System for cleaning wastewater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11866355-B2
Application number	US-202117343711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2021
Priority date	May 8, 2021
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

A system for cleaning wastewater, includes: an absorption-biodegradation-denitrification (ABN) reactor, a sequential adsorption reactor, a disinfection reactor, and a sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor. The ABN reactor is an integrated reactor including: a biosorption tank, an intermediate sedimentation tank, a biologically-enhanced degradation tank, a denitrification biofilter, and a secondary sedimentation tank. The pretreated wastewater is introduced into the ABN reactor for removal of chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorus; the ABN reactor effluent is introduced into the sequential adsorption reactor for the removal of high-risk pollutants; the sequential adsorption reactor effluent is introduced into the disinfection reactor for the elimination of viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms; the sludge produced by the ABN reactor is introduced into the anaerobic sludge fermentation reactor for alkaline fermentation. The system is effective for removing high-risk pollutants and reducing effluent toxicity, which can be used for the upgrading and reconstruction of the wastewater treatment system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for cleaning wastewater, comprising:
an absorption-biodegradation-denitrification (ABN) reactor;
a sequential adsorption reactor;
a disinfection reactor; and
a sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor;
wherein:
the ABN reactor is an integrated reactor comprising five secondary treatment units: a biosorption tank, an intermediate sedimentation tank, a biologically-enhanced degradation tank, a denitrification biofilter, and a secondary sedimentation tank, which are connected sequentially and separated from each other by a partition wall; the biosorption tank is filled with high-load activated sludge; the biosorption tank comprises a first water inlet, a first water outlet, a first stirring device, a first aeration device, and a first sludge return port; the first water inlet is disposed on a first end of the biosorption tank and the first water outlet is disposed on a second end of the biosorption tank; the first stirring device, the first aeration device, and the first sludge return port are disposed in a bottom of the biosorption tank; the first water outlet communicates with the intermediate sedimentation tank; the intermediate sedimentation tank comprises a first slope plate, a first sludge outlet, and a second water outlet; the first slope plate is disposed in the intermediate sedimentation tank; the first sludge outlet communicates with a first sludge return pipe and a first sludge outlet pipe; the second water outlet is disposed on a rear end of the intermediate sedimentation tank and communicates with the biologically-enhanced degradation tank; the first sludge return pipe is connected to the first sludge return port; the biologically-enhanced degradation tank is an integrated fixed-film activated sludge system; the biologically-enhanced degradation tank comprises a second aeration device, a second sludge return port, a filler interceptor, and a third water outlet; the second aeration device and the second sludge return port are disposed in the bottom of the biologically-enhanced degradation tank; the filler interceptor is disposed on one end of the biologically-enhanced degradation tank and is connected through the third water outlet to the secondary sedimentation tank; the secondary sedimentation tank comprises a second slope plate, a second sludge outlet pipe, and a fourth water outlet; the second slope plate is disposed in the secondary sedimentation tank; the second sludge outlet pipe is disposed in the bottom of the secondary sedimentation tank and is configured to communicate with a second sludge return pipe and a second sludge outlet pipe; the second sludge return pipe is connected to the second sludge return port; the fourth water outlet is disposed on one end of the secondary sedimentation tank and is connected to the denitrification biofilter; the denitrification biofilter is a downflow denitrification biofilter comprising a carbon source dosing device, an inlet channel, a backwash air inlet, and a backwash water outlet, a denitrification filler, a supporting layer, an air-water distribution device, a backwash water inlet, a water collection channel, and a fifth water outlet; the carbon source dosing device, the inlet channel, the backwash air inlet, and the backwash water outlet are disposed on the top portion of the denitrification biofilter; the denitrification filler is disposed in the denitrification biofilter; the supporting layer, the air-water distribution device, the backwash water inlet, the water collection channel, and the fifth water outlet are disposed in the bottom of the denitrification biofilter;
the sequential adsorption reactor is a cylindrical reactor comprising secondary treatment units, an overflow pipe, a second water inlet, a third sludge outlet, and a sixth water outlet; the second water inlet and the third sludge outlet are disposed in the middle of the bottom of the sequential adsorption reactor; the sixth water outlet is disposed on the outside bottom of the sequential adsorption reactor; the secondary treatment units each comprises a plurality of adsorption devices; the second water inlet is connected to the overflow pipe; and the fifth water outlet is connected through a first diversion pipe to the fifth water outlet;
the disinfection reactor comprises a third water inlet, a disinfection device, a diversion wall, a seventh water outlet, and a drainage pipe; the third water inlet is disposed on a first end of the disinfection reactor; the disinfection device and the diversion wall are disposed in the disinfection reactor; the seventh water outlet is disposed in a bottom of a second end of the disinfection reactor and is connected to a drainage pipe; the third water inlet is connected through the second diversion tube to the sixth water outlet; and
the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor is a cylindrical upflow reactor comprising a gas emission device, a plurality of feed inlets, a second stirring device, a plurality of feed outlets, a sludge circulating pipe, a sludge dewatering device, a liquid collection device; the gas emission device is disposed on the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor; the plurality of feed inlets is disposed in the lower part of the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor; the second stirring device is disposed in the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor; the plurality of feed outlets and the sludge circulating pipe are disposed at different water levels marked in the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor; the sludge dewatering device and the liquid collection device are disposed outside of the sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor; the plurality of feed inlets is connected to the first sludge outlet pipe, and the second sludge outlet pipe; the plurality of feed outlets is sequentially connected to the sludge dewatering device and the liquid collection device via the third diversion tube; the liquid collection device is connected to a carbon source feeder via the fourth diversion pipe.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operational parameters of the ABN reactor are defined as follows: in the biosorption tank, a sludge concentration is 1500-2000 mg/L, a sludge age is 0.2-0.7 d, a hydraulic retention time is 0.5-0.75 h, a dissolved oxygen concentration is <0.8 mg/L, and a sludge return ratio is 30-70%; in the biologically-enhanced degradation tank, a sludge concentration is 2000-4000 mg/L, a sludge age is 15-25 d, a hydraulic retention time is 5-9 h, a dissolved oxygen concentration is 3-6 mg/L, and a sludge return ratio is 50-100%; and in the denitrification biofilter, a filtration velocity is 3-10 m/h, and in a backwash process, a gas-washing time is 2-5 minutes and a water-washing time is 5-15 minutes.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the integrated fixed-film activated sludge system comprises a suspended filler with a surface area of greater than 800 m 2 /m 3 and a filling ratio of 30-60%.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein a density of the denitrification filler is greater than or equal to 2.5 g/cm 3 .

