Method for realizing rapid startup of denitrification biofilter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11168012-B2
Application number	US-201916352841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Priority date	Jan 21, 2019
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

A method for achieving rapid startup of a denitrification biofilter tank, which belongs to the technical field of biofilm sewage treatment. The specific steps are: 1. selecting heterotrophic denitrification or mixotrophic denitrification to treat influent sewage; 2. when the heterotrophic denitrification is used, pretreating the filter material with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose solution and then adding rhamnolipid after the introduction of sewage until the biofilter tank system starts successfully; 3. when the mixotrophic denitrification method is used, the filter tank is inoculated after the introduction of sewage, and the rhamnolipid is added thereto and is changed to sulfur source after operation for a while until startup is complete. The invention solves the problem that the denitrification biofilter tank in the sewage treatment is particularly slow in the mixotrophic state, and has a good application prospect.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for achieving startup of a denitrification biofilter tank, comprising the following steps:
S 1 , selecting a denitrification method: selecting heterotrophic denitrification method or heterotrophic-sulfur autotrophic denitrification method for treatment;
S 2 . if the heterotrophic denitrification method is selected to treat the sewage, conducting pretreatment to the biosupportive media of a biofilter with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solution, and then filling into the filter tank, inoculating activated sludge and then introducing sewage, and daily adding 50-200 mg/L rhamnolipid into the sewage;
S 3 . if the heterotrophic-sulfur autotrophic denitrification method is selected to treat the sewage, first inoculating the activated sludge and introducing sewage, and daily adding 30-100 mg/L rhamnolipid into the sewage, and the addition is stopped after a period of continuous operation, calculating the amount of total nitrogen needed to be removed by autotrophic denitrification according to the total nitrogen in the effluent and effluent discharge standards after stopping the addition of rhamnolipid, and adding sulfur source according to the ratio of different sulfur sources and total nitrogen required to be removed, growing the denitrifying microorganisms;
S 4 . continuously operating the biofilter tank until the denitrification biofilter tank starts.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the type of sewage in S 1 is any one of municipal sewage, biochemical effluent of industrial sewage or micro-polluted surface water and the applicable sewage temperature range is 8-25° C.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific method for pretreating the biosupportive media of the biofilter using the CMC solution in S 2 is: placing the biosupportive media of the biofilter in a CMC solution having a mass concentration of 2% to 5% and stirring 2-5 minutes, removing and naturally air drying for use.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rhamnolipid in S 2 and S 3 is a mixture of mono-rhamnolipid and di-rhamnolipid, the weight ratio of the two is 1:1˜1:2, the purity is industrial grade, and the concentration is 25%.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the biosupportive media of the biofilter in S 2 and S 3 is one selected from the group consisting of ceramsite, quartz sand or volcanic rock.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the dosage of rhamnolipid in S 2 is 50-200 mg/L, the dosage is daily, and the dosage of rhamnolipid in S 3 is 30-100 mg/L, and the dosage is daily.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after adding the rhamnolipid in S 4 and the total nitrogen removal rate is over 60%, the biosupportive media of the biofilter is collected and examined by microscope, wherein when bacterial micelle structure is detected, a sulfur source is added in S 4 , wherein the sulfur source is any one of elemental sulfur, sodium sulfide or sodium thiosulfate, wherein the amount of the sulfur source needed is determined by firstly calculating the amount of total nitrogen needed to be removed by autotrophic denitrification according to the total nitrogen in the effluent and effluent discharge standards after stopping the addition of rhamnolipid, and then calculating the amount of sulfur source according to the following sulfur source/total nitrogen ratio: 3-5 kg of elemental sulfur/ kg·TN, 5-6 kg of sodium sulfide/kg·TN, 8-10 kg of sodium thiosulfate/kg·TN, the dosage is added daily.

Assignees

• Nanjing University Of Technology

Inventors

• Huang Hui
• Peng Chong
• Zhang Xuxiang
• Ren Hongqiang

Classifications

• C02F2203/006

  details of construction, e.g. specially adapted seals, modules, connections · CPC title

• C02F3/2826 Primary

  using anaerobic filters · CPC title

• C02F2209/16

  Total nitrogen (tkN-N) · CPC title

• C02F2305/06

  Nutrients for stimulating the growth of microorganisms · CPC title

• C02F3/305 Primary

  characterised by the denitrification · CPC title