VFA generation from waste activated sludge: effect of temperature and mixing

The success of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) depends on the constant availability of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). To reduce costs, waste streams would be a preferred source. Since VFAs were shown to vary in the incoming sewage and fermentate from primary sludge the next available source is waste activated sludge (WAS). The opportunity is particularly good in plants where WAS is stored before shipment. Little information is however available on the rate of VFA release from such sludge, especially at the lower temperatures and under the storage conditions typically found in colder climates. Bench-scale batch tests were performed to investigate the effect of temperature and requirement for mixing on VFA generation from WAS generated in full scale non-EBPR wastewater treatment plant. WAS fermentation was found highly temperature-dependent. Hydrolysis rate constant (k_h) values of 0.17, 0.08 and 0.04 d⁻¹ at 24.6, 14 and 4 °C were obtained, respectively. Arrhenius temperature coefficient was calculated to be 1.07. It took 5 d to complete hydrolysis at 24.6 °C, 7 d at 14 °C, and 9 d at 4 °C. The fermentation lasted for 20 d. At 24.6 °C the mixed reactor reached 84% of the overall VFA production only in 5 d. When temperature dropped to 14 and 4 °C, the ratio of VFA production at day 10 to overall VFA production in the mixed reactor were 62% and 48%, respectively. The overall VFA-COD concentration in the non-mixed reactors was much lower than the mixed reactors. The information is important for the designer as there was uncertainty with the effect of temperature and mixing on sludge fermentation.     

污泥膜覆盖好氧发酵通风调节方法

建立了污泥膜覆盖好氧发酵通风实验装置。结合污泥不同发酵阶段通风量的需求,分别通过风机入口节流调节和变频调节实现实验堆体系统通风量的改变,测取了相应的堆体风压和风机功率;结果表明,2种调节方式均适用于膜覆盖好氧发酵工艺,但变频调节在调节性能上优于节流调节。而且,变频调节的风机能耗远小于节流调节,在小风量通风时相差可达5～6倍。由于功能膜的作用,变频调节的通风量近似为频率的二次函数而非理论上的线性关系。     

高温厌氧细菌混合培养对纤维素酒精生产的提高作用

以高温厌氧细菌热纤维梭菌(Clostridium thermocellum LQRI)和嗜热厌氧乙醇菌(Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus X514和Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus39E)为对象,以纤维素为微生物利用的底物,分析了LQRI纯培养和LQRI+Thermoanaerobacter混合培养对纤维素降解、酒精生产及终产物分布的影响.结果表明,LQRI+Thermoanaerobacter混合培养的酒精生产能力和纤维素降解率明显高于LQRI纯培养.在混合培养体系中,LQRI+X514的酒精生产能力明显高于LQRI+39E.培养基中无外源酵母粉条件下,LQRI纯培养酒精最高浓度约为11.5mmol/L,LQRI+X514和LQRI+39E混合培养最高酒精浓度分别约为71mmol/L和36.5mmol/L,相同的底物纤维素浓度条件LQRI+X514和LQRI+39E混合培养酒精浓度分别约为LQRI纯培养的5～11倍和3～5倍,纤维素降解率分别都约为LQRI纯培养的1.5～5.0倍;培养基中0.6%外源酵母粉存在条件下,LQRI纯培养酒精最高浓度约为12.9mmol/L,LQRI+X514和LQRI+39E混合培养最高酒精浓度分别约为263.5mmol/L和143.5mmol/L,相同的底物纤维素浓度条件LQRI+X514和LQRI+39E混合培养酒精浓度分别约为LQRI纯培养的8～22倍和8～12倍,纤维素降解率均约为LQRI纯培养的1.1倍.在5%Solka Floc为底物和0.6%外源酵母粉的条件下,LQRI+X514混合培养酒精浓度最高可达到263.5mmol/L,相当于1.2%(质量浓度)的酒精,LQRI+39E约为143mmol/L.     

不同预处理方法对剩余污泥厌氧发酵产氢的影响

为了寻求适宜的预处理方法,提高剩余污泥发酵产氢率,通过间歇式试验考察了热、酸、碱和高温好氧4种预处理方法对剩余污泥发酵产氢的影响.结果表明4种预处理方法均能有效抑制耗氢菌括性,同时促进污泥中微生物胞内物质的释放,使可溶性糖类物质和蛋白质质量浓度增加.其中高温好氧预处理的溶胞效果最好,可溶性糖类物质和可溶性蛋白物质质量浓度均最高,分别为878 mg/L和15 606mg/L,分别为原剩余污泥的10.58倍和58.45倍.4种方法预处理后的污泥发酵均获得了氢气,其中高温好氧预处理污泥产气率最高,为10.68 mL/g TS;其次是热预处理污泥,产气率为6.58 mL/g TS;碱预处理污泥产气率为3.63 mL/g TS;酸性预处理污泥产气率最低,仅为1.41 mL/g TS.     

