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Alkaline and ultrasonic pretreatment of sludge before anaerobic digestion
(1997)
Chiu, YC
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Chang, CN
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Lin, JG
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Huang, SJ
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環境工程研究所
Pretreatment of waste activated sludge (WAS) results in an improved efficiency of the subsequent anaerobic biotransformation of the organic matter to volatile fatty acids. The pretreatment process has been carried out using alkaline treatment, ultrasonic treatment (20 KHz, 120 W) and different combination of these two methods: alkaline followed by ultrasonic, as well as the combining method in which ultrasonic treatment is applied to WAS samples dosed with alkaline, The hydrolysis efficiency was evaluated based on the quantity of soluble COD (SCOD) and organic nitrogen in the pretreated WAS as well as the production of total volatile fatty acids (TVFA) in the following biochemical acid potential (BAP) test. For WAS samples with described pretreatments, the released SCOD varied from 36% to 89% of the total COD (TCOD) and soluble organic nitrogen from 34% to 42%. The TVFA/TCOD ratio of the raw WAS used in this study was less than 10%. For the alkaline pretreated WAS, the TVFA/TCOD ratio increased to 30%, and the following ultrasonic treatment enhanced the ratio 66%. Further, WAS samples pretreated using simultaneous ultrasound and alkaline treatment in which ultrasonic was applied to WAS samples dosed with 40 meq/L NaOH for 14.4 sec/mL could achieve a maximum TVFA/TCOD ratio of 84% in 21 hours, Therefore, the combination of simultaneous alkaline and ultrasound pretreatment is efficient in enhancing the production of volatile acids in WAS in order to achieve recovery of volatile fatty acids from the WAS. (C) 1997 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Chemical conditioning for removal of water and phosphate from enhanced sludge
(1996)
Lin, JG
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Chang, CN
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Hung, HC
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環境工程研究所
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Institute of Environmental Engineering
Decomposition of 2-chlorophenol in aqueous solution by ultrasound/H2O2 process
(1996)
Lin, JG
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Chang, CN
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Wu, JR
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環境工程研究所
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Institute of Environmental Engineering
Several authors have indicated that ultrasound is effective in oxidizing organic contaminants in water and in wastewater either as the sole means of treatment or in combination with ozonation and UV irradiation. In this work we decomposed 2-chlorophenol (2-cp) in aqueous solution with ultrasound and H2O2. The experiment was conducted with a sonicator (Microson XL-2020) operated at 20 kHz. The double amplitude at the tip of the standard horn (12.7 mm) was adjusted to 0, 72 and 120 mu m, corresponding to power input 0, 125 and 160 W. The initial concentration of aqueous 2-cp solution was 100 mg/l, treated in the system with 0, 100, 200 and 500 mg/l H2O2 individually. The volume of solution was 11 in a mixing flask, and was circulated to the sonication cell at the rate 500 mL/min. Oxygen was continuously purged into the flask. The temperature of solution was kept constant at 25 degrees C and pH was controlled at 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The results showed the decomposition of 2-cp was effective at increased amplitude of ultrasound and concentration of H2O2, and smaller pH. At reaction duration 360 min, 2-cp decomposition with 500 mg/l H2O2 was found with 57% improvement over the control, i.e. without H2O2 addition. The pH, controlled below the pKa of 2-cp (8.49 at 25 degrees C), had significantly better decomposition of 2-cp than at greater values. The decomposition rate of 100 mg/l 2-cp was 99% at 120 mu m double amplitude with H2O2 (200 mg/L) and pH 3, after 360 min of reaction. The removal of total organic carbon was found to be only 63%. From analysis of the experimental results, the data on 2-cp decomposition appeared to follow pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics. The squared correlation coefficient, R2, of the model was greater than 0.9 for various pH values. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ.
