A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hyd...A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hydrogen production rate of 7.43 m^3 H2/m^3 reactor · d and an average hydrogen production rate of 6.44- ms H^2/ms reactor · d were achieved with the hydrogen content of 50% -56% in the biogas during the 90-day operation. At the acidogenic phase, COD removal rate was stable at about 15%. In the steady operation period, the main liquid end products were ethanol and acetic acid, which represented ethanol type fermentation. Among the liquid end products, the concentration percentage of ethanol and acetic acid amounted to 69.5% - 89. 8% and the concentration percentage of ethanol took prominent about 51.7% - 59. 1%, which is better than the utilization of substrate for the methanogenic bacteria. An ethanol type fermentation pathway was suggested in the operation of enlarged industrial continuous hydrogen bio-producing reactors.展开更多
Expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor and bioaugmentation were employed to investigate biohydrogen production with molasses wastewater. The start-up experiments consisted of two stages. In the first stage （0 ...Expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor and bioaugmentation were employed to investigate biohydrogen production with molasses wastewater. The start-up experiments consisted of two stages. In the first stage （0 - 24d） seeded with activated sludge, the butyric acid type-fermentation formed when the initial expanding rate, organic loading rate （OLR）, the initial redox potential （ORP） and hydraulic retention time （HRT） were 10%, 10.0 kg COD/（m^3·d）, -215 mV and 6.7 h, respectively. At the beginning of the second stage on day 25, the novel hydrogen-producing fermentative bacterial strain B49 （AF481148 in EMBL） were inoculated into the reactor under the condition of OLR 16. 0 kg COD/（m^3·d）, ORP and HRT about - 139 mV and 6.7 h, respectively, and then the reaction system transformed to ethanol-type fermentation gradually with the increase in OLR. When OLR, ORP and HRT were about 94.3 kg COD/（m^3·d）, -250 mV and 1.7 h, respectively, the system achieved the maximum hydrogen-producing rate of 282.6 mL H2/L reactor·h and hydrogen percentage of 51% -53% in the biogas.展开更多
The bench-scale EGSB (expanded granular sludge bed) reactor was operated to study the effect of sludge loading rate, pH value and nutrient element on the operation of the EGSB reactor and the control rule of these fac...The bench-scale EGSB (expanded granular sludge bed) reactor was operated to study the effect of sludge loading rate, pH value and nutrient element on the operation of the EGSB reactor and the control rule of these factors. Continuous flow was used to treat synthetic wastewater containing dextrose and beer, and the temperature of reactor was controlled at mesophiles temperature (33 ℃). The experimental results demonstrated that the proper sludge loading rate was 0.9-1.42 kg COD/(kg VSS·d); the pH value in the reactor was controlled by adding sodium bicarbonate, the proper additive quantity was 1000-1200 mg/L; the additive quantity of nutrient element was as follows: 41.3 mg/(SS·d) of FeCl2·4H2O, 4.3 mg/(SS·d) of CoCl2·6H2O, 8.2 mg/(SS·d) of NiCl2·6H2O, 7.5-13 mg/(SS·d) of CaCO3,and 56.7-22.7 mg/(SS·d) of 7Na2S·9H2O, respectively. When these parameters were properly determined, the EGSB reactor could treat wastewater with 400-5000 mg/L COD concentration. The COD removal efficiency was over 85%. The operation of the EGSB reactor was steady and the EGSB reactor had strong anti-shock load ability.展开更多
Generally, in the literature, the hydrodynamic behavior of an EGSB （expanded granular sludge bed） reactor is considered as a complete mix reactor. Few works study in detail the flow of such reactors. The aim of this...Generally, in the literature, the hydrodynamic behavior of an EGSB （expanded granular sludge bed） reactor is considered as a complete mix reactor. Few works study in detail the flow of such reactors. The aim of this work was to study, in detail, the hydrodynamics of an EGSB reactor and to propose a mathematical model to describe its flow. A 3.04 L reactor was used with HRT （hydraulic retention time） of 12 h, affluent flowrate of 4 mL·min^-1, and the recirculation flow rate was changed to study three different upflow velocities in the tube （6, 8 and 10 m·h^-1. The pulse input method was used, with the use of blue dextran as tracer. In order to consider the dimensional differences between the tube and the separator, the reactor was divided into two regions （tube and separator）. Initially, a model with two tubular reactors with dispersion in series was proposed and the Peclet number was adjusted for the two regions. It was observed that the region of the tube shows the behavior of a tubular reactor with high dispersion, whereas the region of the separator shows the behavior of a complete mix reactor. In order to simplify the equation, and by knowing that the concentration profile along the reactor was almost constant, a model of two CSTRs （continuous stirred tank reactors） was proposed in series and the number of reactors （N） was set. The best combination was five CSTRs, three in the tube region and two in the separator region. The presented models were equivalent and can be used to describe the hydrodynamic behavior of the EGSB reactor.展开更多
An expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor inoculated with anaerobic granular sludge was started up with its COD removal performance, self-balancing of pH, biogas production rate and characteristics of the granu...An expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor inoculated with anaerobic granular sludge was started up with its COD removal performance, self-balancing of pH, biogas production rate and characteristics of the granular sludge during the start-up period being investigated. The results indicated that the EGSB reactor can be started up successfully in 27 d by increasing the organic loading rate rapidly. The removal efficiency of COD was maintained above 93% with influent COD concentration of 25 000 mg/L and OLR of 37.94 kgCOD/（m 3 ·d）. The EGSB reactor with good pH self-balancing could be fed with fresh leachate of low pH value （4 5）. The biogas production rate was closely related with OLR and COD reduction. Every gram of COD fed （consumed） to the reactor produced 0.34 L STP （0.36 L STP ） biogas with 0.21 L STP （0.23 L STP ） methane. Thus, 65% 70% of the produced biogas was methane. Sixty one percentage of COD fed to the reactor was converted to methane, another 33% was converted to biomass by metabolism, and the other 6% was left in the liquid phase. The specific methanogenic activity （SMA） of the granular sludge had increased by 92% after 27 d dynamic incubation. The granular sludge in the reactor had good settlement performance with majority diameter of 1 2 mm.展开更多
Biogas recovery from heat treated sludge liquor was tested by a 4 m^(3)mesophilic expanded granular sludge bed(EGSB)reactor within 206 days.Before pilot experiment,the heat pretreatment effects on hydrolysis and bioga...Biogas recovery from heat treated sludge liquor was tested by a 4 m^(3)mesophilic expanded granular sludge bed(EGSB)reactor within 206 days.Before pilot experiment,the heat pretreatment effects on hydrolysis and biogas production potential on three sludges from different wastewater plants were evaluated using bench test.One of these sludges was used in the subsequent pilot heat treatment and EGSB reactor.The biogas conversion potential of this sludge filtrate was 79%.Seeded with granular sludge,the EGSB reactor could be quickly activated and adapted to the new filtrate substrate.The EGSB influent COD was 20.0-35.0 g/L,and the effluent COD was lower than 10.0 g/L.The COD removal rate was 60%-70%at an organic loading rate(OLR)of 10.0 kg COD/(m^(3)·d).The fresh supernatant with low pH resulted in the high biogas production in EGSB.The effluent with high nitrogen and phosphor should be considered for further treatment.展开更多
文摘A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hydrogen production rate of 7.43 m^3 H2/m^3 reactor · d and an average hydrogen production rate of 6.44- ms H^2/ms reactor · d were achieved with the hydrogen content of 50% -56% in the biogas during the 90-day operation. At the acidogenic phase, COD removal rate was stable at about 15%. In the steady operation period, the main liquid end products were ethanol and acetic acid, which represented ethanol type fermentation. Among the liquid end products, the concentration percentage of ethanol and acetic acid amounted to 69.5% - 89. 8% and the concentration percentage of ethanol took prominent about 51.7% - 59. 1%, which is better than the utilization of substrate for the methanogenic bacteria. An ethanol type fermentation pathway was suggested in the operation of enlarged industrial continuous hydrogen bio-producing reactors.
文摘Expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor and bioaugmentation were employed to investigate biohydrogen production with molasses wastewater. The start-up experiments consisted of two stages. In the first stage （0 - 24d） seeded with activated sludge, the butyric acid type-fermentation formed when the initial expanding rate, organic loading rate （OLR）, the initial redox potential （ORP） and hydraulic retention time （HRT） were 10%, 10.0 kg COD/（m^3·d）, -215 mV and 6.7 h, respectively. At the beginning of the second stage on day 25, the novel hydrogen-producing fermentative bacterial strain B49 （AF481148 in EMBL） were inoculated into the reactor under the condition of OLR 16. 0 kg COD/（m^3·d）, ORP and HRT about - 139 mV and 6.7 h, respectively, and then the reaction system transformed to ethanol-type fermentation gradually with the increase in OLR. When OLR, ORP and HRT were about 94.3 kg COD/（m^3·d）, -250 mV and 1.7 h, respectively, the system achieved the maximum hydrogen-producing rate of 282.6 mL H2/L reactor·h and hydrogen percentage of 51% -53% in the biogas.
基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2003AA601090).
