Characteristics of Sludge Moisture Content Variation in Sludge Drying Reed Beds

Abstract:

Sludge moisture content was investigated at different stages during the test. Pilot-scale sludge drying bed and sludge drying reed beds had the same size of 3 m×1 m×1.3 m, and the bed height consisted of a 65 cm media layer and a 65 cm extra height. The media layer is filled with slag (20 cm), gravel (20 cm), coarse sand (5 cm) and quartz sand (24.5 cm) from the bottom in turn. Unit 1 was a conventional sludge drying bed, unit 2 was a sludge drying reed bed. Unit 1 and unit 2 had ventilation pipes which were mounted on the drainage pipes. Unit 3 was a sludge drying reed bed without ventilation pipe. The waste activated sludge was feed into the three units periodically during the experiment. The experiment investigated the sludge moisture content. At the end of the operation, the sludge moisture content in three units decreased by 18.52%, 22.37%, and 20.68%, respectively. It was found that the dewatering effect of the sludge drying reed bed was better than the conventional drying bed. The effect of plant growth on sludge dewatering is greater than the ventilation, but the difference was not significant.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 768)
• Pages: 515-519
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.768.515
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Xin Nan Deng, Yu Bo Cui*, Wei Gao, Rui Chen
• Keywords: Moisture Content, Sludge Drying Reed Bed, Sludge Stabilization

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