Treatment of Slightly Polluted Wastewater in an Oil Refinery Using a Biological Aerated Filter Process

The slightly polluted wastewater from oil refinery contains some COD, oil pollutants and suspended solids （SS）. A small-scale fixed film biological aerated filter （BAF） process was used to treat the wastewater. The influences of hydraulic retention time （HRT）, air/water volume flow ratio and backwashing cycle on treatment efficiencies were investigated. The wastewater was treated by the BAF process under optimal conditions： the HRT of 1.0 h, the air/water volume flow ratio of about 5 ： 1 and the backwashing cycle of every 4-7 days. The results showed that the average removal efficiency of COD, oil pollutants and SS was 84.5%, 94.0% and 83.4%, respectively. And the average effluent concentration of COD, oil pollutants and SS was 12.5, 0.27, 14.5 mg·L^-1, respectively. The experimental results demonstrated that the BAF process is a suitable and highly efficient method to treat the wastewater.

Kinetic Performance of Oil-field Produced Water Treatment by Biological Aerated Filter

The biological aerated filter （BAF） was used to treat the oil-field produced water. The removal efficiency for oil, COD, BOD and suspended solids （SS） was 76.3%-80.3%, 31.6%-57.9%, 8.6.3%-96.3% and76.4%--82.7%, respectively when the hydraulic loading rates varied from 016m·h^-1 to 1.4m·h^-1. The greatest partof removal, for example more than 80% of COD removal, occurred on the top 100cm of the media in BAF. The kinetic .performance of BAF indicated that the relationship of BOD removal efficiency with the hydraulic loadingrates, in biological aerated filters could be described by c1/c1=l-exp（-2.44/L^0.59）. This equation could be used topredict the B OD.removal efficiency at different hydraulic loading rates.

Application of a novel backwashing process in upflow biological aerated filter

To improve the efficiency of backwashing in upflow biological aerated filter （BAF）, a novel backwashing process named air-water siphon backwashing （AWSB） was proposed and applied on laboratory scale. The effects of backwashing on turbidity and suspended solid （SS） in backwashing efluent using this new backwashing process were compared with those of traditional backwashing process, namely air-water backwashing （AWB）. In AWB, the turbidity of backwashing efluent maintained 100 NUT when consumed 60 min and 10.5 L water. However, in AWSB, it declined to 44 NUT, consumed 40 min, and 7 L water. The COD removal of BAF after backwashing was also analyzed. The average removal rate of COD in the reactor backwashed by AWB and AWSB was 89.34% and 90.91%, respectively. Compared with AWB, the backwashing interval had been prolonged 35%. The volume of backwashing water in that AWSB was only 66.7% of that in AWB. The results demonstrated that AWSB required less water and took shorter backwashing timerelative to AWB to achieve the same turbidity of backwashing efluent, and AWSB was more effective in removing fouling than that of AWB. More significant advantage of AWSB was that the backwashing interval was effectively prolonged

Effect of media heights on the performance of biological aerated filter

The optimum media height of carbon oxidation and nitrification in a down-flow biological aerated filter was determined, and the distribution of the heterotrophic and nitrifying populations through studying the changes of organic carbon contents and ammonia concentration at different media height was got. The results showed that as a down flow BAF with granular media, the active layer of nitrifiers was deeper than heterotrophs in BAF. And the optimum media height for the removal of SS, COD Cr and NH + 4-N was 40 cm,60 cm and 80 cm respectively. The removal efficiency of SS, COD Cr and NH + 4-N was 79.1%, 63.9% and 96.4% respectively under the influent COD Cr and NH + 4-N of 122.1 mgCOD Cr /L and 14.84 mgNH + 4-N/L, the influent flux of 15.8 L/h, air to liquid ratio of 3∶1.

Kinetics of COD Removal in a Biological Aerated Filter in the Presence of 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol （Picric Acid）

An empirical model for COD removal in a biological aerated filter （BAF） in the presence of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol （TNP） was developed, which related effluent COD to influent COD or hydraulic loading rate along the bed height. The overall reaction rate for substrate biodegradation could be described as pseudo first order. The experimental data of COD removal against reactor height were used to calculate the parameters in the empirical model. The COD concentration at different reactor height was expressed as a function of influent COD concentration and hydraulic loading rate, ln（C0/C）=0.124H/QC0^0.77 and ln（C/C0）=-5.63H/L^0.94, respectively, under the experimental condition. The models may be used to predict the COD removal profiles along the reactor height at different hydraulic loading rates and influent COD concentration for design, selection and sizing of BAF.

