Papers by Keyword: Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR)

Abstract: With synthetic domestic wastewater, denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organism was enriched and cultured by using activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in a set of sequencing batch reactor. Results showed that the system had a good effluent performance under the three-phase cultivation of anaerobic/aerobic, anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic and anaerobic/anoxic; the effluent concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD) was below 25 mg/L, the average removal rate of phosphorus was 84.63%-88.19%.

Abstract: A2N is two-sludge system, by using the method that first bringing up the cultivation of denitrifying phosphorus removing bacteria (DPB) and nitrification biofilm separately then connecting them, which can start up A2N system successfully. Nitrification biofilm was cultivated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). After 30 days, NH4+-N effluent concentration steadily stayed below 0.5mg·L-1.In another SBR, the activated sludge for the enrichment of DPB is from the anaerobic tank, which was firstly operated under anaerobic/aerobic (A/O) condition. After 20 days, PAOs was successfully enriched. Then, the activated sludge was conducted under anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A/A/O) condition, maintaining the anaerobic time, gradually increased anoxic time and induced aerobic time. After 30 days DPB was successfully enriched, two phases totally take 50 days. The removal efficiency of total nitrogen and phosphorus are above 85 % and 95 %, so that A2N system was started up successfully.

Abstract: A SBR was used to treat power plant sewage based on SND when pH, DO(dissolved oxygen),MLSS, were 7.0-8.0, 0.5-1mg/L, 3000±200mg/L, respectively. Results indicated average removal efficiency of COD and NH₄⁺-N were 89% ,96.34%.Because of low COD/ NH₄⁺-N, average removal efficiency of TN(total nitrogen)was only 71.15%, effect of SND was not apparent. After improving COD/ NH₄⁺-N by adding carbon source intermittently, removal effects of COD and NH₄⁺-N were not reduced, and effluent NO₃^--N and NO₂^--N was not accumulated, average removal efficiency of TN was 95%, and efficiency of SND was enhanced obviously. The effluent of system was recycled effectively. It indicates that SBR based on SND is feasible in theory and technology which is applied to treat power plant sewage.

Abstract: ABSTRACT. SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor) was investigated for the treatment of OCC pulping wastewater in this paper. This study includes the design of the SBR device and its control system, the test of start-up of the SBR, running of the reactor by treating the wastewater. During the start-up process the activated sludge was cultured and acclimated. After acclimation the removal efficiency of CODcr can reach around 80%. Following investigations were focused on evaluation of the treatment efficiency and the reactive cycle during running the SBR. The experimental results showed that the running parameters of SBR reaction system were Fill 2.0 h, React 12.0 h, Settle 1.0~2.0 h, Drain 0.5h, Idle 4.0h. Under these conditions the removal rate of COD can reach 94%. So the performance of SBR for the wastewater was satisfactory as the wastewater had 1500~2500mg/l of COD. The cyclic operation of SBR used in this study proved more effective in treating the wastewater.

Abstract: The successful cultivation of aerobic granular sludge used for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was performed using a synthetic domestic wastewater and conventional flocculent activated sludge as seeding sludge. The removal efficiency of sludge for chemical oxygen demand (COD),ammonia nitrogen and phosphate was 92.4%,88.1% and 95.9%, respectively. After screening, a strain was obtained with high efficient in nitrogen and phosphorus removal. By analyzing, the strain was identified as Raoultella ornithinolytica. After strain accumulation, the strain cultured at 30°C for 24h. The ammonia nitrogen and phosphate removal efficiency were 78.3% and 92%, respectively.

Abstract: By using the conventional activated sludge as seed sludge in SBR to cultivate the aerobic granular sludge system, the mechanism of nitrogen and phosphorus removal was explored. The results showed that the aerobic granular sludge system consisted of the heavy aerobic granular sludge and the light flocculent activated sludge was formed in the reactor after 15 days. The SVI of the aerobic granular sludge system was about 50ml/g～60ml/g, the MLSS was about 3000mg/L～4000mg/L steadily, and the weight ratio of granules in the total sludge was about 70%.The removal rates of NH4+-N, TN, and PO43-P in the anaerobic-aerobic operation mode were 80%～97%, 80%～97% and 70%～85%, respectively. It indicated that granules and flocs were beneficial nitrogen and phosphorus removal, respectively.

