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The rheological characterization is of crucial importance in sludge management both for biomass dewatering and stabilization purposes and for the definition of design parameters for sludge handling operations. The sludge retention time (SRT) has a significant influence on biomass properties in biological wastewater treatment systems and in particul...
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Rheological characterization is of crucial importance in sludge management both in terms of biomass dewatering and stabilization properties and in terms of design parameters for sludge handling operations. The sludge retention time (SRT) has a significant influence on biomass properties in biological wastewater treatment systems and in particular i...
Rheological characterization is of crucial importance in sludge management both in terms of biomass dewatering and stabilization properties and in terms of design parameters for sludge handling operations. The mixed liquor suspended solid (MLSS) and coagulant concentration have a significant influence on biomass properties in biological wastewater...
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... An alternative rapid response monitoring method is the use of rheological properties such as viscosity and shear stress, whose exchange rate in raw and aerobically or anaerobically digested sludges have been reported in several studies using factors such as: a) the degradation of organic matter that is present in activated sludges; [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] b) temperature; [29] c) electric parameters such as the impedance [30] and d) the concentration of total suspended solids. [31,32] Physical properties have also been used to determine the energy requirements during variations of mixing and transport in aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of wastewater [33] and to determine the effects of friction on fluid lines and conduits in addition to other engineering applications. ...
This study investigated the rheological behavior of raw physicochemical sludges and sludges that were digested at different organic loading rates (OLRs) (1, 5, 10 and 15 gVS L(-1) d(-1)) during methanogenesis suppression to produce hydrogen anaerobically. The Herschel-Bulkley model was used to describe the rheology of these sludges with specific properties. The results indicate that the Herschel-Bulkley model adequately described the rheology ([Formula: see text] ≠ 0) of this type of fluids (R(2) > 0.98). In addition, the raw physicochemical sludges and those that were digested at different OLRs had dilatant behaviors (n > 1), which increased with increasing OLR. These results identified the apparent viscosity, yield stress, pH and OLR conditions that allow for the production and suppression of methane, as well as the conditions that guarantee the production of hydrogen.
... The results of rheological measuring can be used as an useful tool for the characterization of sewage sludge to control sludge treatment processes, such as dewatering, stabilization and advanced processes, such as value-addition Giordano et al., 2007). In fact, torque rheology was demonstrated as an appropriate tool to measure sludge fl ocs' strength in mixing conditions, adjusting polymer dose and type to control suspension strength for optimizing sludge dewatering (Abu-Orf and Örmeci, 2005). ...
The work is focused on characterization of rheological behavior of sewage sludges sampled at different stages of waste water treatment. The main attention was focused on dynamic viscosity dependence on temperature, and shear rate. The sludge samples were examined under temperature ranging from 1°C to 25°C and under shear rate ranging from 0.34 s-1 to 68 s-1. Rotary digital viscometer (concentric cylinders geometry) was used to perform the reological measurements. The solids content of the sludge samples ranged from 0.43 % to 21.45 % (A and C samples, respectively) and ash free dry mass from 56.21 % to 67.80 % (A and B samples, respectively). The tested materials were found to be of non-Newtoninan nature and temperature dependent. Measured data were successfully characterized by several mathematical models (Arrhenius, Bingham Plastic, Casson Law, Exponential, Gaussian, and IPC Paste) in MATLAB software with satisfying correlations between experimental and computed results. The best match (R2 = 0.999) was received with use of Gaussian model, in both cases, shear rate and temperature dependence. The results are quite useful e.g. for the purpose of technological equipment design.
The use of MBR is a technology that could bring the following advantages: the volume loading rate of current plants can be higher, smaller space could be required and could be obtained a useful water for direct re-use, for these reasons the use of MBR technology is widely extended in the world in the last 10 years. One of the main design configurations is the side-stream. This configuration consists in the membrane settled in a bioreactor of less volume to help to the maintain labours and avoid the noise in the measure of oxygen concentration with the air used to avoid clogging. The depuration process will be placed in the bioreactor with higher volume. One of the most important phases in the design of a treatment plant is the economic balance, in this balance the size of the equipments and the power input would play the most important role. Typically the treatment plants are designed taking into account the mass loading, but this calculation could be done taking into account other parameters like the kinetic parameters using other mathematical models like Monod's model. Both of the ways of calculation will be developed. In order to define the Monod's model it must be quantify how micro organisms grow and how the substrate is consumed. To quantify them it is necessary to set a mathematical model in order to obtain the kinetic parameters as maximal growth rate and the decay rate. We will focus in the hollow-fibre membranes and we will study different parameters that could influence in its performance, such as sludge retention time (SRT), hydraulic retention time (HRT), temperature, mixed liquid suspended solids (MLSS), mixed liquid volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) and F/M ratio that is a parameter of organic loading rate. Other important parameter to be into account in the design phase is the power of aeration required, how its calculation is and what factors could affect it. The aeration represents an important power input in the requirements of energy in the treatment plants and studying it could improve the energy efficiency. The mass transfer coefficient and the factors affecting efficiency will be calculated.