文摘The bench-scale EGSB (expanded granular sludge bed) reactor was operated to study the effect of sludge loading rate, pH value and nutrient element on the operation of the EGSB reactor and the control rule of these factors. Continuous flow was used to treat synthetic wastewater containing dextrose and beer, and the temperature of reactor was controlled at mesophiles temperature (33 ℃). The experimental results demonstrated that the proper sludge loading rate was 0.9-1.42 kg COD/(kg VSS·d); the pH value in the reactor was controlled by adding sodium bicarbonate, the proper additive quantity was 1000-1200 mg/L; the additive quantity of nutrient element was as follows: 41.3 mg/(SS·d) of FeCl2·4H2O, 4.3 mg/(SS·d) of CoCl2·6H2O, 8.2 mg/(SS·d) of NiCl2·6H2O, 7.5-13 mg/(SS·d) of CaCO3,and 56.7-22.7 mg/(SS·d) of 7Na2S·9H2O, respectively. When these parameters were properly determined, the EGSB reactor could treat wastewater with 400-5000 mg/L COD concentration. The COD removal efficiency was over 85%. The operation of the EGSB reactor was steady and the EGSB reactor had strong anti-shock load ability.
文摘Generally, in the literature, the hydrodynamic behavior of an EGSB （expanded granular sludge bed） reactor is considered as a complete mix reactor. Few works study in detail the flow of such reactors. The aim of this work was to study, in detail, the hydrodynamics of an EGSB reactor and to propose a mathematical model to describe its flow. A 3.04 L reactor was used with HRT （hydraulic retention time） of 12 h, affluent flowrate of 4 mL·min^-1, and the recirculation flow rate was changed to study three different upflow velocities in the tube （6, 8 and 10 m·h^-1. The pulse input method was used, with the use of blue dextran as tracer. In order to consider the dimensional differences between the tube and the separator, the reactor was divided into two regions （tube and separator）. Initially, a model with two tubular reactors with dispersion in series was proposed and the Peclet number was adjusted for the two regions. It was observed that the region of the tube shows the behavior of a tubular reactor with high dispersion, whereas the region of the separator shows the behavior of a complete mix reactor. In order to simplify the equation, and by knowing that the concentration profile along the reactor was almost constant, a model of two CSTRs （continuous stirred tank reactors） was proposed in series and the number of reactors （N） was set. The best combination was five CSTRs, three in the tube region and two in the separator region. The presented models were equivalent and can be used to describe the hydrodynamic behavior of the EGSB reactor.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant Nos.10DZ120010C,D9DZ2251700)
文摘An expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor inoculated with anaerobic granular sludge was started up with its COD removal performance, self-balancing of pH, biogas production rate and characteristics of the granular sludge during the start-up period being investigated. The results indicated that the EGSB reactor can be started up successfully in 27 d by increasing the organic loading rate rapidly. The removal efficiency of COD was maintained above 93% with influent COD concentration of 25 000 mg/L and OLR of 37.94 kgCOD/（m 3 ·d）. The EGSB reactor with good pH self-balancing could be fed with fresh leachate of low pH value （4 5）. The biogas production rate was closely related with OLR and COD reduction. Every gram of COD fed （consumed） to the reactor produced 0.34 L STP （0.36 L STP ） biogas with 0.21 L STP （0.23 L STP ） methane. Thus, 65% 70% of the produced biogas was methane. Sixty one percentage of COD fed to the reactor was converted to methane, another 33% was converted to biomass by metabolism, and the other 6% was left in the liquid phase. The specific methanogenic activity （SMA） of the granular sludge had increased by 92% after 27 d dynamic incubation. The granular sludge in the reactor had good settlement performance with majority diameter of 1 2 mm.
基金the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(2014BAC24B01)Project‘China-Italy Cooperation on Food Waste Energy Utilization Project(SQ2013ZOA000017)’+1 种基金The Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Plan(Z151100001115010D161100006016003).
文摘Biogas recovery from heat treated sludge liquor was tested by a 4 m^(3)mesophilic expanded granular sludge bed(EGSB)reactor within 206 days.Before pilot experiment,the heat pretreatment effects on hydrolysis and biogas production potential on three sludges from different wastewater plants were evaluated using bench test.One of these sludges was used in the subsequent pilot heat treatment and EGSB reactor.The biogas conversion potential of this sludge filtrate was 79%.Seeded with granular sludge,the EGSB reactor could be quickly activated and adapted to the new filtrate substrate.The EGSB influent COD was 20.0-35.0 g/L,and the effluent COD was lower than 10.0 g/L.The COD removal rate was 60%-70%at an organic loading rate(OLR)of 10.0 kg COD/(m^(3)·d).The fresh supernatant with low pH resulted in the high biogas production in EGSB.The effluent with high nitrogen and phosphor should be considered for further treatment.
