate of the toxicants. Methods An industrial sludge containing a complex mixture of nitroaromatics was added daily to small-scale constructed wetlands (vertical flow), both unplanted and planted with Phragmites australis. Sludge with an average dry weight of 1.25%, was added with an average hydraulic loading rate of 1.2 L/day. Outgoing water was collected daily and stored at −20°C. The artificial wetland sediment was Soxhlet extracted, followed by clean-up with multi-layer silica, or extracted by ultrasonic treatment, yielding one organic extract and one water extract of the same sample. Genotoxicity of the extracts was measured according to the ISO protocol for the umu-C genotoxicity assay (ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG9 N8), using Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 as test organism. Embryotoxicity and teratogenicity were studied using the fish egg assay with zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the dioxin-like activity was measured using the DR-CALUX assay. Chemical analyses of nitroaromatic compounds were performed using Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) and GC-MS. Results Organic extracts of the bed material showed toxic potential in all three toxicity tests after two years of sludge loading. There was a difference between the planted and the unplanted beds, where the toxicity of organic extracts overall was higher in the bed material from the planted beds. The higher toxicity of the planted beds could have been caused by the higher levels of total carbon in the planted beds, which binds organic toxicants, and by enrichment caused by lower volumes of outgoing water from the planted beds. Discussion Developmental disorders were observed in zebrafish exposed directly in contact to bed material from unplanted beds, but not in fish exposed to bed material from planted beds. Hatching rates were slightly lower in zebrafish exposed to outgoing water from unplanted beds than in embryos exposed to outgoing water from planted beds. Genotoxicity in the outgoing water was below detection limit for both planted and unplanted beds. Most of the added toxicants via the sludge were unaccounted for in the outgoing water, suggesting that the beds had toxicant removal potential, although the mechanisms behind this remain unknown. Conclusions During the experimental period, the beds received a sludge volume (dry weight) of around three times their own volume. In spite of this, the toxicity in the bed material was lower than in the sludge. Thus, the beds were probably able to actually decrease the toxicity of the added, sludge-associated toxicants. When testing the acetone extracts of the bed material, the planted bed showed a higher toxicity than the unplanted beds in all three toxicity tests. The toxicity of water extracts from the unplanted beds, detected by the fish egg assay, were higher than the water extracts from the planted beds. No genotoxicity was detected in outgoing water from either planted or unplanted beds. All this together indicates that the planted reed beds retained semi-lipophilic acetone-soluble toxic compounds from the sludge better than the unplanted beds, which tended to leak out more of the water soluble toxic compounds in the outgoing water. The compounds identified by SPME/GC in the outgoing water were not in sufficient concentrations to have caused induction in the genotoxicity test. Recommendations and Perspectives This study has pointed out the benefits of using constructed wetlands receiving an industrial sludge containing a complex mixture of nitroaromatics to reduce toxicity in the outgoing water. The water from planted, constructed wetlands could therefore be directed to a recipient without further cleaning. The bed material should be investigated over a longer period of time in order to evaluate potential accumulation and leakage prior to proper usage or storage. The plants should be investigated in order to examine uptake and possible release when the plant biomass is degraded. This article has been developed on the basis of a presentation given at the Annual meeting of SETAC Europe German Language Branch 2004 in Aachen. ESS-Submission Editor: Dr. Ludek Blaha (blaha@recetox.muni.cz)