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Mobilność wybranych metali ciężkich w komunalnych osadach ściekowych
2016
The research was aimed at determining the interaction of municipal sewage sludge with the environment in the aspect of its potential for land applications in agriculture, land reclamation and land adaptation to different uses. Sequential extraction of heavy metals according to Brümmer’s method was used in the study. A detailed interpretation of the data allowed to state that the highest content of copper was found in one of the most mobile bindings (fraction I). For other heavy metals only trace amounts were found in the bindings considered as the most mobile (fraction I-III) which proved less risk posed to the environment. The highest percentage share of heavy metals in the investigated sl…
Analysis of the Mobility of Heavy Metals in Sludge for the Sewage Treatment Plant in Daleszyce
2020
Osady ściekowe są produktem ubocznym procesów oczyszczania ścieków. Wykazują jednak wysokie właściwości nawo-zowe oraz glebotwórcze, jednak nie zawsze mogą być one wykorzystane w tym celu. Dwa główne kryteria ograniczające ich przyrodnicze wykorzystanie to zawartość metali ciężkich oraz jaj pasożytów. Osady ściekowe pobrane z oczyszczalni ścieków w Daleszycach zostały poddane analizie zawartości metali ciężkich. W tym celu wykonano analizę specjacyjną, pozwalającą podzielić całkowitą zawartość metali na cztery frakcje mobilności. Mobilność określa zdolność pierwiastka, lub któregoś z jego form, do przemieszczania się w środowisku. Badania wykonano, stosując czteroetapową procedurę BCR. Wyni…
Current status and development of sanitation and wastewater treatment in the national and international context
2012
El acceso al saneamiento y depuración de aguas residuales es un aspecto de suma importancia tanto desde el punto de vista ambiental como sanitario. Por ello, desde el Imperio Mesopotámico hasta la actualidad se han producido importantes avances en esta materia. Sin embargo, en la actualidad, en la mayoría de los países en vías de desarrollo el acceso al saneamiento continua siendo deficitario. Por otra parte, los países desarrollados, que sí disponen de sistemas adecuados de depuración de aguas residuales, se enfrentan al reto de mejorar la sostenibilidad de estos sistemas. En este trabajo se describe en profundidad el estado actual y evolución en el tiempo del saneamiento y depuración de a…
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PROCESS IN ROMANIA IN THE LAST 30 YEARS: CASE STUDY RÂMNICU VÂLCEA
2012
The evolution of the sewage treatment process in Romania in the last 30 years: case study Râmnicu Vâlcea. Most studies made at national level in the domain of hydrology target the surface water topic, analyzing the hydrometric and hydrologic characteristics and the quality of the water for certain catchment areas. This paper aims instead the relatively new field of urban hydrology, more exactly the urban wastewater treatment process. The study is based on the observations made in the first half of the year 2010 at the wastewater treatment plant from Râmnicu Vâlcea and on the analysis of some relevant wastewater quality indicators before and after the treatment process for the period between…
Hydrothermal co-liquefaction of sewage sludge and formic acid
2019
The biocrude produced by non-catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has a too high heteroatom content to be used directly as a fuel [1-3]. Several studies found that different H2 initial pressures during HTL experiments were ineffective in improving the biocrude yield [4-6], nevertheless it was observed that higher initial pressures of H2 brought an improvement of the concentration of light compounds in the biocrude, decreasing the average molecular weight of biocrude oil. To date H2 is mainly generated from fossil sources and realization of a possible hydrogen economy from alternative sources presents many challenges. The use of a liquid hydrogen storage media could represent for the HT…
Optical Monitoring of Microplastics Filtrated from Wastewater Sludge and Suspended in Ethanol.
2021
The abundance of microplastics (MPs) in the atmosphere, on land, and especially in water bodies is well acknowledged. In this study, we establish an optical method based on three different techniques, namely, specular reflection to probe the medium, transmission spectroscopy measurements for the detection and identification, and a speckle pattern for monitoring the sedimentation of MPs filtrated from wastewater sludge and suspended in ethanol. We used first Raman measurements to estimate the presence and types of different MPs in wastewater sludge samples. We also used microscopy to identify the shapes of the main MPs. This allowed us to create a teaching set of samples to be characterized …
Effect of temperature on anaerobic treatment of black water in UASB-septic tank systems
2007
The effect of northern European seasonal temperature changes and low temperature on the performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB)-septic tanks treating black water was studied. Three UASB-septic tanks were monitored with different operational parameters and at different temperatures. The results indicated the feasibility of the UASB-septic tank for (pre)treatment of black water at low temperatures with respect to removal of suspended solids and dissolved organic material. Inoculum sludge had little effect on COD(ss) removal, though in the start-up phase some poorly adapted inoculum disintegrated and washed out, thus requiring consideration when designing the process. Removal of …
Particle balance and return loops for microplastics in a tertiary-level wastewater treatment plant.
2021
Highlights: Dewatering by centrifugation was a step that removed a high number of MPs from the sludge. Sludge retained especially the fibrous microplactics. Reject water transported microplastics inside a wastewater treatment plant. Disc filter-based tertiary treatment ensured removal of 99% of microplastics in wastewater. Microplastics (MPs) from households, stormwater, and various industries are transported to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), where a high proportion of them are captured before discharging their residuals to watersheds. Although recent studies have indicated that the removed MPs are mainly retained in wastewater sludge, sludge treatment processes have gained less atten…
Biopolymer Recovery from Aerobic Granular Sludge and Conventional Flocculent Sludge in Treating Industrial Wastewater: Preliminary Analysis of Differ…
2022
The recovery of biopolymers from sewage sludge could be a crucial step in implementing circular economy principles in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). In this frame, the present study was aimed at evaluating the simultaneous production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) obtainable from the treatment of agro-industrial wastewater. Two biological enrichment systems, aerobic granular sludge (AGS) and a conventional activated sludge operating as a sequencing batch reactor (SBR), were monitored for 204 and 186 days, respectively. The maximum biopolymers accumulation capacity was close to 0.60 mgPHA-EPS gVSS−1 in the AGS when operating at 3 kgCODm…
Wpływ nawożenia mineralnego oraz zastosowania osadów ściekowych na wybrane właściwości zwałowisk po eksploatacji wapieni
2006
The study, conducted in years 1998-2002, was aimed to define the optimal way of land reclamation and development o f the area of the opencast limestone mine by low-cost methods of proved efficiency. Four experimental plots, differ in respect of the soil fertilization method, were assigned within the area of the Silesian Lime Industry Works in Tarnów Opolski. Results o f physical and chemical analyses revealed that the use o f sewage sludge was not dangerous for soil properties and plants. Its uniform application on the whole land surface was more favorable than the point application by the hole treatment.