Using a biological aerated filter to treat mixed water-borne volatile organic compounds and assessing its emissions

A biological aerated filter （BAF） was evaluated as a fixed-biofilm process to remove water-borne volatile organic compounds （VOCs） from a multiple layer ceramic capacitor （MLCC） manufacturing plant in southern Taiwan. The components of VOC were identified to be toluene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, bromodichloromethane and isopropanol （IPA）. The full-scale BAF was constructed of two separate reactors in series, respectively, using 10- and 15-cm diameter polypropylene balls as the packing materials and a successful preliminary bench-scale experiment was performed to feasibility. Experimental results show that the BAF removed over 90% chemical oxygen demand （COD） from the influent with （1188 ± 605） mg/L of COD. A total organic loading of 2.76 kg biochemical oxygen demand （BOD）/（m3 packing·d） was determined for the packed bed, in which the flow pattern approached that of a mixed flow. A limited VOC concentration of （0.97 ± 0.29） ppmv （as methane） was emitted from the BAF system. Moreover, the emission rate of VOC was calculated using the proposed formula, based on an air-water mass equilibrium relationship, and compared to the simulated results obtained using the Water 9 model. Both estimation approaches of calculation and model simulation revealed that 0.1% IPA （0.0031-0.0037 kg/d） were aerated into a gaseous phase, and 30% to 40% （0.006-0.008 kg/d） of the toluene were aerated.

Synergism of Novel Sequence Bio-ecological Process and Biological Aerated Filter for Sewage Treatment in Cold Climate

A lab-scale integrated treatment system including the novel sequence bio-ecological process （SBEP） and biological aerated filter （BAF） for a sewage mixture （chemistry laboratory wastewater and domestic sewage） was presented in this paper. The main objective of the study was to test the contribution of artificial aeration, recir-culation ratio and mass concentration of steel slag on pollutant removal in winter when the plants are dormant. It had been shown that SBEP and BAF play different roles in removing contaminants from wastewater. During the airflow experiment, the removal efficiency of COD and TP in SBEP was higher than that in BAF, whereas BAF can compensate for the deficiency of SBEP where no significant improvement on ammonium nitrogen removal is ob-served. Yet, the removal etticiencies of COD,TP and NH4^＋ -N in SBEP could be improved apparently when ditterent recireulation ratio or various mass concentration of steel were applied. Especially, when the airflow of 0.06 L·h^-1, the recirculation ratio rate of 80% and the mass concentration of steel of 2.2-2.4 g·L^-1 were applied, thehighest efficiency of 94.6%, 77.9% and 80.7% for COD, TP and NH4^＋ -N were achieved,-respectively,The integrated treatment system of SBEP and BAF was proved to be an effective wastewater treatment technique and a better alternative to treat domestic sewage.

Design and Operation of the Printing and Dyeing Wastewater Treatment Project by Combination of Coagulation Sedimentation - Hydrolytic Acidification with Aeration Tank - Biological Aerated Filter - Active Sand Filter

In order to protect quality of Baiyangdian surface water and Gaoyang groundwater,the project is applied to process printing and dyeing wastewater that contains complicated compositions,high concentrations of organics and SS,and lots of pollutants difficult to degrade by microorganism. The process and operating parameters of project are optimized and debugged,and its economic and environmental benefits are analyzed.The results show that the process of coagulation sedimentation-hydrolytic acidification with aeration tank-biological aerated filter-active sand filter is applied in Gaoyang Sewage Treatment Plant. The design scale of sewage treatment plant is 120000 m^3/d. The influent is as following: COD is 669mg/L; SS is 424mg/L; NH_3-N is 8.83mg/L; TP is 6.03mg/L. After the process,the best removal rates of COD,SS,NH_3-N and TP are 93. 5%,98. 8%,97. 1% and 96. 2%,respectively. The various indexes of effluent water complied with standard A of the first order in Pollutants Emission Standard of Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant( GB 18918-2002). The processing cost is only 0. 807 yuan/m^3. As a result,the project construction and operation not only improve the environment,but also promote regional economic development. Process design and operating parameters provide an important reference value for the printing and dyeing wastewater treatment industry.

