Strengthening sludge disintegration by thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method and its effect analysis
LIU Bowen, JIN Ruofei,, LAN Bingbing, LIU Guangfei, ZHOU Jiti Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Abstract:The thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method was used to further disintegrate the sludge, in order to reduce the consumption of alkali and heat energy. The orthogonal test of L16(45) was designed with five factors e.g., pH, temperature, solid-liquid ratio, reaction time and EDTA dosage, which affected the sludge disintegration effect. Under the optimized sludge disintegration conditions, the effects of the sludge disintegration were compared between the thermal alkali and the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling methods. The results showed that compared with the thermal alkali disintegration treatment, the release amounts of SCOD, TN, TP, polysaccharide and protein from thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegrated sludge increased by 14.7%, 5.6%, 9.9%, 3.6% and 25.9%, respectively. The thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegration led to less VS content in the residual sludge than that by the thermal alkali disintegration (21.93% versus 29.68%). Besides, the proportion of small molecule (<400 Da) in the lysate by the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegration was higher than that by the thermal alkali disintegration (40.68% versus 32.34%). Sludge floc size measurement and SEM observation demonstrated that thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegrated sludge had smaller response value in sludge particle size distribution and better flocs dispersion than the thermal alkali disintegration. The above results indicated that the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method can improve the dissolution rate and the hydrolysis property of organic matter under the medium and low temperature conditions, and further reduce the relative VS content in sludge residue. Obviously, the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method can strengthen the sludge disintegration effect compared with the thermal alkali method and show a promising prospect. Key words:sludge disintegration/ thermal-alkali/ ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)/ lysate/ dissolved organic matter (DOM).
图1热碱-EDTA耦合法处理污泥中各指标的变化 Figure1.Variation of indicators of thermal alkali-EDTA coupling treated sludge
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Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China Received Date: 2019-02-26 Accepted Date: 2019-05-08 Available Online: 2020-01-20 Keywords:sludge disintegration/ thermal-alkali/ ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)/ lysate/ dissolved organic matter (DOM) Abstract:The thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method was used to further disintegrate the sludge, in order to reduce the consumption of alkali and heat energy. The orthogonal test of L16(45) was designed with five factors e.g., pH, temperature, solid-liquid ratio, reaction time and EDTA dosage, which affected the sludge disintegration effect. Under the optimized sludge disintegration conditions, the effects of the sludge disintegration were compared between the thermal alkali and the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling methods. The results showed that compared with the thermal alkali disintegration treatment, the release amounts of SCOD, TN, TP, polysaccharide and protein from thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegrated sludge increased by 14.7%, 5.6%, 9.9%, 3.6% and 25.9%, respectively. The thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegration led to less VS content in the residual sludge than that by the thermal alkali disintegration (21.93% versus 29.68%). Besides, the proportion of small molecule (<400 Da) in the lysate by the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegration was higher than that by the thermal alkali disintegration (40.68% versus 32.34%). Sludge floc size measurement and SEM observation demonstrated that thermal alkali-EDTA coupling disintegrated sludge had smaller response value in sludge particle size distribution and better flocs dispersion than the thermal alkali disintegration. The above results indicated that the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method can improve the dissolution rate and the hydrolysis property of organic matter under the medium and low temperature conditions, and further reduce the relative VS content in sludge residue. Obviously, the thermal alkali-EDTA coupling method can strengthen the sludge disintegration effect compared with the thermal alkali method and show a promising prospect.