Method for realizing sludge safe disposal and resource recovery through sludge liquefaction and stratification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11459259-B2
Application number	US-202017614383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2020
Priority date	Feb 25, 2020
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for sludge safe disposal and resource recovery through sludge liquefaction and stratification. The method is to completely liquefy the organic matters in the sludge into soluble organic matters through a thermal-alkaline synergistic treatment. After the treatment, the sludge is stratified, and an anaerobic digestion is performed on a high-concentration soluble liquid of an upper layer to convert organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus into biogas, ammonia nitrogen and phosphate, a crude protein recovery is performed on a sludge protein of a middle layer, and a dewatering and a landfill on a sludge inorganic solid of a lower layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for realizing sludge safe disposal and resource recovery through sludge liquefaction and stratification, comprising the following steps:
step S1. concentrating a waste activated sludge to obtain a concentrated sludge;
step S2. performing a thermal-alkaline synergistic liquefaction treatment on the concentrated sludge obtained in the step S1;
step S3. adjusting pH value of the sludge after the liquefaction treatment in the step S2 to be neutral, and then performing a natural sedimentation to obtain substances of three layers consisting of an upper layer, a middle layer and a lower layer;
step S4. performing an anaerobic digestion on the substances of the upper layer obtained in the step S3, collecting generated biogas, and then adding MgCl 2 into a liquid obtained from the anaerobic digestion treatment to react and obtain a struvite sediment;
step S5. performing a separation and a sedimentation on the substances of the middle layer obtained in the step S3 to obtain a crude protein; and
step S6. performing a dewatering and a landfill disposal on the substances of the lower layer obtained in the step S3,
wherein a total suspended solids content of the concentrated sludge in the step S1 is 20 to 60 g/L,
wherein a method of the thermal-alkaline synergistic liquefaction treatment in the step S2 is adding NaOH into the concentrated sludge to react, with a reaction time being 60 to 90 min and a reaction temperature being 140 to 170° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a dosage ratio of the NaOH to the concentrated sludge is 50 mmol:1 kg to 200 mmol:1 kg.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the anaerobic digestion treatment in the step S4 is adding the substances of the upper layer to an anaerobic digestion reactor for an anaerobic digestion; a reaction temperature of the anaerobic digestion reactor is 30 to 40° C., a hydraulic retention time is 24 to 48 h, and a volume loading is 10 to 15 kg COD/(m 3 ·d).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step S4, a molar ratio of the MgCl 2 to a phosphate contained in the liquid phase is 1:1 to 1.1:1.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the separation and the sedimentation in the step S5 are performed by adjusting pH value of the substances of the middle layer obtained in the step S3 to 6.5 to 8.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the dewatering in the step S6 is reducing a moisture content of the sludge to below 60%.

7. A waste activated sludge treatment system, comprising a sludge liquefaction device, a salt producing acid and alkali device, a sedimentation device, an anaerobic digestion reactor, a magnesium adding agitation tank, a struvite sedimentation tank, and a crude protein purification sedimentation tank; the sludge liquefaction device comprises a heating component and an agitation component, used to perform a thermal-alkaline synergistic liquefaction on the waste activated sludge; the salt producing acid and alkali device is used to produce acid and alkali respectively, an alkali producing area of the salt producing acid and alkali device is connected with the sludge liquefaction device, used to add alkali to the sludge liquefaction device, and an acid producing area of the salt producing acid and alkali device is connected with an outlet of the sludge liquefaction device, used to adjust pH value of the sludge after the liquefaction treatment; the sedimentation device is connected with the outlet of the sludge liquefaction device, used to perform a static sedimentation on the sludge after pH neutralization; an upper area of the sedimentation device is connected with the anaerobic digestion reactor, used to perform an anaerobic digestion on substances of an upper layer after the static sedimentation; a middle area of the sedimentation device is connected to the crude protein purification sedimentation tank, used to perform a separation and a sedimentation on the substances of a middle layer after the static sedimentation to obtain a crude protein; a lower area of the sedimentation device is connected to an external transport device, used to perform a dewatering and a landfill disposal on the substances of a lower layer; the anaerobic digestion reactor is further connected to the magnesium adding agitation tank, used to perform a magnesium adding treatment on a liquid obtained after the anaerobic digestion treatment; the magnesium adding agitation tank is connected to the struvite sedimentation tank, used to perform a sedimentation on the liquid after the magnesium adding treatment to obtain a struvite sediment.

Assignees

• Univ Sun Yat Sen

Inventors

• Wang Shanquan
• Shi Jiangjian

Classifications

• C02F9/00 Primary

  Multistage treatment of water, waste water or sewage · CPC title

• C02F2101/38

  containing nitrogen · CPC title

• Y02E50/30

  Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel · CPC title

• C02F2001/007

  Processes including a sedimentation step · CPC title

• C02F11/00

  Treatment of sludge; Devices therefor · CPC title