Study on enhanced anaerobic digestion of excess sludge with K2FeO4 and FeCl3 for organic acid production
TIAN Meng-jia1, LIU Feng1,2, LI Xiang1,2,3, MA Jun3, WANG Jia-en1, ZHAO Wei-dong1
1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China; 2. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Abstract:The excess sludge was reduced by alkaline potassium ferrate (K2FeO4)-FeCl3 pretreatment combined with anaerobic digestion. Under the goal of efficient recovery of organic acid, the effects of different forms of iron sources and iron concentrations on sludge reduction were discussed, and the optimal iron concentration was found. The results showed that alkaline K2FeO4 played an important role in the destruction of sludge aggregates during pretreatment. Compared with the blank group, Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS) decreased by 26.79%, median diameter (Dx(50)) decreased by 90%, and sludge settling velocity of 30minutes (SV30) decreased by 33%. The sludge settling performance became better and the sludge reduction effect was obvious. FeCl3 only had flocculation during pretreatment process. During anaerobic digestion, the acid production of sludge pretreated with alkaline K2FeO4 was higher than that of blank group, and the increase of iron ions promoted the rapid production of organic acids. When the dosage of K2FeO4 was 20mg Fe/g VSS and FeCl3 was 21mg Fe/g VSS (that is, TFE dosage of 41mg Fe/g VSS), the sludge showed the maximum volatile organic acids (VFAs) accumulation. On the 3th of digestion, the VFAs reached 436.1mg COD/g VSS, which was 4.45times that of the blank group. Under this iron concentration, after 15days of digestion, the removal rate of PO43--P reached 69.8%, which was 2.03 times that of only K2FeO4 pretreatment. In addition, adding appropriate iron could increase acid-producing bacteria (Actinobacteria phylum and Chloroflexi phylum), which will promote acid production, while the iron dosage was higher than 48mg Fe/g VSS, the activity of main acid-producing bacteria in anaerobic environment would be inhibited.
田梦佳, 刘锋, 李祥, 马军, 王加恩, 赵魏东. K2FeO4-FeCl3联合强化剩余污泥厌氧消化产酸[J]. 中国环境科学, 2023, 43(8): 4089-4098.
TIAN Meng-jia, LIU Feng, LI Xiang, MA Jun, WANG Jia-en, ZHAO Wei-dong. Study on enhanced anaerobic digestion of excess sludge with K2FeO4 and FeCl3 for organic acid production. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2023, 43(8): 4089-4098.
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