Water treatment method and water treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371357-B2
Application number	US-202117545686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2021
Priority date	Jun 19, 2019
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A water treatment method treats raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater. The method includes (i) an aeration process performs an initial absorption treatment by aerating the water to be treated, (ii) a filtration process for filtering the water to be treated which has been treated by the initial absorption treatment in the aeration process, (iii) a digestion treatment process for digesting solids captured by the filtration process, (iv) a biological treatment process for denitrifying, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained through the filtration process, (v) a sludge transfer process for sending the activated sludge from the biological treatment process to the aeration process, and (vi) an adjustment process for adjusting an amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration process via the sludge transfer process based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water which has been biologically treated by the biological treatment process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water treatment method for treating raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater, comprising:
an aeration process including performing an initial absorption treatment by aerating the water to be treated;
a filtration process including filtering the water to be treated which has been treated by the initial absorption treatment in the aeration process;
a digestion treatment process including digesting solids captured by the filtration process;
a biological treatment process including denitrifying, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained through the filtration process;
a sludge transfer process including sending the activated sludge from the biological treatment process to the aeration process; and
an adjustment process including adjusting an amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration process via the sludge transfer process based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water which has been biologically treated by the biological treatment process and has been filtered by a membrane separation device.

2. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment process reduces the amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration process when a measured value of the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is higher than a predetermined standard value.

3. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment process increases the amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration process when a measured value of the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is lower than a predetermined standard value.

4. A water treatment method for treating raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater, comprising:
an aeration process including performing an initial adsorption treatment, by aerating the water to be treated in a plurality of aeration tanks;
a filtration process including filtering the water to be treated which has been treated by the initial adsorption treatment in the aeration process;
a digestion treatment process including digesting solids captured by the filtration process;
a biological treatment process including denitrifying, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained through the filtration process;
a sludge transfer process including sending the activated sludge from the biological treatment process to the aeration process; and
an adjustment process including adjusting a number of the aeration tanks to which the activated sludge is sent via the sludge transfer process, based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water which has been biologically treated in the biological treatment process and has been filtered by a membrane separation device.

5. The water treatment method according to claim 4 , wherein the adjustment process reduces the number of aeration tanks to which the activated sludge is sent, when the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is higher than a predetermined standard value.

6. The water treatment method according to claim 4 , wherein the adjustment process increases the number of aeration tanks to which the activated sludge is sent, when the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is lower than a predetermined standard value.

7. A water treatment method for treating raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater, comprising:
an aeration process including performing an initial adsorption treatment by aerating the water to be treated;
a filtration process including filtering the water to be treated, which has been treated by the initial adsorption treatment in the aeration process, with a rotary filter having a rotating filtration surface;
a digestion treatment process including digesting solids captured by the filtration process;
a biological treatment process including denitrifying, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained through the filtration process;
a sludge transfer process including sending the activated sludge from the biological treatment process to the aeration process; and
an adjustment process including adjusting a rotation speed of the filtration surface based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water which has been biologically treated in the biological treatment process.

8. The water treatment method according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment process increases the rotation speed of the filtration surface when the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is higher than a predetermined standard value.

9. The water treatment method according claim 7 , wherein the adjustment process reduces the rotation speed of the filtration surface when the nitrogen concentration of the treated water is lower than a predetermined standard value.

10. A water treatment apparatus for treating raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater, comprising: an aeration device configured to perform an initial adsorption treatment by aerating the water to be treated; a filtration device configured to filter the water to be treated which has been treated by the initial absorption treatment in the aeration device; a digestion treatment device configured to digest solids captured by the filtration device; a biological treatment device configured to denitrify, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained though the filtration device; a sludge transfer device configured to send the activated sludge from the biological treatment device to the aeration device; and an adjustment device configured to adjust an amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration device via the sludge transfer device, based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water that has been biologically treated by the biological treatment device and has been filtered by a membrane separation device.

11. The water treatment apparatus according claim 10 ,
wherein the aeration device includes a plurality of aeration tanks, and
wherein the adjustment device is configured to adjust a number of the aeration tanks to which the activated sludge is sent via the sludge transfer device, based on the nitrogen concentration of the treated water which has been biologically treated by the biological treatment device.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Yatsugi Soichiro
• Sugiyama Sho
• Nagae Shinya
• Asakura Yoshio

Classifications

• C02F2301/046

  Recirculation with an external loop · CPC title

• C02F2209/16

  Total nitrogen (tkN-N) · CPC title

• C02F2101/16

  Nitrogen compounds, e.g. ammonia · CPC title

• C02F3/305

  characterised by the denitrification · CPC title

• C02F3/28

  Anaerobic digestion processes · CPC title