A rheological study of diets using the agro-industrial wastes (brewery wastewater and pomace waste) was carried out in order to obtain a diet most adapted to supply nutrients for growth of codling moth (CM) larvae. Nutritive capacity (g/L) of brewery wastewater (BWW) (25.5 ± 5.5 carbohydrates; 16.9 ± 2.1 proteins; 6 ± 1.6 lipids) and pomace waste (POM) (22.0 ± 0.03 carbohydrates; 11.3 ± 1.3 proteins; 2 ± 0.2 lipids) were essential and important as replacement or in association with other ingredients [soya flour (SF), wheat germ (WG), yeast extract (YE)] of the standard diet for the breeding of codling moth larvae. These diet additives also contributed to the preservation of texture and nutritive content of larvae diet. The eggs and CM larvae were grown on alternate diets under industrial conditions (16:8 h photoperiod; 25 ± 1 °C and 50 ± 0.5 % of humidity). The higher assimilation of nutrients of the diets in BWW and control diet was observed by calculating the rate of hatching of eggs (0.48 to 0.71); larvae growth (0.23 to 0.4) and fertility (1.33 to 3 for control diet). The excellent growth and fertility rates of codling moth larvae were attributed to variations in viscosity (varying from 50 to 266 mPa.s⁻¹), particle size (varying 24.3 μm in 88.05 μm with regard to 110 μm the control diet) and total solids (145.88 g/L POM + YE; 162.08 g/L BWW + YE; 162.2 g/L POM + WG; 173 g/L control; 174.3 g/L BWW + WG) diets. Lower viscosity favored improved diet due to ease of assimilation of nutrients. Thus, rheology is an important parameter during preparation of diets for growth of codling moth larvae as it will dictate the nutrient assimilation which is an important parameter of larvae growth.
In this study, the concentrations of 13 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) (PFBuS, PFHxS, PFOS, THPFOS, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, PFUnDA, PFDoDA, PFTDA, and PFOSA) were analyzed in municipal drinking water samples collected at 40 different locations from 5 different zones of Catalonia, Spain. Detection limits ranged between 0.02 (PFHxS) and 0.85 ng/L (PFOA). The most frequent compounds were PFOS and PFHxS, which were detected in 35 and 31 samples, with maximum concentrations of 58.1 and 5.30 ng/L, respectively. PFBuS, PFHxA, and PFOA were also frequently detected (29, 27, and 26 samples, respectively), with maximum levels of 69.4, 8.55, and 57.4 ng/L. In contrast, PFDoDA and PFTDA could not be detected in any sample. The most contaminated water samples were found in the Barcelona Province, whereas none of the analyzed PFCs could be detected in two samples (Banyoles and Lleida), and only one PFC could be detected in four of the samples. Assuming a human water consumption of 2 L/day, the maximum daily intake of PFOS and PFOA from municipal drinking water would be, for a subject of 70 kg of body weight, 1.7 and 1.6 ng/kg/day. This is clearly lower than the respective Tolerable Daily Intake set by the European Food Safety Authority. In all samples, PFOS and PFOA also showed lower levels than the short-term provisional health advisory limit for drinking water (200 ng PFOS/L and 400 ng PFOA/L) set by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Although PFOS and PFOA concentrations found in drinking water in Catalonia are not expected to pose human health risks, safety limits for exposure to the remaining PFCs are clearly necessary, as health-based drinking water concentration protective for lifetime exposure is set to 40 ng/L for PFOA.
The effect of ultrasonication and Fenton oxidation as physico-chemical pre-treatment processes on the change of rheology of wastewater sludge was investigated in this study. Pre-treated and raw sludges displayed non-Newtonian rheological behaviour with shear thinning as well as thixotropic properties for total solids ranging from 10 g/L to 40 g/L. The rheological models, namely, Bingham plastic, Casson law, NCA/CMA Casson, IPC Paste, and power law were also studied to characterize flow of raw and pre-treated sludges. Among all rheological models, the power law was more prominent in describing the rheology of the sludges. Pre-treatment processes resulted in a decrease in pseudoplasticity of sludge due to the decrease in consistency index K varying from 42.4 to 1188, 25.6 to 620.4 and 52.5 to 317.9; and increase in flow behaviour index n changing from 0.5 to 0.35, 0.62 to 0.55 and 0.63 to 0.58, for RS, UlS and FS, respectively at solids concentration 10-40 g/L. The correlation between improvement of biodegradability and dewaterability, decrease in viscosity, and change in particle size as a function of sludge pre-treatment process was also investigated. Fenton oxidation facilitated sludge filterability resulting in capillary suction time values which were approximately 50% of the raw sludges, whereas ultrasonication with high input energy deteriorated the filterability. Biodegradability was also enhanced by the pre-treatment processes and the maximum value was obtained (64%, 77% and 73% for raw, ultrasonicated and Fenton oxidized sludges, respectively) at total solids concentration of 25 g/L. Hence, pre-treatment of wastewater sludge modified the rheological properties so that: (1) the flowability of sludge was improved for transport through the treatment train (via pipes and pumps); (2) the dewaterability of wastewater sludge was enhanced for eventual disposal and; (3) the assimilation of nutrients by microorganisms for further value-addition was increased.