厌氧发酵连续运行中有机负荷与工艺参数相互作用研究

以餐厨垃圾为研究对象,在高温(55±1)℃条件下,采用连续湿式厌氧发酵技术研究发酵过程中进料有机负荷、日产气量、pH值、挥发性有机酸(VFA)质量浓度等参数的变化情况及相互作用关系.结果表明:厌氧消化过程中出现了4个阶段,即适应阶段、提高阶段、稳定阶段和超负荷阶段;反应达到稳定阶段时,反应器运行有机负荷为3.9 kg/(m3·d),系统pH值稳定在7.8左右,平均产气速率达到5.26L/d;负荷达到4.2 kg/(m3·d)时,对系统产生明显抑制作用.     

利用巨藻发酵联产氢气与挥发性有机酸的研究

通过批式实验探讨了巨藻生物质厌氧发酵过程中巨藻的预处理方法、接种比、初始p H值等条件对累积产氢和挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)的影响,结果发现,巨藻可以用来发酵联产氢气与VFA;热碱预处理比较适于巨藻发酵产氢与产酸,在4 g·L-1的Na OH和100℃处理后,接种比为0.3,初始p H值为6时,单位挥发性固体(VS)最大累积产氢量可达到36.21 m L·g-1,比未经处理巨藻提高了77.82%;同时,巨藻在最佳的预处理条件下单位VS的总挥发性脂肪酸TVFA的产率为0.15 g·g-1,且以乙酸和丁酸为主.     

Phosphorus recovery from biogas fermentation liquid by Ca-Mg loaded biochar

Shortage in phosphorus (P) resources and P wastewater pollution is considered as a serious problem worldwide. The application of modified biochar for P recovery from wastewater and reuse of recovered P as agricultural fertilizer is a preferred process. This work aims to develop a calcium and magnesium loaded biochar (Ca-Mg/biochar) application for P recovery from biogas fermentation liquid. The physico-chemical characterization, adsorption efficiency, adsorption selectivity, and postsorption availability of Ca-Mg/biochar were investigated. The synthesized Ca-Mg/biochar was rich in organic functional groups and in CaO and MgO nanoparticles. With the increase in synthesis temperature, the yield decreased, C content increased, H content decreased, N content remained the same basically, and BET surface area increased. The P adsorption of Ca-Mg/biochar could be accelerated by nano-CaO and nano-MgO particles and reached equilibrium after 360 min. The process was endothermic, spontaneous, and showed an increase in the disorder of the solid-liquid interface. Moreover, it could be fitted by the Freundlich model. The maximum P adsorption amounts were 294.22, 315.33, and 326.63 mg/g. The P adsorption selectivity of Ca-Mg/biochar could not be significantly influenced by the typical pH level of biogas fermentation liquid. The nano-CaO and nano-MgO particles of Ca-Mg/biochar could reduce the negative interaction effects of coexisting ions. The P releasing amounts of postsorption Ca-Mg/biochar were in the order of Ca-Mg/B600 > Ca-Mg/B450 > Ca-Mg/B300. Results revealed that postsorption Ca-Mg/biochar can continually release P and is more suitable for an acid environment.     

pH值对易腐有机垃圾厌氧发酵产物分布的影响

易腐有机垃圾的厌氧发酵(水解和酸化)程度和发酵类型受pH值的影响.批式实验结果表明:发酵液pH=7时有利于微生物的生长繁殖,从而促进碳水化合物的水解和酸化过程,还能促进可溶性蛋白的酸化过程.在不同pH值条件下,易腐有机垃圾的基本发酵类型为:pH=7时主要进行丁酸发酵;pH=8时丁酸发酵类型逐渐占优势;而pH=5时丙酸发酵类型逐渐占优势.乳酸是酸化初期的主要产物,但在发酵液的pH=5和pH=7条件下,乳酸可被微生物进一步代谢,而pH=8时乳酸却未能被代谢.在酸化初期醇的产生量大于挥发性脂肪酸,酸化后期pH=5和pH=7时挥发性脂肪酸与醇产生量比值为1.2～1.5∶1,而pH=8时两者比值为1.6～2.5∶1.pH为5、7和8三者的水解速率常数k_h分别为0.000 8 h^-1、0.000 9 h^-1和0.000 2h^-1.pH=7在反应时间t>100 h以后,发酵液中可溶态总有机碳全部由酸化产物组成,酸化完全;而pH=5和pH=8达到酸化完全的反应时间分别为t>300 h和t>600 h.     

pH对剩余污泥厌氧发酵产生的COD、磷及氨氮的影响

城市污水处理厂产生的污泥按照来源的不同可以分为初沉污泥和剩余污泥,通过采用控制pH值的方法,在20～22℃条件下,研究了剩余污泥在不同pH条件下厌氧发酵的情况.结果表明:将剩余污泥的pH值控制为8.0～10.0,在20d的厌氧发酵时间内,溶出的COD(SCOD)要大于pH为5.0～7.0,特别是pH=10.0和pH=11.0时的SCOD值是pH=6.0时的10倍左右,并且第8d产生的挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)也为碱性条件大于酸性条件;但酸性条件下溶出的磷及氨氮大于碱性条件.     

Removal of organic matter and nitrogen from distillery wastewater by a combination of methane fermentation and denitrification/nitrification processes

Introduction D istillery w astew ater m ainly includes spent w ash, w hich is one of the m ost com plex, troublesom e industrial organic effluents. This kind of w astew ater has previously been treated aerobically after dilution w ith other w ash w aters.…