Ecological method for denitrification and phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10494271-B2
Application number	US-201715795082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2017
Priority date	Nov 15, 2016
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides an ecological method for denitrification and phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment process, which relates to the field of sewage treatment technology, The present invention provides a nitrogen and phosphorus removal system, comprising a nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit and a sulfate adsorption unit. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit is packed with coarse sand layer, deoxidizing layer and sulfur/iron mixture layer, while the sulfate adsorption unit is filled with modified hydrotalcite. Both of the units are filled with solid material, which effectively avoid the contamination that causes by liquid carbon source feeding. The application of the present invention can realize a completely denitrification, which achieve a maximum removal rate of 100%, a phosphorus removal efficiency of about 80%. The TP concentration is below 0.5 mg/L in the treated effluent, while the average sulfate removal rate is about 50%.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A nitrogen and phosphorus removal system, comprising a nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit and a sulfate adsorption unit; wherein the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit comprises a wastewater inlet at a bottom thereof and a wastewater outlet at a top thereof; wherein the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit comprises different layers of a coarse sandy layer, a deoxidizing layer and a nitrogen and phosphorus removal layer; wherein the nitrogen and phosphorus removal layer comprises a mixture of sulfur and iron, with a weight ratio of sulfur and iron to be 3-6:1; wherein the sulfate adsorption unit comprises hydrotalcite, and is configured to connect with the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit through pipes.

2. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal system of claim 1 , wherein the mixture of sulfur and iron comprises sulfur granules filled with iron.

3. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal system of claim 1 , wherein the deoxidizing layer comprises sulfur.

4. The nitrogen and phosphorus removal system of claim 1 , further comprising a tank that is set in front of the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit, and a pump that is set between the tank and the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit.

5. A method for wastewater treatment, using the nitrogen and phosphorous removal system of claim 1 , comprising treating wastewater successively through the nitrogen and phosphorous removal unit and the sulfate adsorption unit.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising flowing wastewater in the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit at 2˜3 m 3 /h, wherein the dissolved oxygen (DO) of the treated wastewater leaving from the deoxidizing layer is below 0.5 mg/L, the HRT is 0.2˜0.5 h, and the flow rate is 7˜9 m/h.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising flowing wastewater in the nitrogen and phosphorus removal unit at 2.5 m 3 /h, wherein the dissolved oxygen (DO) of the treated wastewater leaving from the deoxidizing layer is below 0.5 mg/L, the HRT is 0.35 h, and the flow rate is 8.8 m/h.

8. The method of claim 5 , comprising a step of back flushing by flushing the nitrogen and phosphorus removal system at 40 m 3 /h for 4˜6 min.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangnan

Inventors

• Wang Shuo
• Ren Zhengming
• Li Ji
• Wang Yan

Classifications

• C02F2303/16

  Regeneration of sorbents, filters · CPC title

• C02F3/005

  Combined electrochemical biological processes (aeration by electrolytically produced oxygen bubbles C02F3/202) · CPC title

• C02F2101/16

  Nitrogen compounds, e.g. ammonia · CPC title

• C02F3/2826

  using anaerobic filters · CPC title

• C02F1/001

  Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00) · CPC title