the excess sludge treatment and sludge disposal are major factors to the over-all economy of wastewater treatment plants (wwtp). the ideal solution to the problem of sludge disposal is to combine sludge minimization with contamination removal at the source. in this study, the effect of ozonation, chlorination and 3,3,4,5–tetrachlorosalicylanilide (tcs) to treat part of the return activated slud...

the excess sludge treatment and sludge disposal are major factors to the over-all economy of wastewater treatment plants (wwtp). the ideal solution to the problem of sludge disposal is to combine sludge minimization with contamination removal at the source. in this study, the effect of ozonation, chlorination and 3,3,4,5–tetrachlorosalicylanilide (tcs) to treat part of the return activated slu...

In this research, 11 yeast strains with ability to grow on petroleum sludge were isolated from effluent of a petroleum refinery. Based on growth on mineral media contaminated petroleum sludge, two isolates were selected as the super strains. Meanwhile, results based on biochemical and morphological experiments on the strains indicated that the two selected isolates belonged to Candida and Proto...

Seasonal distribution of nitrogen fixation by Spartina alterniflora epiphytes and in surface and soil samples was investigated in a Georgia salt marsh which was amended with sewage sludge or with glucose and/or ammonium nitrate. There was no significant difference between the rates of fixation in the unamended and sewage sludge plots. Additional perturbation experiments suggested that nitrogen ...

Policy of energy conservation and emission reduction has been advocated during recent years in China. The development of wastewater treatment has presented some problems with a huge sludge production and high operating cost. Eutrophication occurred frequently in many water bodies of China and discharge standards for wastewater treatment plants (WTTPs) are strict with nutrient removal. However, ...

conclusions there is no statistically significant relationship between preterm delivery and type of sludge. results the prevalence of preterm delivery was 14/3%. the frequencies of term delivery in mothers with dense, light and no sludge were 78/6%, 82/1% and 96/4 % respectively, and for preterm delivery they were 21/4%, 17/9% and 3/6% respectively. but there was no statistically significant re...

The following sludge reduction alternatives were tested in wastewater biological reactors: oxic-settling-anaerobic (OSA-process); ultrasonic disintegration (UD); chlorination (CH); 3,3',4',5tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS); and folic acid (FA). Compared to the control system, UD reduced 55% of the sludge production, and greater substrate and nutrient removal efficiency was achieved. CH worsened ...

Medium-sized wastewater treatment plants are considered too small to implement anaerobic digestion technologies and too large for extensive treatments. A promising option as a sewage sludge reduction method is the inclusion of anoxic time exposures. In the present study, three different anoxic time exposures of 12, 6 and 4 hours have been studied to reduce sewage sludge production. The best ano...

Treatment of municipal wastewater results worldwide in the production of large amounts of sewage sludge. The major part of the dry matter content of this sludge consists of nontoxic organic compounds, in general a combination of primary sludge and secondary (microbiological) sludge. The sludge also contains a substantial amount of inorganic material and a small amount of toxic components. There...