Effects of Phosphorus Concentration on the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater by a Combination of Hydrolytic Acidification and Biological Aerated Filter Filled with Mussel Shells

The combination of hydrolytic acidification and biological aerated filter （BAF） filled with mussel shells was used to treat domestic wastewater, and the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand （COD）, ammonia nitrogen （NH3-N） and total phosphorus （TP） by the system were analyzed under different TP concentrations. When TP concentration ranged from 12.39 to 14.69 mg/L, the removal rate of COD was the best, over 90.92% ; as TP concentration varied from 2.26 to 2.61 mg/L, the removal rates of NH3-N and TP were the best, up to 100.00% and 76.38% respectively. The results show that it is feasible to use mussel shells as the media of BAF, and TP concentration has certain influence on the performance of the system dealing with domestic wastewater.

Treatment performance of integrated biological aerated filter by orthogonal experiments

Biological aerated filters have many advantages such as small volume and high treatment efficiency. This research focused on sewage treatment performance of integrated biological aerated filter (IBAF) under different conditions such as aeration, hydraulic retention time and the height of fillers layer, to identify the turn of marked affecting factor of removal performance through orthogonal experiments, optimize the function parameter of IBAF, reveal the regularity of sewage treatment of IBAF under different conditions, and adopt suitable measures to guarantee excess water quality of IBAF.

Performance of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in lateral flow biological aerated filter

A new wastewater treatment facility—lateral flow biological aerated filter (LBAF) was developed aiming at solving energy consumption and operational problems in wastewater treatment facilities in small towns. It has the function of nitrification and removing organic substrate. In this study, we focused on the denitrification performance of LBAF and its possible mechanism under thorough aeration. We identified the existence of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) by analyzing nitrogenous compounds along the flow path of LBAF and supportive microbial microscopy, and studied the effects of air/water ratio and hydraulic loading on the performance of nitrogen removal and on SND in LBAF to find out the optimal operation condition. It is found that for saving operation cost, aeration can be reduced to some degree that allows desirable removal efficiency of pollutants, and the optimal air/water ratio is 10:1. Hydraulic loading less than 0.43 m h?1 hardly affects the nitrification and denitrification performance; whereas higher hydraulic loading is unfavorable to both nitrification and denitrification, far more unfavorable to denitrification than to nitrification.

Enhanced Nutrient Removal with Upflow Biological Aerated Filter for Reclaimed Water

A two-stage upflow biological aerated filter was designed as an advanced treatment process to optimize the operating parameters and study the correlative factors influencing the efficiency of nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal. The experimental results showed that the final effluent of the two-stage upflow biofilter process operated in series could meet the stringent limits of the reclaimed water for the total nitrogen of 2 mg/L, and total phosphorus of 0.3 mg/L. The high treatment efficiency allowed the reactor operating at very high hydraulic loadings and reaching nearly complete nitrification and denitrifieation.

Preparation of biological aerated filter media with coal fly ash and coal gangues

A novel kind of filter media has been studied using in biological aerated filter process which is produced by waste coal fly ash and coal gangues.The specific surface area and sum of braking and ware rate are viewed as the main factor for determining preparation conditions,including calcination temperature (in the range of 900 ℃ to 1250 ℃),proportion of coal gangue (in the range of 0 to 25%) and soaking time (in the range of 0 to 40 min).The effects of sintering conditions on the main property parameters are researched and the reasons have been analyzed.Considered with all factors,the optimum technological conditions are chosen as follows:the calcination temperature is 1050 ℃ ;the soaking time is 10 min and the proportion of coal gangue is 5%.When at these condition,the main property parameters of the filter media in the technological conditions are 1.6 m 2 /g for the specific surface area and 2.96 % for sum of braking and are rate respectively.Finally,a scanning electron microscope is used for analyzing the microstructure of the filter media.

