Comparison of the impacts of thermal pretreatment on waste activated sludge using aerobic and anaerobic digestion

被引:9
作者
Jo, Hyungjun [1 ]
Parker, Wayne [1 ]
Kianmehr, Peiman [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 200 Univ Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[2] Amer Univ Dubai, Dept Civil Engn, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, U Arab Emirates
关键词
aerobic digestion; anaerobic digestion; BioWin model; COD fractionation; thermal hydrolysis; waste activated sludge; HYDROLYSIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; SOLUBILIZATION; ULTRASOUND;
D O I
10.2166/wst.2018.458
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
A range of thermal pretreatment conditions were used to evaluate the impact of high pressure thermal hydrolysis on the biodegradability of waste activated sludge (WAS) under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. It was found that pretreatment did not increase the overall extent to which WAS could be aerobically biodegraded. Thermal pretreatment transformed the biodegradable fraction of WAS (X-H) to readily biodegradable chemical oxygen demand (COD) (S-B) (16.5-34.6%) and slowly biodegradable COD (X-B) (45.8-63.6%). The impact of pretreatment temperature and duration on WAS COD fractionation did not follow a consistent pattern as changes in COD solubilization did not correspond to the observed generation of S-B through pretreatment. The pretreated WAS (PWAS) COD fractionations determined from aerobic respirometry were employed in anaerobic modeling and it was concluded that the aerobic and anaerobic biodegradability of PWAS differed. It was found that thermal pretreatment resulted in as much as 50% of the endogenous decay products becoming biodegradable in anaerobic digestion. Overall, it was concluded that the COD fractionation that was developed based upon the aerobic respirometry was valid. However, it was necessary to implement a first-order decay process that reflected changes in the anaerobic biodegradability of the endogenous products through pretreatment.
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页码:1772 / 1781
页数:10
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