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Investigations into Improving Dewaterability at a Bio‐P/Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services has observed poorer than expected dewatering performance at its Empire Plant. This plant has both anaerobic digestion and enhanced biological phosphorus removal in its treatment train. A research program using pilot‐scale anaerobic digesters investigated potential solutions to the plant's poor dewaterability. The dewaterability goal was to increase the cake solids from 12% total solids (TS) to 16% TS or higher. This research investigated 20 different reactor conditions including chemical, feed sludge, and digested sludge treatments. At the pilot scale, unaerated storage of waste activated sludge prior to thickening and addition of ferric chloride to digestion was found to achieve dewatered cake solids of nearly 17% TS with the added benefit of reducing polymer demand. Issues including the amount of chemical required and the resulting volatile solids destruction influence the viability of the process change, so a full‐scale pilot and financial analysis is recommended before making permanent process changes.
Investigations into Improving Dewaterability at a Bio‐P/Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services has observed poorer than expected dewatering performance at its Empire Plant. This plant has both anaerobic digestion and enhanced biological phosphorus removal in its treatment train. A research program using pilot‐scale anaerobic digesters investigated potential solutions to the plant's poor dewaterability. The dewaterability goal was to increase the cake solids from 12% total solids (TS) to 16% TS or higher. This research investigated 20 different reactor conditions including chemical, feed sludge, and digested sludge treatments. At the pilot scale, unaerated storage of waste activated sludge prior to thickening and addition of ferric chloride to digestion was found to achieve dewatered cake solids of nearly 17% TS with the added benefit of reducing polymer demand. Issues including the amount of chemical required and the resulting volatile solids destruction influence the viability of the process change, so a full‐scale pilot and financial analysis is recommended before making permanent process changes.
Investigations into Improving Dewaterability at a Bio‐P/Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Alm, Rebecca (author) / Sealock, Adam W. (author) / Nollet, Yabing (author) / Sprouse, George (author)
Water Environment Research ; 88 ; 2082-2093
2016-11-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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