Abstract: Micro-electrolysis process was conducted to treat the anaerobic digestion effluent of cotton pulp black liquor in sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Three key factors including reaction time, pH, and iron-carbon volume ratio were investigated for their impacts on the treatment efficiency. The effluent of micro-electrolysis polished by coagulation process was performed with Al₂(SO₄)₃ and PAC as coagulators. The results show that the optimum conditions of the micro-electrolysis treatment were pH 5.5, iron-carbon volume ratio 1:1, and reaction time 8h. Al₂(SO₄)₃ was selected as the coagulator with the addition of 400mg/L. The removal efficiency of COD reaches 93.2% with Micro-electrolysis combined with coagulation process. In addition, the B/C ratio has risen from 0.016 to 0.68(>0.3), which creates favorable conditions for the subsequent aerobic process. Consequently, the micro-electrolysis and coagulation process are highly efficient to dispose the anaerobic digestion effluent of cotton linters pulp black liquor. What’s more, this technology has the advantages of low operating cost, small land occupation and high efficiency.

Abstract: Aerobic granules efficient at degrading paracetamol as the sole carbon and energy resource were successfully developed in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Aerobic granules were first observed about 220 days after reactor start-up. The images SEM showed the aerobic granules typically consisted of coccus and bacillus. Meanwhile, the size distribution of aerobic granules was analyzed on day 200. The result indicated that the granules eventually grew to become the dominant form of biomass in the reactor. The granular sludge on day 80 and 200 degraded paracetamol completely in 48 h and 28 h, respectively, indicating that granulation contributed to paracetamol degradation. The specific paracetamol degradation rate was observed to increase with increasing paracetamol initial concentration from 500 to 5000 mg/L, peaked at 1200 mg-MTBE/g-VSS·h, and declined with further increases in MTBE concentration as substrate inhibition effects became significant. This study demonstrates that paracetamol can be effectively degraded by aerobic granules and gives insight into the microorganisms potentially involved in the process.

Abstract: A new process has been developed in treating train laundry wastewater for recycling. In the work, the process of coagulation-sedimentation and SBR has been researched, the results has shown that the characters of the wastewater was great improved by coagulation-sedimentation under the conditions of 80mg/L of PAC as coagulant and 30mg/L of APAM as coagulant aid, and then by SBR under the conditions of 2.0h of anaerobic time, the effluent concentration could achieve the reuse standard of GBT18920-2002, and it could be applied for miscellaneous use.

Abstract: Abstract. The paper aims to study the fast start-up of anaerobic-aerobic-anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch reactor, with domestic sewage as treating object, to solve the problem of SBR that can be used for denitrification or dephosphorization independently and to realize simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a single SBR system. Phosphorus accumulating organisms were enriched at the anaerobic condition for 2h/aerobic for 3h after activated sludge were inoculated. Then denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms were enriched by inserting an anoxic phase into the aerobic phase. The lengths of anaerobic time, anoxic time and aerobic time were adjusted and the nitrogen and phosphorus removal effect of (AO)2SBR system were observed. The (AO)2SBR system was started successfully with 80d of training and domesticating. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal effect was performed preferably at the condition of anaerobic(2h)-aerobic(1.5h)-anoxic(1.5h)-aerobic(0.5h). The removal rate of COD, NH4+-N, TN and TP reached 90%, 97%, 88% and 92% respectively. And 33% of energy was saved when aerobic time was shortened from 3h to 2h, while the treating effect dropped off rarely. The results show that (AO)2SBR is applicable for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal, and the effluent water quality meets the first level B criteria specified in Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant(GB 18918-2002). The system can also reach the aim of saving energy and providing theoretical basis for the nitrogen and phosphorus removal in single SBR systems.