Upflow Sludge Blanket Filtration (USBF): an Innovative Technology in Activated Sludge Process.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:A new biological domestic wastewater treatment process, which has been presented these days in activated sludge modification, is Upflow Sludge Blanket Filtration (USBF). This process is aerobic and acts by using a sludge blanket in the separator of sedimentation tank. All biological flocs and suspended solids, which are presented in the aeration basin, pas through this blanket. The performance of a single stage USBF process for treatment of domestic wastewater was studied in laboratory scale. METHODS:The pilot of USBF has been made from fiberglass and the main electromechanical equipments consisted of an air compressor, a mixing device and two pumps for sludge return and wastewater injection. The wastewater samples used for the experiments were prepared synthetically to have qualitative characteristics similar to a typical domestic wastewater (COD= 277 mg/l, BOD(5)= 250 mg/l and TSS= 1 mg/l). RESULTS:On the average, the treatment system was capable to remove 82.2% of the BOD(5) and 85.7% of COD in 6 h hydraulic retention time (HRT). At 2 h HRT BOD and COD removal efficiencies dramatically reduced to 50% and 46.5%, respectively. CONCLUSION:Even by increasing the concentrations of pollutants to as high as 50%, the removal rates of all pollutants were remained similar to the HRT of 6 h.

journal_name

Iran J Public Health

authors

Mesdaghinia A,Mahvi A,Saeedi R,Pishrafti H

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-01-01 00:00:00

pages

7-12

issue

2

eissn

2251-6085

issn

2251-6093

journal_volume

39

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