Transport of Sewage Sludge in a Mixed Water Column

Sewage sludge from four publicly-owned treatment works was sampled and characterized in terms of parameters affecting transport at the 106-mile deep ocean disposal site as part of the US Environmental Protection Agency's site monitoring programme. Samples from treatment plants in Passaic Valley, Rahway, and Elizabeth, New Jersey and New York City were characterized in terms of dynamic size distribution, suspended solids and density. the transport characteristics of sludge particles were measured using a 2 metre computer-interfaced laboratory settling column. Experiments were conducted at constant salinity (35 ppt) while varying hydrodynamic mixing, sludge type and concentration using a modified factorial experimental design. Hydrodynamic power dissipation was varied so that the vertical dispersion and rms fluid shear rate ranged between 0-6 cm²S^-1 and 0-30s^-1 respectively. Results indicate that at least 80% of suspended sludge particles will eventually settle under mixed conditions. the average settling velocities ranged between 0.05-4.05 × 10^-3 cm ^s-1. Shear rates above 15 s^-1 inhibited sludge settling due to aggregate breakup and boundary effects, but at a lower shear rate, differential settling and fluid shear were the dominant transport mechanisms. Sludge dilution (1/500-1/5000) had a limited effect on the settling rate. Results from this study can be used to calibrate particle transport models to determine the fate of sludge disposed at an ocean disposal site.     

Use Impairments and Ecosystem Impacts of the New York Bight

The New York Bight is perhaps one of the most used and abused coastal areas in the world as a consequence of urbanization and the disposal of the waste of some 20 million people who reside by its shores and surrounding bays and estuaries. A variety of sources, including those associated with sewage wastes, industrial wastes, contaminated dredged material, urban runoff, and atmospheric fallout contaminate these coastal waters. Many of the stresses of excess population and industrialization as measured by pollutant loadings and ecosystem impacts can be crudely quantified in terms of use impairments-use impairments that have measurable social and economic relevance. Five broad categories of impairment attributed to pollution in the Bight that are causing significant losses of ecological, economic, or social values are: beach closures, unsafe seafoods, hazards to commercial and recreational navigation, loss of commercial and recreational fisheries, and declines in birds, mammals and turtles. These impairments are generally caused by floatable wastes, nutrients, toxicants, pathogens and habitat loss. Measures of such impairments are not standard, nor in many cases totally quantifiable. We have examined specific subsets of these impairments in terms of their spatial and temporal changes and as a first approximation determined the economic and social significance of these changes. the cost of these impaired uses of the Bight are measured in terms of billions of dollars annually for New York and New Jersey.     

冬春季富营养化滆湖中沉水植被重建及净化效果

秋末冬初在富营养化滆湖的围隔中引种沉水植物,分别构建5种植被区、菹草-伊乐藻区、菹草区、伊乐藻区,调查4种区域内植被恢复及对水质的净化效果。结果发现菹草-伊乐藻区不仅能在冬春季节保持对营养盐较高的去除效果,并能在冬季有效缓解苦草等植物死亡（5种植被区）给水质带来的不利影响;菹草-伊乐藻区对比湖面敞开区域内TP,TN,NH3-N,Chl.a的去除率可达62.9%,31.5%,53.9%,46.1%,对CODMn的去除率仅为9.7%;比较各单种区：伊乐藻对TN的去除效果要好于菹草,菹草对TP的去除效果要好于伊乐藻。     

矿井水一体化自动净化的研究

我国属于淡水资源贫乏国家的行列,特别在一些矿区,缺水现象尤为严重.与此同时.若矿井水经井下水泵提升到地面以后,未经处理就直接外排,一方面造成了水资源的严重浪费,加剧了水危机,另一方面也造成了矿区周边环境的严重污染.因此,研究的主要内容就是如何合理有效地利用这部分水,使它变废为宝,既提高水资源的利用率,又改善周边环境,迭到矿区的可持续发展.     

