Avaliação do desempenho de sistema de lodo ativado com pré-desnitrificação como pós-tratamento de reator UASB em região de clima quente
The association of high rate anaerobic reactors (UASB) to activated sludge systems has been widely employed nowadays, especially in hot climate regions, as it provides the reduction of the organic load affluent to the activated sludge system. This results in a decrease of the oxygen demand and the s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFRN |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/25674 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/25674 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Reator UASB Lodo ativado Reator de fluxo contínuo Remoção biológica de nitrogênio Clima quente CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA SANITARIA |
| Sumario: | The association of high rate anaerobic reactors (UASB) to activated sludge systems has been widely employed nowadays, especially in hot climate regions, as it provides the reduction of the organic load affluent to the activated sludge system. This results in a decrease of the oxygen demand and the sludge mass produced in the aerobic system. In these regions it becomes essential to consider the nitrification process in the aerobic reactor design to avoid competition for dissolved oxygen (DO) between autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms. Moreover, the need to include an anoxic stage for nitrate removal arises, in order to reduce its concentration in the secondary settler. It must be considered because the occurrence of denitrification in the sedimentation tank causes operational problems in the system, such as solids loss with the final effluent. Some studies indicate that the contribution of the UASB reactor in organic matter removal from the raw sewage interferes in both nitrification and denitrification processes. The lower organic load affluent to the activated sludge can reduce the development of heterotrophic microorganisms, which can decrease the minimum required DO concentration in the aerobic reactor. In addition, the UASB reduces the COD availability for denitrification, which can make the process unfeasible and bring instability to the system. Thus, the objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of activated sludge system with pre-denitrification used as post-treatment of UASB reactor in hot climate region. Thereunto, an experiment was carried out in a pilot scale WWTP, composed by UASB reactor followed by activated sludge system with anoxic and aerobic reactors and secondary settler. Sludge recycle from the settler and the aeration tank (to provide nitrate for denitrification) to the anoxic reactor were promoted, as well as the deviation of a portion of raw sewage directly to the anoxic reactor (to provide carbon for denitrification). The study was conducted in four stages, in which the following parameters were varied: reactors hydraulic retention time, DO concentration in the aeration tank and bypass flow of raw sewage. Physical-chemical analyzes (COD, P, NH4 + , NO3ˉ, NO2ˉ, TSS) were weekly performed to monitor and evaluate the pilot WWTP performance. During the whole experiment, sludge flotation in the secondary settler was observed as a consequence of inefficient denitrification in the anoxic reactor, which occurred uncontrollably in the sedimentation tank. Furthermore, the low organic load affluent to the activated sludge system limited the heterotrophic biomass growth, favoring nitrifying bacteria in the aeration tank. The results show that there are still limitations to the application of activated sludge system as post-treatment of UASB reactor in relation to the removal of nitrogen, in hot climate regions |
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