Oxygen Transfer and Hydrodynamics in a Flexible Fibre Biofilm Reactor for Wastewater Treatment

A flexible fibre biofilm reactor was developed for treatment of organic wastewaters.The hydrodynamic characteristics and mass transfer coefficients of oxygen were studied and compared with those of the conventional activated sludge processes.Tracer experiments were performed to obtain the residence time distributions of the reactors.The results indicated that both reactors could be treated as mixed flow reactors.The effects of flow rates of water and air on the overall mass transfer coefficient of oxygen were investigated,and the correlations between the mass transfer coefficient and the ratio of flow rates were obtained.Compared to the conventional activated sludge reactor,the mass transfer coefficients in the flexible fibre reactor were similar to but slightly lower,and less sensitive to the variation in the ratio of flow rates.It indicated that the fibre packing in the reactor hindered the oxygen transfer to some extent.

STUDIES OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN IN PRODUCTION OF D-RIBOSE BY FERMENTATION

This paper mainly dealt with the dissolved oxygen in production of D-ribose by fermentation. The oxygen transfer coefficients of common flask, buffed flask and jar fermentor were determined.

Experimental Study of Dissolved Oxygen Transport by Regular Waves Through a Perforated Breakwater

The perforated breakwater is an environmentally friendly coastal structure, and dissolved oxygen concentration levels are an important index to denote water quality. In this paper, oxygen transport experiments with regular waves through a vertical perforated breakwater were conducted. The oxygen scavenger method was used to reduce the dissolved oxygen concentration of inner water body with the chemicals Na2SO3 and COC12. The dissolved oxygen concentration and wave parameters of 36 experimental scenarios were measured with different perforated arrangements and wave conditions. It was found that the oxygen transfer coefficient through wave surface, K1α1, is much lower than the oxygen transport coefficient through the perforated breakwater, K2α2. If the effect of K1α1 is not considered, the dissolved oxygen concentration computation for inner water body will not be greatly affected. Considering the effect of a permeable area ratio a, relative location parameter of perforations 6 and wave period T, the aforementioned data of 30 experimental scenarios, the dimensional analysis and the least squares method were used to derive an equation of K2α2 （K2α2=0.0042aσ56δ2T1）. It was validated with 6 other experimental scenarios data, which indicates an approximate agreement. Therefore, this equation can be used to compute the DO concentration caused by the water transport through perforated breakwater.

Theoretical analysis and experimental study of oxygen transfer under regular and non-breaking waves

The dissolved oxygen concentration is an important index of water quality, and the atmosphere is one of the important sources of the dissolved oxygen. In this paper, the mass conservation law and the dimensional analysis method are employed to study the oxygen transfer under regular and non-breaking waves, and a unified oxygen transfer coefficient equation is obtained with consideration of the effect of kinetic energy and wave period. An oxygen transfer experiment for the intermediate depth water wave is performed to measure the wave parameters and the dissolved oxygen concentration. The experimental data and the least squares method are used to determine the constant in the oxygen transfer coefficient equation. The experimental data and the previous reported data are also used to further validate the oxygen transfer coefficient, and the agreement is satisfactory. The unified equation shows that the oxygen transfer coefficient increases with the increase of a parameter coupled with the wave height and the wave length, but it decreases with the increase of the wave period, which has a much greater influence on the oxygen transfer coefficient than the coupled parameter.

Oxygen transfer characteristics of bubbly jet in regular waves

The dissolved oxygen level is an important index of the water environment,and in this paper,the oxygen transfer of the bubbly jet in regular waves is investigated numerically and experimentally.The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations,the re-normalisation group k-e equations,and the volume of fluid(VOF)technique are used along with a 2-D CFD model to simulate the wave and bubble motions as well as the turbulence,and a dissolved oxygen transport equation is used to model the oxygen transfer behavior both through the bubbly interface and the wave surface.A series of experiments are conducted to validate the mathematical model,with good agreement.In addition,a group of dimensionless parameters are defined from the wave parameter and the aeration parameter,and their relationships with the total oxygen transfer coefficient are explored.Furthermore,the dimensional analysis and the least squares methods are used to derive simple prediction formulas for the total oxygen transfer coefficient,and they are validated with the related experimental data.