Thermal-alkaline solubilization of waste activated sludge as a pre-treatment stage for anaerobic digestion

被引:222
作者
Vlyssides, AG [1 ]
Karlis, PK [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Chem Engn, Lab Organ & Chem Technol, Athens 15700, Greece
关键词
waste activated sludge; thermal; pretreatment; alkaline; lime; solubilization; hydrolysis;
D O I
10.1016/S0960-8524(03)00176-7
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
This work studied the hydrolysis kinetics and the solubilization of waste activated sludge under a medium range temperature (50-90 degreesC) and pH in the alkaline region (8-11), as a pretreatment stage for anaerobic digestion. The hydrolysis rate for the solubilization of volatile suspended solids (VSS) followed a first-order rate. A linear polynomial hydrolysis model was derived from the experimental results leading to a satisfactory correlation between the hydrolysis rate coefficient, pH, and temperature. At pH 11 and a temperature of 90 degreesC the concentration of the VSS was 6.82%, the VSS reduction reached 45% within ten hours and at the same time the soluble COD was 70.000 mg/l and the total efficiency for methane production 0.28 l of CH4 per g of VSS loading. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:201 / 206
页数:6
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