Enhancement of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by alkaline solubilization
(1997-12-01)
Lin, JG
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Chang, CN
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Chang, SC
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環境工程研究所
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Institute of Environmental Engineering
The performance of an anaerobic digestion fed with waste activated sludge (WAS) pretreated with NaOH was examined The sludge was periodically collected from a municipal wastewater-treatment plant. The laboratory work was run in four I-I semi-continuous anaerobic digestion reactors. Reactor-A was fed with untreated WAS at 1% total solids (TS). The other three reactors, B, C and D, were respectively fed with WAS (1% TS) pretreated with 20 meq/l NaOH, WAS (1% TS) pretreated with 40 meq/l NaOH, and WAS (2% TS) pretreated with 20 meq/l NaOH. The reactors were operated at 35 degrees C at four hydraulic retention rimes - 20, 13, 10 and 7.5 days. The performances of reactors B, C and D, in terms of chemical oxygen demand (GOD), volatile solids (VS) removal, and gas production, were superior to that of reactor A. At a retention time of 10 days, the COD removals of reactors A, B, C and D were 38, 46, 51 and 52%, respectively. The gas productions of reactors B, C and D were, respectively, increased by 33, 30 and 163% over that of reactor A. The sludge dewaterability was examined by capillary suction rime (CST). The dewaterability of digested sludge was improved in reactors B, C and D. Capillary suction of digested sludges gave times in the range 148-389 s, compared with 309-735 s for undigested sludges. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Enhancement of decomposition of 2-chlorophenol with ultrasound/H2O2 process
(1996)
Lin, JG
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Chang, CN
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Wu, JR
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Ma, YS
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環境工程研究所
We investigated the effects of pH, ionic strength, catalyst, and initial concentration on both decomposition of 2-chlorophenol (2-cp) and removal of total organic carbon (TOC) in aqueous solution with ultrasonic amplitude 120 mu m and H2O2 (200 mg/l). When the initial concentrations of 2-cp was 100 mg/l and the pH was controlled at 3, the rate of 2-cp decomposition was enhanced up to 6.6-fold and TOC removal up td 9.8-fold over pH controlled at 11. At pH 3, the efficiency of decomposition of 2-cp was 99% but the removal of TOC was only 63%; a similar situation applied at pH 7 and 11. Hence intermediate compounds were produced and 2-cp was not completely mineralized. When the concentration of ionic strength was increased from 0.001 to 0.1 M, the rate of 2-cp decomposition was enhanced only 0.3-fold, whereas the TOC removal was not enhanced. In comparison of the effects of pH and ionic strength, pH had greater influence on both 2-cp decomposition and TOC removal than ionic strength. The effect of a catalyst (FeSO4) on decomposition of 2-cp was insignificant comparing with direct addition of H2O2 The reaction rate at a smaller initial concentration of 2-cp (10 mg/l) was more rapid than at a greater one (100 mg/l). The rate of 2-cp decomposition and TOC removal appeared to follow pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Modified Nernst model for on-line control of the chemical oxidation decoloring process
(1996)
Chang, CN
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Lin, JG
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Chao, AC
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Liu, CS
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環境工程研究所
A modified Nernst equation was used to describe the decoloring reaction using the Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) as an on-line monitoring and control parameter of the chemical reaction. In the modified equation, an ''S'' term is defined to indicate the oxidative potential (or decoloring potential) of dyes being studied. The laboratory study utilizes sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) to reduce the color of wastewater spiked with textile dyes. Five dyes were used in preparing the wastewater samples : methyl red (MR), methyl violet (MV), methyl blue (MB), malachite green (MG) and methyl orange (MO). The color was measured by use of an automatic ADMI (American Dye Manufacturer Institute) measurement system in which a visible spectrophotometer was connected to a personal computer and the samples were scanned from 400 nm to 700 nm with a 10 nm interval each step. During the batch decoloring studies, several factors including ADMI, ORP, temperature and pH were continuously monitored with the computer. In this study, the potential of the decoloring compound of the dyes studies are in the following order : MG>MV>MO>MR>MB, with numeric ratios of 2.08 : 1.78 : 1.78 : 1.28 : 1.00, respectively. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
The pretreatment of acrylonitrile and styrene with the ozonation process
(1997)
Chang, CN
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Lin, JG
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Chao, AC
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Cho, BC
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Yu, RF
Acrylonitrile and styrene are used as the raw materials for manufacturing acrylic fiber, thus they are often found as pollutants in the petrochemical wastewater. This study utilizes ozone to decompose the organic nitrogen contained in acrylonitrile and styrene, and the oxidation process was monitored using on-line measurements of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) and pH. The efficiency of organic nitrogen decomposition was also estimated based on the GOD, organic nitrogen, TOC, ammonia-N, nitrite, and nitrate measurements. Both the initial pH and alkalinity are observed to affect the degradation rate of organic nitrogen. The acrylonitrile sample with the lowest initial pH value (i.e., 4.0) has a shorter t(1/2) Of 18.9 min and that for samples of the highest initial pH (i.e., 11) was 34 min. The alkalinity of one acrylonitrile sample was boosted by adding 500 mg/l CaCO3, to simulate the field ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) wastewater effluent. It was observed that within a short ozone contact time, the acrylonitrile sample spiked with 500 mg/l CaCO3 had the highest COD decomposition rate of 0.411 min(-1), or 1.3 times more than that for samples Without addition of CaCO3. Results of the ozonation process can be fitted with a modified Nernst equation for the various pH conditions. Additionally, the ozone treated synthetic ABS sample shows a faster COD removal rate in the subsequent biological process than those samples without ozone treatment. (C) 1997 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.