Prediction of effluent concentration in a wastewater treatment plant using machine learning models

Of growing amount of food waste, the integrated food waste and waste water treatment was regarded as one of the efficient modeling method. However, the load of food waste to the conventional waste treatment process might lead to the high concentration of total nitrogen (T-N) impact on the effluent water quality. The objective of this study is to establish two machine learning models—artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machines (SVMs), in order to predict 1-day interval T-N concentration of effluent from a wastewater treatment plant in Ulsan, Korea. Daily water quality data and meteorological data were used and the performance of both models was evaluated in terms of the coefficient of determination (R²), Nash–Sutcliff efficiency (NSE), relative efficiency criteria (d_rel). Additionally, Latin-Hypercube one-factor-at-a-time (LH-OAT) and a pattern search algorithm were applied to sensitivity analysis and model parameter optimization, respectively. Results showed that both models could be effectively applied to the 1-day interval prediction of T-N concentration of effluent. SVM model showed a higher prediction accuracy in the training stage and similar result in the validation stage. However, the sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the ANN model was a superior model for 1-day interval T-N concentration prediction in terms of the cause-and-effect relationship between T-N concentration and modeling input values to integrated food waste and waste water treatment. This study suggested the efficient and robust nonlinear time-series modeling method for an early prediction of the water quality of integrated food waste and waste water treatment process.     

污泥干化芦苇床渗滤液中CODCr和TP浓度预测模型

为便于水质管理,在大连开发区污水处理厂设立了1个传统污泥干化床和2个污泥干化芦苇床,根据系统出水ρ(COD_Cr)和ρ(TP)检测数据的平稳系列特点,采用ARIMA时间序列分析模型对出水ρ(COD_Cr)和ρ(TP)进行模拟和预测. 结果表明:ARIMA(1,0,0)模型可较好地模拟和预测出水ρ(COD_Cr)的变化,R2达0.577以上,预测相对误差在-10%~19%之间,实测值和预测值之比处于0.8~1.2之间;ARIMA(6,0,0)模型能较好地模拟和预测污泥处理湿地渗滤液出水ρ(TP)的变化,R2在0.487以上,预测相对误差在-4%~16%之间,实测值和预测值之比处于0.8~1.2之间. 研究显示,所构建的ARIMA模型可用于污泥处理湿地系统运行过程中渗滤液出水ρ(COD_Cr)和ρ(TP)的预测.      

电解Fenton法处理生活垃圾焚烧厂渗滤液的动力学研究

采用三元电极,对垃圾焚烧厂渗滤液的生化-混凝出水进行了电解Fenton法处理COD反应动力学研究.结果表明:电解Fenton反应的COD降解曲线符合拟三级反应动力学,t时间的COD出水浓度可表示为:c_t=(2kt+c₀^-2)^-0.5.通过对不同工艺条件下电解Fenton法对渗滤液的COD降解曲线的统计分析,得出以电流密度、pH值、进水COD浓度为影响因子的k值经验模型.并将动力学模拟的COD出水值与实际运行的测量值进行比较,认为该模型可以较好地模拟电解Fenton法进行垃圾焚烧厂渗滤液后续处理的效果.     

Field survey of a sustainable sanitation system in a residential house

Sustainable sanitation is an approach for more ecological and sustainable water resources management. In this paper, we proposed one of the new integrated waste treatment systems： an ＂sustainable sanitation system＂ that includes separation of the black water from water system by a non-flushing toilet （bio-toilet）, and a gray water treatment based on a biological and ecological concept. Sustainable sanitation system also converts the domestic waste to soil conditioners and fertilizers, for farmland use. As one of the case studies, Environmentally Symbiotic Housing in which people actually live using the bio-toilet for the black water treatment and the household wastewater treatment facility for the gray water was introduced. The availability of this system was investigated by analyzing the sawdust used in the bio-toilet and the quality of the effluent in the household wastewater treatment facility. As the result, the water content of the sawdust did not exceed 60% in any of the sampling points and the BOD and COD of the effluent of the household wastewater treatment facility were below 10 and 20 mg/L respectively, due to the low loading. Compared to the pollution load on the water environment created by the conventional system, it was found that the effluent of the house has a lower load than the tertiary treatment and the volume of the water consumption is 75% of the conventional system.     

