城市污泥资源化利用研究

城市污水污泥产量巨大且成分复杂 ,如何对它进行合理利用已越来越受人们关注。文章系统地综述了我国城市污泥处置与利用的现状和趋势 ,并重点讨论了污泥土地利用的可行性以及我国近年来的研究进展。认为将污泥进行稳定化、无害化、资源化处理并作为有机肥料或土壤改良剂等进行资源化利用是符合我国国情的 ,并将成为我国污泥处置与利用的一种有效途径     

污泥减量化污水处理技术进展

剩余污泥的处理已成为污水生物处理技术普及和运行的制约因素。解决剩余污泥处理与处置的首要原则就是污泥减量化,它包含两方面的含义:减少污泥产生量(污泥减质)和减少污泥容积(污泥减容)。传统的污泥处理主要是采用浓缩、脱水和干燥等方法降低污泥的含水率,进而减少污泥容积,以便于后续的污泥运输和处置。这种方法不仅处理费用昂贵,增加了污水处理厂的建设和运行成本,而且无法从根本上减少污泥的干物质量。近年来,越来越多的研究开始着眼于从源头上减少剩余污泥产生量(污泥减质),成为污泥减量化污水处理技术的重要发展方向。文章对污泥减量化原理与工艺以及原位污泥减量污水处理技术进行了综述。     

嗜热微生物及其降解剩余污泥的机理

活性污泥法已经被广泛应用于污水处理中.剩余污泥是此过程的副产物,其处理费用约占污水处理系统总成本的25%～60%,处理不当则会带来严重的二次污染,成为目前污泥处理研究的难点之一.利用嗜热微生物降解污泥操作方便、经济性较好且易于管理,具有良好的应用前景.本文对污泥降解中的嗜热微生物、嗜热微生物污泥降解机理以及污泥降解过程中起重要作用的嗜热蛋白酶和脂肪酶的最新研究进展进行综述,归纳总结了影响嗜热微生物降解污泥的主要影响因素,并对嗜热微生物在污泥消化方面的应用研究进行展望.     

剩余污泥热碱解及其用于微生物油脂生产的探索

为了将剩余污泥中的蛋白质成分进行资源化利用,采用热碱解法进行处理,并尝试将处理后得到的上清液作为氮源培养圆红冬孢酵母用于微生物油脂的合成。结果表明,pH 13下处理5 h的条件对于污泥减量以及含氮物质析出最为有效,而污泥在pH 10处理5 h时得到的上清液则相对更适于酵母培养。在剩余污泥中添加NaOH调节初始pH为10,在60 ℃下处理5 h后中和体系pH值至7,得到的上清液经微孔膜过滤后用于配制限氮培养基可以使菌体生长良好,并且细胞内油脂含量达35％。     

城市污泥处理处置技术及资源化利用研究

城市污泥的产量巨大并且成分复杂,如何对城市污泥处置与利用已成为人们所关注的问题.污泥是有用的生物资源,如能合理利用则不仅能变废为宝,还能增加经济效益,所以,探讨适合我国国情的有效处理处置和利用污泥的技术具有重要的现实意义.本文对城市污泥的特性、国内外处理、处置技术和污泥资源化技术的现状进行了分析,认为对污泥进行资源化利用是符合我国国情的一种经济、有效的途径,污泥的资源化利用尤其是农业利用不但可以节省大量的污泥终端处置费用,更可以为肥力低下的农田增添有机质、提高肥力,促进农业生产发展、实现农业生态环境的良性循环.     

微生物蛋白提取技术化污泥为蛋白

目前对城镇污水处理厂污泥处理较好的方法有2种：焚烧和填埋,但这2种方法都不能从根本上解决污泥处理无害化和资源化的问题。天津裕川公司在微生物蛋白提取方式的污泥处理及资源化技术的研究课题中,采用污泥微生物蛋白提取技术,以CaO为主要水解药剂,在105～185℃下热碱水解提取污泥中微生物蛋白。这一工艺不仅使污泥蛋白回收率超过50％,而且能稳固污泥中的重金属,杀死细菌,回收的微生物蛋白产品质量分数达30％以上。以此为原料可制成性能优良的蛋白发泡剂。     

碱-组合工艺预处理剩余污泥研究进展

城市污泥在进行厌氧发酵处理时,所需时间长、SS降解率低、产气量也低,难以有效达到污泥减量化的目的(VS去除率30％左右).污泥的厌氧发酵包括水解、酸化、产乙酸、产甲烷的过程.研究发现在污泥进行厌氧发酵过程中固态有机物的水解、酸化是限速步骤,因此为了促进污泥的水解、酸化,使更多的固体有机物转化为水溶性的有机物,进而提高厌氧发酵的效率实现污泥的减量化、无害化和资源化利用,对污泥预处理是必须的.该文着重介绍了NaOH及其组合工艺对污泥预处理的影响.     

