A two-stage process has been developed for stabilization of sludge and removal of heavy metals from the secondary activated sludge with high rate of energy and time conservation. The first stage of the process involve...A two-stage process has been developed for stabilization of sludge and removal of heavy metals from the secondary activated sludge with high rate of energy and time conservation. The first stage of the process involves autoheated thermophilic aerobic digestion at 55-60℃ inoculated with less-acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms (ATAD). The results show that it is possible to maintain the autoheated conditions (55-60℃) in the ATAD reactor up to 24 hr, leading to reduction of 21% total solids (TS), 27% volatile solids (VS), 27% suspended solids (SS) and 33% volatile suspended solids (VSS) from the sludge. The sludge pH also decreased from 7 to 4.6 due to the activity of less-acidophilic thermophilic microorganisms. In the second stage operation, the digested sludge (pH 4.6, TS 31.6 g/L) from stage one was subjected to bioleaching in a continuous stirred tank reactor, operated at mean hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 12, 24 and 36 hr at 30℃. An HRT of 24 hr was found to be sufficient for removal of 70% Cu, 70% Mn, 75% Ni, and 80% Zn from the sludge. In all, 39% VSS, 76% Cu, 78.2% Mn, 79.5% Ni and 84.2% Zn were removed from the sludge in both the stages.展开更多
In the present paper, we obtain asymptotic expansion of the wavelet transform for large value of dilation parameter a by using López technique. Asymptotic expansion of Shannon wavelet, Morlet wavelet and Mexican ...In the present paper, we obtain asymptotic expansion of the wavelet transform for large value of dilation parameter a by using López technique. Asymptotic expansion of Shannon wavelet, Morlet wavelet and Mexican Hat wavelet transform are obtained as special cases.展开更多
文摘A two-stage process has been developed for stabilization of sludge and removal of heavy metals from the secondary activated sludge with high rate of energy and time conservation. The first stage of the process involves autoheated thermophilic aerobic digestion at 55-60℃ inoculated with less-acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms (ATAD). The results show that it is possible to maintain the autoheated conditions (55-60℃) in the ATAD reactor up to 24 hr, leading to reduction of 21% total solids (TS), 27% volatile solids (VS), 27% suspended solids (SS) and 33% volatile suspended solids (VSS) from the sludge. The sludge pH also decreased from 7 to 4.6 due to the activity of less-acidophilic thermophilic microorganisms. In the second stage operation, the digested sludge (pH 4.6, TS 31.6 g/L) from stage one was subjected to bioleaching in a continuous stirred tank reactor, operated at mean hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 12, 24 and 36 hr at 30℃. An HRT of 24 hr was found to be sufficient for removal of 70% Cu, 70% Mn, 75% Ni, and 80% Zn from the sludge. In all, 39% VSS, 76% Cu, 78.2% Mn, 79.5% Ni and 84.2% Zn were removed from the sludge in both the stages.
文摘In the present paper, we obtain asymptotic expansion of the wavelet transform for large value of dilation parameter a by using López technique. Asymptotic expansion of Shannon wavelet, Morlet wavelet and Mexican Hat wavelet transform are obtained as special cases.