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of adsorption devices each comprises a rack and an adsorbent material; the rack is filled with the adsorbent material comprising a macroporous carbon xerogel with pore diameters of 15-60 nm, a mesoporous carbon xerogel with pore diameters of 10-20 nm, and a microporous carbon xerogel with pore diameters of 1.5-12 nm; the macroporous carbon xerogel, the mesoporous carbon xerogel, and the microporous carbon xerogel are disposed from top to bottom, with a filling ratio of 1:1.5:1-1:3:2; the plurality of adsorption devices each has a down-flow hydraulic load of 0.2-3.3 L/(m 2 ·s).

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the disinfection reactor uses ultraviolet disinfection; an ultraviolet lamp is disposed in the disinfection reactor; a hydraulic load of the

Assignees

• Nanjing University Of Technology

Inventors

• Hu Haidong
• Liao Kewei
• Ma Sijia
• Shi Yuanji
• Ren Hongqiang
• Zhang Xuxiang
• Wu Bing
• Wang Jinfeng

Classifications

• C02F3/1226 Primary

  comprising an absorbent material suspended in the mixed liquor · CPC title

• C02F1/325

  Irradiation devices or lamp constructions · CPC title

• C02F3/121 Primary

  Multistep treatment · CPC title

• C02F3/1215

  Combinations of activated sludge treatment with precipitation, flocculation, coagulation and separation of phosphates · CPC title

• C02F11/04

  Anaerobic treatment; Production of methane by such processes · CPC title