基于热水解的高效污泥厌氧消化技术研究进展

污水处理厂产生的大量剩余污泥,是目前困扰市政工程的主要问题之一,对其进行减量化、稳定化、无害化和资源化是污泥处理处置的核心任务。厌氧消化技术是目前最广泛使用的污泥处理工艺之一,但厌氧消化技术受到污泥低水解速率的制约。基于热水解的高效污泥厌氧消化技术不仅打破传统厌氧消化的水解限速,还在改善污泥流变特性和化学特性、提高污泥厌氧消化效率和新兴污染物的去除等方面有着明显的优势。综述了热水解预处理对污泥特性和对系统中新兴污染物去除特性的影响,总结了目前的研究成果并展望了发展前景,指出工艺运行条件的进一步优化和经济可行性的系统评价是其推广使用的重要支撑。     

两种污泥连续施用对潮土重金属含量及酶活性的影响

采用盆栽土培试验,研究了工业污泥(化工厂底泥)及城市污水处理厂剩余污泥中重金属存在的形态与含量,以及两种污泥连续施用对潮土重金属含量及酶活性的影响。结果表明,两种污泥中的重金属主要是以非交换态存在,城市污水处理厂剩余污泥中总的重金属含量比工业污泥低,而重金属的有效性比工业污泥高;污泥的施用能增加潮土中脲酶的活性,多酚氧化酶及中性磷酸酶的活性与污泥的施用量有一定相关性,并与土壤中交换态Zn、Cu含量呈一定负相关,土壤多酚氧化酶及过氧化氢酶活性可作为土壤中重金属Zn污染的指示指标;污泥的施用有提高潮土中交换态Cu、Zn及Pb含量的趋势。     

利用污泥提取液制备微生物絮凝剂

以污水厂剩余污泥作为培养基原料,经过一系列处理,探索微生物絮凝剂产生菌的最适发酵培养基配方,结果表明,污泥预处理条件以pH 12碱解条件最优,碳氮源产出量最大,补加8 g/L葡萄糖后灭菌,微生物絮凝剂产生菌LLin6可正常产絮,絮凝率达91.55%。该结果为降低微生物絮凝剂的制备成本,并实现污泥的减量化和污泥资源化利用提供了基础。     

Sludge minimisation technologies

The treatment and disposal of excess sludge represents a bottleneck of wastewater treatment plants all over the world, due to environmental, economic, social and legal factors. There is therefore a growing interest in developing technologies to reduce the wastewater sludge generation. The goal of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art of current minimisation techniques for reducing sludge production in biological wastewater treatment processes. An overview of the main technologies is given considering three different strategies: The first option is to reduce the production of sludge by introducing in the wastewater treatment stage additional stages with a lower cellular yield coefficient compared to the one corresponding to the activated sludge process (lysis-cryptic growth, uncoupling and maintenance metabolism, predation on bacteria, anaerobic treatment). The second choice is to act on the sludge stage. As anaerobic digestion is the main process in sewage sludge treatment for reducing and stabilising the organic solids, two possibilities can be considered: introducing a pre-treatment process before the anaerobic reaction (physical, chemical or biological pre-treatments), or modifying the digestion configuration (two-stage and temperature-phased anaerobic digestion, anoxic gas flotation). And, finally, the last minimisation strategy is the removal of the sludge generated in the activated sludge plant (incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, wet air oxidation, supercritical water oxidation).     