日光型厌氧好氧一体化技术处理滨海农村污水

对日光型厌氧好氧一体化技术处理农村生活污水的效能进行了应用研究。系统的处理量为89t/d,HRT为1.8 d,水解酸化段水力负荷为0.78 m3/(m3·d),接触氧化段水力负荷4.24 m3/(m3·d),稳定运行6个月结果表明:该工艺对CODcr、NH3-N 、TP和SS的去除率分别为73.2%、49.5%、56.1%和79.3%,出水 CODcr、NH3-N、TP、SS的平均浓度分别在60.3 mg/L、20.4 mg/L、2.7 mg/L、26.7 mg/L以下出水水质达到GB18918-2002要求。     

浮动填料生化法处理城市污水的实践应用

介绍了芬兰浮动填料生化法的工艺原理,并对其在沈阳市沈水湾污水处理厂的运行现状进行了概述,通过对现场工艺控制参数的摸索,分析出了浮动填料生化法的控制方法,总结出了浮动填料生化法的工艺特点.     

污泥农用对土壤环境的影响

土地利用是解决城市污泥处理处置的有效途径之一,本文从土壤理化性质、重金属污染风险以及有机污染风险3方面综述城市污泥农用对土壤环境的影响。城市污泥利用为植物提供营养元素,改良土壤结构,提高土壤肥力。污泥施用年限的长短与土壤中重金属的含量高低关系不明显,导致土壤重金属含量增加的主要因素是污泥施用量和污泥中重金属含量。在正常...     

Application of sewage sludge and intermittent aeration strategy to the bioremediation of DDT-and HCH-contaminated soil

Adding organic amendments to stimulate the biodegradation of pesticides is a subject of ongoing interest. The effect of sewage sludge on the bioremediation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane（DDT） and hexachlorocyclohexane（HCH） contaminated soil was investigated in bench scale experiments,and intermittent aeration strategy was also used in this study to form an anaerobic–aerobic cycle. Bioremediation of DDT and HCH was enhanced with the addition of sewage sludge and the intermittent aeration. The removal rates of HCH and DDT were raised by 16.8%–80.8% in 10 days. Sewage sludge increased the organic carbon content from 6.2 to218 g/kg,and it could also introduce efficient degradation microbes to soil,including Pseudomonas sp.,Bacillus sp. and Sphingomonas sp. The unaerated phase enhanced the anaerobic dechlorination of DDT and HCH,and anaerobic removal rates of β-HCH,o,p′-DDT and p,p′-DDT accounted for more than 50% of the total removal rates,but the content of α-HCH declined more in the aerobic phase.     

Experimental study on agitated drying characteristics of sewage sludge under the effects of different additive agents

Drying experiments of dewatered sewage sludge（DSS） were conducted on a agitated paddle dryer, and the effects of additive agents, i.e., CaO, pulverized coal（PC）, heavy oil（HO）, and dried sludge（＂DS＂ through back mixing） on the agitated drying characteristics of DSS were investigated. The results indicated that CaO can significantly increase the drying rate of DSS.The drying rate at CaO/DSS（mass ratio） = 1/100 was 135% higher than that of CaO/DSS = 0.Pulverized coal has no obvious effect on drying rate, but the increase of PC/DSS can promote breaking up of sludge lump. Heavy oil was found to be slightly effective in improving the drying rate of DSS in the examined experimental range of HO/DSS = 0-1/20. It is also found that HO can reduce the torque of the dryer shaft, due to its lubrication effect. Back mixing of DS was found to be effective in alleviating the unfavorable effect of the lumpy phase by improving the mixing effect of the paddle dryer. There was a marked increase of drying rate with an increase of the DS/DSS in the experimental range of DS/DSS = 0-1/3.     

寒冷地区小处理量污水处理厂CWSBR工艺及污泥资源化应用

东北地区某城镇新建污水处理厂,近期规模5000m3/d,远期规模7000m3/d,最低环境温度-30oC,冬季平均水温8oC左右。污水处理厂二级生化处理采用CWSBR工艺,可简单的通过调整时序组合以及各个功能段的设备工况,实现在冬、夏两季工艺的良好运行。污泥深度处理方法采用容压一体化污泥深度脱水技术,投资省,运行成本低。该工程试运行后,出水水质可达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)中的一级A标准。