Saturday, June 25, 2011

Wastewater treatment

Primary treatment
  • Screening - Remove debris and moderate size particles by using fine screens . 
  • Grit removal - Remove sand and gravel to protect equipments from wear . 
  • Gravity sedimentation - Remove the suspended solids by flowing throught a large holding tank with baffles to slow down the wastewater flow . 
  • Chemical precipitation - To remove clloidal solids by using coagulants added to the wastewater.
  • Secondary treatment (Biological )
  • Aerobic process was used where bacteria metabolized the biodegrable organics using the dissolbed oxygen . 
  • The aerobic process can be achieve by : 
A)Fixed film growth system
  1. In a fixed film growth system , the organic sewerage is passed through a popilation of active microorganisms in a mobile or immobile solid (rock or plastic ) covered in a biomass ( slime ). 
  2. This treatment configuration has been popular because of its stability  , robustness and design simplicity . 
  3. Common treatment system include :
Tricking Filter (TF) System
Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC) System

B) Suspended growth system
  1. In a suspended growth system , microorganisms remain in suspension in the sewage.
  2. This system was developed as a result of studies that showed that if sewage is aerated over a long period of time , microorganisms grow and the organinsc in the sewage are removed . 
  3. Common treatment system included:
  4. Aerated Lagoon System 
  5. Conventional Activated sludge ( CAS ) system 

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