A bioremediation case of an ex-quarry area restored by paper sludge

Most paper industry waste is in the form of sludge from paper production and recycle process paper. There has been an increasing use of paper sludge in environmental restoration, a practice that requires particular attention. This issue presents a case which demonstrates how the biogas production related to this kind of recovery system can represent a problem for environmental protection and public health. The case history relates to a former quarry area restored by means of paper sludge. After the filling, a substantial quantity of biogas was produced, with an external diffusion to sensible target as well. Initial investigations showed that the area was characterized by a large amount of paper mill sludge made unstable by anaerobic conditions. To date there are no proven technologies for this kind of treatment. In this case, for safety and naturalization as agricultural area, new methods of bioremediation were used and, in particular, an innovative physical, mechanical and biological intervention, based on bio-stabilization of paper mill sludge. The treatment is site-specific, based on the in-site paper sludge biostabilisation. To complete the intervention and in order to demonstrate its validity an important monitoring activity was performed, testing all the phases affected by the biological transformation.     

活性污泥中电活性微生物的富集筛选研究进展

活性污泥含有多种微生物,是废水处理系统中污染物降解转化的重要驱动者。电活性微生物(Electroactive microorganisms,EAMs)是活性污泥的重要微生物类群,在废水资源化与能源化中发挥着核心关键作用。本文概括了活性污泥中EAMs的富集和筛选方法,整理总结了目前已从活性污泥中获得的EAMs菌种资源信息,在此基础上分析了从活性污泥中富集和筛选EAMs所存在的问题,并进一步展望了未来的研究方向,以期加速EAMs菌种资源的挖掘,促进以EAMs为主导的废水资源化与能源化技术发展。     

Moving forward in the use of aerobic granular sludge for municipal wastewater treatment: an overview

Activated sludge is one of the most widely implemented technologies for municipal wastewater treatment. Yet, more restrictive environmental standards demand for more efficient technologies. Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a promising alternative in this context since this technology has shown potential for simultaneous organic matter and nutrient removal using smaller bioreactors and consuming less energy. However, despite such engaging claims, only ca. 40 full-scale AGS systems have been installed worldwide after 30 years of development. This reduced implementation suggests the existence of significant bottlenecks for this technology, which currently only have partially been overcome. This overview aims to analyze the recent progress in R&D concerning aerobic sludge granulation for municipal wastewater treatment via the analysis of research articles and invention patents as well as to elucidate exiting technological gaps and development opportunities. Culturing methods aiming at fast granulation, long-term stability and excellent process performance are of utmost interest for promoting massive implementation of full-scale AGS systems. Moreover, the recovery of biomaterials from waste sludge could contribute to the implementation of the biorefinery paradigm in wastewater treatment plants.

     

How to avoid pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment

Pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants in wastewater pose a new challenge to wastewater professionals as well as to the pharmaceutical industry. Although there is a great deal of uncertainty concerning the possible detrimental effects on the aquatic ecosystems, the precautionary principle--or possibly new scientific evidence--may give rise to more stringent demands on wastewater treatment in the future. In conventional wastewater treatment plants, a combination of biological treatment with high sludge residence times and ozonation of the effluent seems to be the most promising technology. Ozonation, however, is an energy-intensive technology. Moreover, in conventional end-of-pipe systems a large part of the pollutants will always be lost to the environment due to leaking, primarily during rain. In the long term, source separation offers the more sustainable solution to the entire wastewater problem, including organic micropollutants. Urine source separation is an elegant solution to the problems of nutrients and pharmaceuticals alike and losses of untreated pollutants to the environment can be minimized. Although few technologies for the separate treatment of urine have been developed to date, the 100-500 times higher concentrations of micropollutants promise more efficient conditions for all removal technologies known from conventional wastewater treatment.     

Sludge dewatering and stabilization in drying reed beds: Characterization of three full-scale systems in Catalonia,Spain