应用FCM-qPCR方法定量检测水中常见病原体

以往对水体病原体的研究主要是通过监测粪大肠杆菌作为指示,然而研究表明粪大肠杆菌与水中病毒和细菌病原体呈现出较差的相关性.因此,选取水中典型病原体并对其进行定量检测是当前需要解决的技术问题.为此本研究建立了流式细胞术和定量PCR联合使用方法,用于快速获取水环境中总病毒、细菌以及几种典型病原体(大肠杆菌、军团菌、腺病毒、贾第虫和隐孢子虫等)的浓度水平,并将该方法应用到污水处理厂进出水及受纳河流上下游的病原体检测中.结果表明,该污水处理厂对总细菌和总病毒以及几种典型病原体都具有较高的去除率(93%);污水处理厂排水对受纳水体病原体浓度水平基本没有负面影响.研究为评估污水处理厂处理效果及排水对受纳水体的生态影响提供了技术支持.     

Performance and microbial community of a membrane bioreactor system——Treating wastewater from ethanol fermentation of food waste

In this study, a lab-scale biological anaerobic/anaerobic/anoxic/membrane bioreactor(A_-~3MBR) was designed to treat wastewater from the ethanol fermentation of food waste,a promising way for the disposal of food waste and reclamation of resources. The 454 pyrosequencing technique was used to investigate the composition of the microbial community in the treatment system. The system yielded a stable effluent concentration of chemical oxygen demand(202 ± 23 mg/L), total nitrogen(62.1 ± 7.1 mg/L), ammonia(0.3 ±0.13 mg/L) and total phosphorus(8.3 ± 0.9 mg/L), and the reactors played different roles in specific pollutant removal. The exploration of the microbial community in the system revealed that:(1) the microbial diversity of anaerobic reactors A_1 and A_2, in which organic pollutants were massively degraded, was much higher than that in anoxic A_3 and aerobic MBR;(2) although the community composition in each reactor was quite different, bacteria assigned to the classes Clostridia, Bacteroidia, and Synergistia were important and common microorganisms for organic pollutant degradation in the anaerobic units, and bacteria from Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria were the dominant microbial population in A_3 and MBR;(3) the taxon identification indicated that Arcobacter in the anaerobic reactors and Thauera in the anoxic reactor were two representative genera in the biological process. Our results proved that the biological A_-~3MBR process is an alternative technique for treating wastewater from food waste.     

高浓度食品添加剂废水中试研究

根据食品添加剂废水水质变化大,成分复杂特点,提出了"水解酸化—接触氧化—臭氧催化氧化—曝气生物滤池(BAF)"的组合工艺。废水COD从进水2000～7000mg/L降到100mg/L以下,最低为33mg/L,排放水质达到国家排放标准。水解酸化系统使废水平均COD从5290mg/L降到2323mg/L,并使大颗粒难降解分子部分转化为小颗粒可降解分子,为后续的接触氧化系统处理提供良好的条件,接触氧化出水平均COD为268mg/L。接触氧化出水含较多难生物降解有机物,经O3氧化预处理后在COD下降45%的情况下其BOD5/COD由0.3升为0.44,更易于生化降解。废水经曝气生物滤池平均出水COD为66mg/L。中试研究表明,水解酸化系统和臭氧催化氧化(负载MnO2的陶粒为催化剂)-曝气生物滤池深度处理系统是该工艺处理高浓度废水稳定达标的关键。     

间歇式曝气生物滤池对焚烧垃圾渗滤液深度脱氮的研究

为了提高焚烧垃圾渗滤液深度处理的脱氮效率,构建并启动了间歇式曝气生物滤池(IABF).在曝气阶段停止进水、停曝阶段进水的运行方式下,考察了曝气停曝时间比、运行周期、水力停留时间、碳氮比和气水比对反应器脱氮效率的影响.结果表明,在曝气停曝时间比为1:1,运行周期为1h,水力停留时间8h,COD/TN为4:1,气水比5:1的条件下,IABF取得最佳脱氮效率,平均出水TN可达到19.39 mg·L-1,NH4+-N为9.48 mg·L-1.TN和NH4+-N的平均去除率分别为87.5％和84.1％,出水水质达到《生活垃圾填埋场污染控制标准(GB16889-2008)》.     