Characteristics of integrated biological aerated filter in municipal wastewater treatment

In this paper, the characteristics of integrated biological aerated filter (IBAF) applied to municipal wastewater treatment were studied in a pilot scale experiment. The experimental results showed that IBAF has high efficiencies in removing organic pollutants, such as CODCr and SS, in municipal wastewater. The removal rates of CODCr and SS can reach over 90% and 80%, respectively, when COD and SS in the influent are 234 mg L1 and 112 mg L1, hydraulic retention time (HRT) is 8 h, and the aerated intensity is in the range of (0.5 to 0.6) L m2 s1.

Hydrodynamic behaviour of the lateral flow biological aerated filter

Pulsed signal experiment was carried out to determine the hydrodynamic behaviours of lateral flow biological aerated filter(LBAF). With the analysis of experimental results, LBAF is viewed as an approximate plug flow reactor, and hydraulic retention time distribution function was derived based on LBAF. The results show that flow rate and aeration strength are two critical factors which influence flow patterns in LBAF reactor. The hydrodynamic behaviour analysis of LBAF is the theoretical basis of future research on improving capacity factor and developing kinetic model for the reactor.

Performances of lateral flow biological aerated filter in treating domestic wastewater

A new biological aerated filter?lateral flow biological aerated filter(LBAF) is developed. The effects of air/water ratio, hydraulic loading and the length of LBAF on pollutants removal efficiency are tested. The results show that under optimal technological conditions when hydraulic loading is 0.43 m3 m?2 h?1 and air/water ratio is 10:1, the average removal efficiencies of COD, SS, NH3-N, and TN reach 88.01%, 95.18%, 78.97% and 52.58%, respectively. An LBAF has a large pollutants handling capacity; is less liable to be blocked, and has a longer operation cycle in comparison with a traditional BAF.

生物增效低曝气BC-BAF处理低碳高氨氮废水的性能研究

为改善传统曝气生物滤池(BAF)对低碳高氨氮比猪场沼液脱氮除磷效果差的困境,采用生物炭(Biochar,BC)为BAF载体填料,接种课题组前期驯化好的脱氮除磷功能菌泥,低曝气条件下构建生物增效BC-BAF工艺。研究该工艺对猪场沼液脱氮除磷的效能,并基于高通量测序技术分析启动前后微生物种群的组成变化,最后结合启动后污泥样品的能谱分析(EDS),探讨其强化脱氮除磷机理。结果表明,启动成功后的生物增效BC-BAF工艺对低碳高氨氮猪场沼液的NH4+-N、TN和TP的平均去除率分别达到了65.27%、60.31%和63.20%;与脱氮除磷功能相关的优势菌属Nitrosomonas(2.12%),Candidatus_Brocadia(3.24%),Acinetobacter(3.88%),Micropruina(24.72%),norank_o_RBG-13-54-9(11.71%),JGI_0001001-H03(1.77%)和unclassified_f_Burkholderiaceae(1.11%)在反应体系中实现了很好的富集。微曝气生物增效BC-BAF工艺处理猪场沼液反应体系中存在短程硝化、厌氧氨氧化以及反硝化脱氮等多种途径,而对于总磷的去除主要以生物除磷和吸附沉淀的联合方式进行。

竹炭/陶粒及组合填料BAF处理高氨氮沼液的挂膜启动效应

为研究竹炭/陶粒及组合填料曝气生物滤池(BAF)处理高氨氮沼液的启动特性,在水力停留时间为6 h,水温23.2~26.5℃,气水比5:1(DO 3~4 mg/L),进水NH_(4)^(+)-N浓度为33.1~222.3 mg/L,COD 42.5~242.3 mg/L的运行条件下,对比考察了竹炭BAF(Z-BAF)、陶粒BAF(T-BAF)和组合填料BAF(ZT-BAF)的生化特性、沿程变化和挂膜启动效应。结果表明,Z-BAF、T-BAF及ZT-BAF分别在26、18和13 d完成挂膜启动。挂膜期间,平均出水NH_(4)^(+)-N浓度分别为24.4、15.9及8.5 mg/L;平均出水COD分别为78.6、73.02和47.2 mg/L。通过检测不同运行天数BAF的沿程生化特性变化,发现挂膜24 d时,去除COD的异养菌主要集中在反应器下部,负责转化NH_(4)^(+)-N的自养菌主要集中在反应器中下部;在第24~40天,自养菌在与异养菌的竞争中逐步取得优势,逐步向反应器下部生长繁殖。电镜扫描分析确认了各反应器中的填料上附着生长良好的生物膜,且观察到相较于陶粒填料,竹炭填料表面具有更好生物膜生长特性。综上,ZT-BAF挂膜时间最短且对污染物去除效率最高,在高氨氮沼液负荷下,竹炭和陶粒作为组合填料更有利于提升BAF的挂膜启动性能。

