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.

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.

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.

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.

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 effi- ciency for oil,COD,BOD and suspended solids(SS)was 76.3%—80.3%,31.6%—57.9%,86.3%—96.3%and 76.4%—82.7%,respectively when the hydraulic loading rates varied from 0.6m.h- 1to 1.4m.h -1.The greatest part of removal,for example more than 80%of COD removal,occurred on the top 100cm of the media in BAF.The ki- netic performance of BAF indicated that the relationship of BOD removal efficiency with the hydraulic loading rates in biological aerated filters could be described by cr/ci=1-exp(-2.44/L 0.59).This equation could be used to predict the BOD removal efficiency at different hydraulic loading rates.

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

为在一个生物充气过滤器(BAF ) 的货到付款移动的一个实验模型面对 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP ) 被开发，它沿着床高度联系了自河货到付款到流入的货到付款或水力的装载率。为底层简历降级的全面反应率能首先被描述为假顺序。对反应堆高度的货到付款移动的试验性的数据被用来在实验模型计算参数。在不同反应堆高度的货到付款集中被表示为流入的货到付款集中和水力的装载率的功能， ln (C 0/C)= 0.124H/Q 0.770 和 ln (C/0)=−； 5.63H/L 0.94}, 分别地，在试验性的条件下面。模型可以被用来为设计以不同的水力的装载率和流入的货到付款集中沿着反应堆高度预言 COD 移动侧面，选择并且 BAF 缩放。

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.

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

实验室规模包括新奇顺序的综合处理系统简历生态的过程(SBEP ) 和为污水混合物(化学实验室废水和国内污水) 的生物充气过滤器(BAF ) 在这份报纸被介绍。学习的主要目的是在植物是休眠的冬季在污染物质移动上测试人工的通风，再通行比率和钢炉渣的集体集中的贡献。SBEP 和 BAF 在把沾染物从废水移开起不同作用，这被显示出。在气流实验期间，在 SBEP 的货到付款和 TP 的移动效率在 BAF 比那高，而 BAF 能补偿铵氮移动上的重要改进都没被观察的 SBEP 的缺乏。然而，当不同再通行比率或钢的各种各样的集体集中被使用时，在 SBEP 的货到付款， TP 和 NH4+-N 的移动效率能显然被改进。特别，什么时候 0.06 L 的气流 ???????????????? 唠 ???

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.

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.

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.

Isolation andapplicationofanibuprofen-degrading bacterium toabiologicalaerated filter forthetreatmentof micro-polluted water

Ibuprofen(IBU)is widely used in the world as anti-inflammatory drug,which posed health risk to the environment.A bacterium capable of degrading IBU was isolated from activated sludge in a sewage treatment plant.According to its morphological,physiologic,and biochemical characteristics,as well as 16S rRNA sequence analysis,the strain was identified as Serratia marcescens BL1(BL1).Degradation of IBU required the presence of primary substrate.After a five-day cultivation with yeast powder at 30℃ and pH 7,the highest degradation(93.47%
2.37%)was achieved.The process of BL1 degrading IBU followed first-order reaction kinetics.The BL1 strain was applied to a small biological aerated filter(BAF)device to form a biofilm with activated sludge.IBU removal by the BAF was consistent with the results of static tests.The removal of IBU was 32.01% to 44.04% higher than for a BAF without BL1.The indigenous bacterial community was able to effectively remove CODMn(permanganate index)and ammonia nitrogen in the presence of BL1.

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。

Impact of dissolved oxygen on the production of nitrous oxide in biological aerated filters

Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （pCR-DGGE） and microelectrode technology were employed to evaluate the Nitrous oxide （N2O） production in biological aerated filters （BAFs） under varied dissolved oxygen （DO） concentrations during treating wastewater under laboratory scale. The average yield of gasous N2O showed more than 4-fold increase when the DO levels were reduced from 6.0 to 2.0 mg·L^-1, indicating that low DO may drive N2O generation. PCRDGGE results revealed that Nitratifractor salsuginis were dominant and may be responsible for N2O emission from the BAFs system. While at a low DO concentration （2.0 mg·L^-1）, Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum might playa role. When DO concentration was the limiting factor （reduced from 6.0 to 2.0 mg·L^-1） for nitrification, it reduced NO2^--N oxidation as well as the total nitrification. The data from this study contribute to explain how N2O production changes in response to DO concentration, and may be helpful for reduction ofN2O through regulation of DO levels.

某盐化工业园废水处理工程设计实例

某工业废水处理厂主要接收上游精细化工以及医药生产企业产生的工业废水,该工业废水可生化性差、盐分高。设计采用预处理-两级AO生化处理-高效沉淀-臭氧接触氧化-生物滤池-V型滤池-超滤-反渗透-浓水臭氧催化氧化-浓水曝气生物滤池-浓水澄清池-滤布滤池-次氯酸钠消毒工艺,介绍了处理工艺、主要构筑物设计参数以及运行效果。工程运行结果表明,处理后外排水可稳定达到GB 18918—2002《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》一级A标准,其中CODCr和BOD5限值优于该标准,分别为40 mg/L和6 mg/L。