A numerical modeling approach to support decision-making on design of integrated multitrophic aquaculture for efficiently mitigating aquatic waste

As a bio-mitigation strategy of aquafarming pollutants, the integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system has been proposed and developed to mitigate the waste produced during co-cultivation. Although there have been considerable implementations of IMTA worldwide, its optimal design needs a further study. Through a numerical modeling approach, this study aims to facilitate decision-making when designing IMTA to more efficiently mitigate the negative change caused by aquaculture. An improved three-dimensional numerical model is adopted to simulate the dynamics of water current and organic waste in Gokasho Bay, Japan. Results show that (1) the maximum main surface water current velocity in Hazama-ura area is less than 10 cm s^?1, where nutrient absorbers and/or suspended feeders can easily attach to a substratum; (2) southern-eastern direction water flow is dominant through the year suggesting that seaweeds (e.g., Laminaria japonica, Ulva ohnoi) or mussels (e.g., Mytilus edulis) are better arranged in the same direction; (3) horizontal distribution of organic waste on sea bottom indicates that when releasing sea cucumbers (e.g., Apostichopus japonicus), priority is given to the areas where the accumulated amount of particulate organic waste is high. Our case study provides a general idea on the optimal design of IMTA and can be scaled to the globe, especially regarding decision-making on locations for the extractive organisms. In conclusion, to improve the bio-mitigation efficiency of IMTA, location for nutrient absorbers and/or suspended feeders can be selected based on local water flow, and sea cucumbers need to be placed with a careful consideration of the waste distribution in local area.     

生活污水预沉淀-SNAD颗粒污泥工艺小试

采用人工配水,在SBR反应器中启动同步短程硝化、厌氧氨氧化耦合反硝化（SNAD）颗粒污泥工艺,随后逐渐降低进水氨氮浓度,低氨氮稳定运行一段时间后通入预沉淀后生活污水,考察SNAD颗粒污泥工艺处理生活污水的脱氮性能及稳定性.结果表明,SNAD工艺启动成功后,氨氮去除率大于98%,总氮去除率在89%左右,随着进水氨氮浓度逐渐降低,亚硝酸盐氧化菌（NOB）活性升高,总氮去除率逐渐下降至75%左右.通入预沉淀生活污水（NH₄⁺-N 52~63 mg·L^-1,COD 99~123 mg·L^-1）后,平均总氮去除率为73.2%,出水COD浓度在35 mg·L^-1以下,最大出水氨氮和总氮浓度为0.7 mg·L^-1和12.8 mg·L^-1,连续30d以上出水氨氮和总氮浓度达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》一级A排放标准,实现了生活污水碳氮同步高效去除的目的.     

提取七叶皂苷钠的废水处理

提取七叶皂苷钠废水中含有七叶皂苷钠、淀粉、色素、胶质。其中七叶皂苷钠易起泡,不易回收和处理,本文采用加抑泡剂(YP1),深度处理回收釜残液,使综合废水浓度降低,经水解酸化3h,好氧生物处理6h,出水CODCr<100mgL,达到国家规定的排放标准。     

Simple and cost-effective measures for the improvement of paper mill effluent treatment – A case study

In this study, the performance and the efficiency of physico-chemical effluent treatment in a paper mill was investigated, with the aim of evaluating the treatment rationality and running stability. The effluent treatment plant (ETP) uses alum as a coagulant and polyacrylamide as a flocculant in multi-stage water purification. Inadequate efficiency and some operational problems were observed and their occurrences were investigated. Several simple measures inside the mill and some technical measures can prevent or postpone expensive end-of-pipe treatment investments, such as biological treatment. Chemically enhanced primary treatment under optimal operating conditions can be a stand-alone technique for achieving high quality effluent. Furthermore, reductions in wastewater generation in combination with fiber and filler recovery provide environmental benefits as well as significant economic savings in production. The advantages of the cleaner production approach in existing treatment units compared to expensive biological end-of-pipe technologies are obvious. This study demonstrated that the examined mill could easily and cost-effectively change its water system toward strict discharge limits by continuing to use the existing treatment units.     