不同热解温度BC对BAF处理水产养殖废水的影响机制

为改善传统曝气生物滤池(BAF)处理水产养殖废水中氮磷和抗生素的处理效果,本文以人工模拟含磺胺甲噁唑(SMX)、磺胺嘧啶(SDZ)、恩诺沙星(ENR)和环丙沙星(CIP)的水产养殖废水为处理对象,以不同热解温度下(400,500,600,700℃)制备的生物炭(BC)分别作为不同BAF的填料(编号依次为2#~5#),研究了其对BAF启动运行过程中COD、氨氮、TN、TP和4种抗生素的去除效能影响,同时以传统沸石填料的BAF作为对照组(编号1#).利用多种测试手段解析了反应器稳定运行典型周期内污染物的去除特性、微生物胞外聚合物(EPS)含量和电子传递系统活性(ETSA),并运用高通量测序技术分析了各反应器内关键微生物种群组成.结果表明,与传统BAF相比,BC作为填料强化了2#~5#BAFs对废水中氮、磷及抗生素等污染物的去除效能,并且高温热解的BC更有利于各污染物的去除;反应器内微生物EPS含量和PN/PS值均高于对照组,且随BC热解温度的升高而增加;而ETSA与BC的热解温度呈负相关,但以BC作填料的2#~5#BAFs内ETSA均高于1#BAF(对照组),BC填料增加了BAF内的电子传递.同时,与抗生素降解及氮磷去除相关的功能菌属,如Micropruina(相对丰度0.42%~8.18%)、Rhodobacter(0.63%~2.94%)、norank_f__Chitinophagaceae(0.23%~3.98%)、Microbacterium(0.37%~1.66%)等,其相对丰度与BC热解温度呈正相关.BC热解温度为700℃的5#BAF除污效能最优,其稳定运行期间,对TN和TP的平均去除率达51.99%和41.00%,对SDZ、SMX、ENR和CIP的平均去除率达71.84%、75.01%、62.91%和69.62%.

A^(2)/O-BAF工艺短程硝化模式下反硝化除磷效能

采用厌氧/缺氧/好氧-曝气生物滤池(A^(2)/O-BAF)工艺处理低C/N城市污水,研究硝化液回流比为0、50%、100%、150%和200%时该工艺脱氮除磷效能。结果表明,在A^(2)/O中控制污泥龄(SRT)为15d,水力停留时间(HRT)为10h,好氧段溶解氧(DO)为2.0mg/L;BAF中控制HRT为3h、好氧/缺氧曝停时间比为50min∶10min以及硝化液回流比R=200%的条件下,进水COD、TN、NH_(4)^(+)-N和PO_(4)^(3-)-P的浓度分别为232.61mg/L、53.99mg/L、52.20mg/L和5.54mg/L,系统出水中COD、TN、NH_(4)^(+)-N和PO_(4)^(3-)-P的浓度分别为34.11mg/L、12.44mg/L、1.01mg/L和0.34mg/L,亚硝积累率(Ni AR)高达95.20%。出水NO_(2)^(-)-N回流至A^(2)/O缺氧段后,缺氧段出水的PO_(4)^(3-)-P含量下降至2.68mg/L,反硝化除磷(DPR)对系统PO_(4)^(3-)-P的去除贡献达75.42%。批次试验表明,A^(2)/O反应器中的除磷菌在厌氧120min后释磷量达到36.35mg/L,缺氧条件下以NO_(2)^(-)-N为电子受体的反应中吸磷量为26.28mg/L,吸磷率为72.30%,以NO_(2)^(-)-N为电子受体的反硝化除磷菌(DPB)占总除磷菌的72.91%。