Optimization of sludge management can help reducing sludge handling costs in wastewater treatment plants. Sludge drying reed beds appear as a new and alternative technology which has low energy requirements, reduced operating and maintenance costs, and causes little environmental impact. The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of three full-scale drying reed beds in terms of sludge dewatering, stabilization and hygienisation. Samples of influent sludge and sludge accumulated in the reed beds were analysed for pH, Electrical Conductivity, Total Solids (TS), Volatile Solids (VS), Chemical Oxygen Demand, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, nutrients (Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) and Total Phosphorus (TP)), heavy metals and faecal bacteria indicators (Escherichiacoli and Salmonella spp.). Lixiviate samples were also collected. There was a systematic increase in the TS concentration from 1–3% in the influent to 20–30% in the beds, which fits in the range obtained with conventional dewatering technologies. Progressive organic matter removal and sludge stabilization in the beds was also observed (VS concentration decreased from 52–67% TS in the influent to 31–49% TS in the beds). Concentration of nutrients of the sludge accumulated in the beds was quite low (TKN 2–7% TS and TP 0.04–0.7% TS), and heavy metals remained below law threshold concentrations. Salmonella spp. was not detected in any of the samples, while E. coli concentration was generally lower than 460 MPN/g in the sludge accumulated in the beds. The studied systems demonstrated a good efficiency for sludge dewatering and stabilization in the context of small remote wastewater treatment plants.     

Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes

Due to serious eutrophication in water bodies, nitrogen removal has become a critical stage for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) over past decades. Conventional biological nitrogen removal processes are based on nitrification and denitrification (N/DN), and are suffering from several major drawbacks, including substantial aeration consumption, high fugitive greenhouse gas emissions, a requirement for external carbon sources, excessive sludge production and low energy recovery efficiency, and thus unable to satisfy the escalating public needs. Recently, the discovery of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria has promoted an update of conventional N/DN-based processes to autotrophic nitrogen removal. However, the application of anammox to treat domestic wastewater has been hindered mainly by unsatisfactory effluent quality with nitrogen removal efficiency below 80%. The discovery of nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-DAMO) during the last decade has provided new opportunities to remove this barrier and to achieve a robust system with high-level nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater, by utilizing methane as an alternative carbon source. In the present review, opportunities and challenges for nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation are discussed. Particularly, the prospective technologies driven by the cooperation of anammox and n-DAMO microorganisms are put forward based on previous experimental and modeling studies. Finally, a novel WWTP system acting as an energy exporter is delineated.     

Evaluation of the genotoxicity of treated urban sludge in the Tradescantia micronucleus assay

The sludge produced in sewage treatment plants can contain toxic substances. Among these, the genotoxic substances are of great concern. The present paper aimed at evaluating the genotoxicity of treated sludge samples collected at four different sewage treatment plants (STP) located in the State of S?o Paulo, Brazil using the Trad-MN assay. Another objective of the study was to compare the responses of the Clone #4430 with the Tradescantia pallida. Sludge samples mixed with reference soil in concentrations of 10, 25 and 50% (v/v) were tested in experiments with 3 months exposure in the field. Negative and positive controls (arsenic trioxide) were also tested with both plants. In Clone #4430 two sludge samples induced genotoxicity while in T. pallida three were positive, although no clear dose-response were observed for both plants. Results with the negative and positive controls suggest that T. pallida presented similar results when compared to the Clone #4430. The protocol using plants chronically exposed to sludge mixed with soil seems to be a promising tool to assess the genotoxicity of sludge although time consuming.     

Minimization of excess sludge production by in-situ activated sludge treatment processes — A comprehensive review

The widespread application of conventional activated sludge treatment process has been employed to deal with a variety of municipal and industrial sewage. While the generation of waste activated sludge (WAS) was considerably huge, the management and disposal expenses were substantially costly. A promising process aimed for WAS reduction during the operation process is urgently needed. Thus, increasing attentions emphasizing on the improved or novel sludge reduction processes should be intensively recommended in the future. This review presents the current and emerging technologies for excess sludge minimization within the process of sewage treatment. The ultimate purpose of this paper is to guide or inspire researchers who are seeking feasible and promising technologies (or processes) to tackle the severe WAS problem.     

互花米草纤维与造纸污泥混合制作污泥纤维板

利用长纤维与造纸污泥混合制作纤维板,以互花米草秸秆、纺织长纤维和废纸浆与造纸污泥混合制浆,经抄纸板机复合热压成型得到工业污泥纤维板材,并分析不同纤维板材的性能差异。结果表明:基于"生物钢筋+水泥"模型,互花米草秸秆纤维与造纸污泥复合成的纤维板材在硬挺度、耐破度、密度和吸水性能上均具有明显优势。此工艺为综合利用造纸污泥等工业废弃污泥提供了可借鉴的工艺技术,并为综合利用秸秆纤维提供了相关参考。