UNITANK工艺应对高浓度废水冲击操作的可行性研究

高浓度难降解有机废水对已经适应了城市污水处理的生化处理系统造成了巨大的冲击,严重影响了生化系统的处理效果,以及正常的生产操作,同时生化系统受冲击后的恢复显得异常缓慢、延续的时间也较长.针对生产的操作,论述了应对措施和生产操作的调整,保持稳定的污泥浓度和活性,避免系统中生物毒素的积累;日常规范运营管理,稳定微生物的生长环境和生物种群结构,积极应对,保证系统处理运营效果、COD减排量、以及系统的稳定运营.     

污水处理厂SNAD工艺小试

在污水处理厂室外,以A/O除磷工艺出水为基质,启动全程自养脱氮(CANON)生物滤柱反应器.反应器启动成功后,进水中投加葡萄糖作为有机碳源,启动同步短程硝化、厌氧氨氧化耦合反硝化(SNAD)工艺,研究SNAD生物滤柱处理城市生活污水的效果.结果表明,第119～128 d,CANON工艺氨氮去除率大于95%,最大出水总氮浓度为13. 0 mg·L~(-1),超过了北京市地标一级A排放标准.第129 d在进水中投加葡萄糖30 mg·L~(-1)启动SNAD工艺,第133～187 d时SNAD工艺总氮去除率在85%左右,出水总氮浓度为5. 5～7. 3 mg·L~(-1).第195d观察到滤柱出现堵塞现象,在第196 d对反应器进行反冲洗,反冲洗后的30d期间,反应器总氮去除率大于85%,出水总氮浓度维持在6. 2～7. 2 mg·L~(-1).与CANON工艺相比,SNAD工艺提高了总氮去除率,将出水总氮浓度降低了6 mg·L~(-1),使出水氨氮和总氮浓度达到北京市地标一级A标准.     

Mortality rates of pathogen indicator microorganisms discharged from point and non-point sources in an urban area

This research measured the mortality rates of pathogen indicator microorganisms discharged from various point and non-point sources in an urban area.Water samples were collected from a domestic sewer,a combined sewer overflow,the effluent of a wastewater treatment plant,and an urban river.Mortality rates of indicator microorganisms in sediment of an urban river were also measured.Mortality rates of indicator microorganisms in domestic sewage,estimated by assuming first order kinetics at 20°C were 0.197 day -1 ,0.234 day -1 ,0.258 day -1 and 0.276 day -1 for total coliform,fecal coliform,Escherichia coli,and fecal streptococci,respectively.Effects of temperature,sunlight irradiation and settlement on the mortality rate were measured.Results of this research can be used as input data for water quality modeling or can be used as design factors for treatment facilities.     

Assessment and management of the performance risk of a pilot reclaimed water disinfection process

Chlorination disinfection has been widely used in reclaimed water treatment plants to ensure water quality. In order to assess the downstream quality risk of a running reclaimed water disinfection process, a set of dynamic equations was developed to simulate reactions in the disinfection process concerning variables of bacteria, chemical oxygen demand （COD）, ammonia and monochloramine. The model was calibrated by the observations obtained from a pilot disinfection process which was designed to simulate the actual process in a reclaimed water treatment plant. A Monte Carlo algorithm was applied to calculate the predictive effluent quality distributions that were used in the established hierarchical assessment system for the downstream quality risk, and the key factors affecting the downstream quality risk were defined using the Regional Sensitivity Analysis method. The results showed that the seasonal upstream quality variation caused considerable downstream quality risk; the effluent ammonia was significantly influenced by its upstream concentration; the upstream COD was a key factor determining the process effluent risk of bacterial, COD and residual disinfectant indexes; and lower COD and ammonia concentrations in the infiuent would mean better downstream quality.     

混凝-预涂膜分离一体化技术在城市污水回用中的应用

利用集成混凝与硅藻土预涂膜分离技术深度处理城市污水厂出水以作为回用水.在混凝-预涂膜分离一体化设备内同时实现混凝剂反应、絮体生长、固液分离3个过程.结果表明,对于总磷浓度为5.0 mg·L-1、COD为100 mg·L-1的城市污水厂出水,投加聚合氯化铝75mg·L-1、膨润土100 mg·L-1,初始滤速为2.26 m·h-1时,出水总磷低于0.3 mg·L-1、COD低于30 mg·L-1.滤速与过水体积之间存在联系.混凝-预涂膜分离一体化处理单元的处理效果优于混凝-微滤单元,出水水质得到了一定程度的提高,达到了高效分离的目的,具有较好的应用前景.     

碳源对污水处理厂SAD工艺小试的影响

在市政污水处理厂进行同步厌氧氨氧化反硝化(SAD)工艺小试.以A/O除磷和亚硝化工艺处理后的生活污水为基质,启动厌氧氨氧化滤柱.反应器启动成功后,基质中分别投加葡萄糖和丙酸钠启动SAD工艺.结果表明,常温条件(13~22℃)下,进水投加30 mg·L~(-1)葡萄糖,SAD工艺耦合效果良好,平均出水总氮浓度为6.41 mg·L~(-1).相较于厌氧氨氧化工艺,SAD工艺出水总氮浓度降低了42%;低温环境(10~13℃)中,投加30 mg·L~(-1)葡萄糖,SAD工艺稳定性受到破坏并向反硝化工艺转变;常低温环境(10~22℃)中,基质中投加30 mg·L~(-1)丙酸钠,SAD工艺均有良好的处理效果,平均出水总氮浓度为6.54mg·L~(-1),丙酸钠对低温SAD工艺影响较小.     

水解酸化-接触氧化在处理石油化工废水中的应用

采用水解酸化+接触氧化工艺处理镇江新区某石油化工厂废水。设计总处理水量120m3/d,其中原浓废水20m3/d,出水回流100m3/d;设计进水水质:高浓度有机废水CODCr9000mg/L以上,pH5～9,混合后废水CODCr约1500mg/L,pH6～8;设计出水水质:CODCr≤130mg/L,pH6～9。实际出水CODCr为123.29mg/L;CODCr平均去除率为92.04%,处理后出水可达标排放。     

污染浓度对多级人工湿地-塘系统处理微污染河水中COD的影响

针对微污染水水质不稳定,COD_Mn波动较大的问题,本研究构建了3套中试规模的以"前置生态氧化塘、两级水平潜流湿地和表流湿地为核心、后置沉水植物塘"为工艺的多级人工湿地-塘组合系统（处理水量230 L·d^-1,分别命名为S1、S2和S3）.在3种进水浓度条件下（原水、稀释2倍和稀释1.3倍后的水体,分别作为S1、S2和S3系统的进水）,考察了3套湿地-塘系统各单元对实际微污染河水中COD_Mn的处理效果,并采用高通量测序等方法解析了S1系统湿地单元微生物群落分布特征.研究结果表明,3套系统的平均出水COD较进水有着非显著的升高,从升高的程度来看,S2>S3>S1.污染浓度相对最高、运行时间最长的S1系统对COD有着更好的净化效果.相较于S2系统,S3系统更高的进水浓度有利于COD去除.S1和S2系统的二级水平潜流湿地较其他单元有着较好的COD去除作用,平均去除率分别为18.60%和26.52%.S3系统的表流湿地较其他单元有着较好的COD去除作用,平均去除率为8.92%.微生物群落分析结果表明,S1系统的一级、二级水平潜流湿地中细菌丰度和多样性沿程提高,两个单元所富集的相同优势菌群包括α-变形菌纲、γ-变形菌纲和拟杆菌纲,与COD降解有关的菌属分别包括unclassified_f__Burkholderiaceae、unclassified_c__Alphaproteobacteria、norank_f__Blastocatellaceae和norank_f__Saprospiraceae、红细菌属.表流湿地中细菌丰富度进一步升高,但生物多样性有所减少,其中蓝菌属和norank_c__Actinobacteria可能与表流湿地出水COD升高有关.本研究为大型河口湿地-塘复合生态系统处理微污染地表水时工作重心由浓度削减向污染物释放控制的转移提供了宝贵的工程经验.