The present invention relates to a method for perfect biological treatment of wastewater in an activated sludge process, and more particularly, to an improved biological treatment of an activated sludge process in which a persistent organic waste water contains an oil component containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide which has contradictory properties, without adding any coagulation chemical compound which is an obstacle to the activated sludge method.
In recent years, the activated sludge method is widely used as a biological treatment method for waste water. The activated sludge method is an aerobic biological treatment in which a sludge containing aerobic bacteria and the like is artificially added, and the organic matter is oxidized and decomposed by an aeration blowing air for a long time, and then the sludge is flocked, separated by sedimentation, and removed from the water in order to purify the water.
Incidentally, in a recent year, there has been a tendency to use a large amount of the oil component at the time of food production, so that it is preferable to perform an aerobic treatment using a lipase enzyme after flotation treatment of the oil and fat component in the waste water, because the oil component tends to reduce the processing ability of the microorganism when the waste water contains a large amount of the oil and fat component. On the other hand, due to health, there have been many cases in which an indigestible or resistant dextrin or the like that is difficult to decompose in the body, such as a thickening polysaccharide is used in place of use of sugar. Therefore, in the case where a large amount of the resistant dextrin or the like is present in the waste water, there is a phenomenon in which the viscosity increases in the aerobic treatment, so that the solid-liquid separation in the activated sludge method becomes difficult. Therefore, although an anaerobic treatment method containing higher fatty acids is proposed in the wastewater containing the oil component, (Patent Documents 1 and 2), the process proceeds with the methane fermentation, so that it was found that, when in the anaerobic treatment, the higher fatty acids and the thickening polysaccharide are contained at the same time, the process cannot be performed successfully. The reason why the process cannot be performed successfully is that the biodegradation treatment of the thickened polysaccharide and the oil containing the higher fatty acid are contradictory each other, that is, while the aerobic treatment using the lipase enzyme is preferable for the oil content, the aerobic treatment is not preferable for the thickened polysaccharide because of generation of viscosity and the waste water containing the thickened polysaccharide is recommended to be treated by the anaerobic method. On the other hand, when the oil content is present in the wastewater, the oil content in the anaerobic treatment tends to coagulates, and then the biological treatment is inhibited, so that the wastewater containing the oil content is preferably treated by aerobic method.
Therefore, since it is difficult to perform biological treatment when both of the oil content and the thickened polysaccharide are present at the same time, it is necessary at present to perform coagulation separation by pretreatment coagulation chemicals. However, since a large amount of coagulated sludge is generated by using the coagulation chemicals, there happens a problem of treatment of this large industrial waste, because the running cost iincreases.
Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the activated sludge method, it is proposed that the persistent organic wastewater containing the higher fatty acid and the thickening polysaccharide at the same time should be treated with a microorganism without adding or introducing a chemical drug which is an obstacle to the activated sludge method.
Patent Document 1: JP-A-2006-95377
Patent Document 2: JP-A-2020-104116
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently biotreating a persistent organic wastewater containing an oil component containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide (which are contradictory persistent organic components), without adding any chemical drugs which are an n obstacle to the activated sludge method.
As a result of intensive research, the present inventors have found the following phenomenon. First, 1) it was found that the remaining polysaccharide-containing wastewater W2 became an anaerobically treatable wastewater when the oil content was successfully removed from the persistent organic wastewater W, even if the wastewater contains the oil content containing higher fatty acids and the thickening polysaccharide. On the other hand, secondly 2) although the presence of viscous polysaccharide in wastewater makes the effect of process worse, it was found that, when the residual polysaccharide in the wastewater W2 can be converted to monosaccharide, the wastewater W2 can be treated in the aerobic pretreatment step. Because the increase of viscosity would be caused by oxidation of the polysaccharide atomic by oxygen by the aerobic treatment, it would be caused by atomic oxygen in the aerobic treatment. In addition, thirdly 3) it was found that, when the persistent organic wastewater W containing higher fatty acid and thickening polysaccharide was separated into an oil-containing wastewater W1 and a polysaccharide-containing wastewater W2, and the polysaccharide in the wastewater W2 was changed to mono-saccharide, both the wastewater W1 and W2 were aerobically treated by marine bacteria, and it became the proper wastewater for the aeration treatment by the activated sludge method. Finally, 4) it has been also found that, since the monosaccharide water W4 becomes reduced and neutralized by anaerobic biological treatment, it is preferable for adjusting BOD loading during activated sludge treatment.
As a result after integrating these findings, we found that, the difficult organic wastewater W containing thickening polysaccharides and higher fatty acids can be substantially perfect-biotreated in the whole organism treatment process.
The present invention has been made based on the above findings, and firstly, there is provided a method for biotreating persistent organic waste water W containing an oil component containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide, comprising the steps of:
Further, the second aspect of the present invention is to provide an improvement of the oil-water separating step A) in the activated sludge method, wherein the oil-water separation is carried out by a pressurized flotation, and the oil-containing wastewater W1 having an oil content containing high-grade fat acids is subjected to an emulsification process by adding an oil dispersing agent in order to be an efficient aerobiotic water W3.
Further, the third aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an improvement in the reducing step B), wherein the polysaccharide-containing waste water W2 after separated from the oil-containing waste water W1, is subjected to a reducing treatment process by Bacillus subtilis or the like to convert the polysaccharide into the monosaccharide to be capable of aerobic pretreatment.
Further, the fourth aspect of the present invention is to provide an improvement in the pretreatment process C) wherein the waste water containing an oil-containing waste water W1 or the aerobic-treatable emulsified water W3 can be treated together with the monosaccharide containing water W4 capable of aerobic pretreatment by using one of marine bacteria including Tolla yeast to obtain a waste water W5 capable of being treated with activated sludge.
Finally, this invention is to provide an improvement in the aeration treatment D) of the pretreatment water W5, wherein the pretreatment water is appropriately loaded with the reduced neutralized water W4 in the activated sludge.
According to the present invention, it is possible to substantially perform the entire process using a biological treatment without adding chemical injection which becomes an obstacle in the activated sludge method, even if the waste water contains an oil content containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide, and thus the amount of industrial waste is significantly reduced. Therefore, this invention can be said an epoch-making one.
Further, according to the present invention, the activated sludge treatment can be efficiently performed, even if the waste water contains an oil content containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide, because 1) the oil which is a hindrance during the anaerobic biological treatment, can be removed up to a state where the anaerobic treatment is possible and also 2) a thickening polysaccharide which is hindered in the aeration step of the subsequent activated sludge method, can be converted to the monosaccharide in a manner to prevent the thickening phenomenon in the subsequent activated sludge method,
Further, according to the present disclosure, since the pressurized flotation method is used in the oil-water separation step A), the oil-containing waste water W1 containing a higher fatty acid can be received in an oil dispersing tank, and then the oil dispersing agent is introduced into the oil dispersing tank to form an emulsion, whereby it can be efficiently formed into aerobic bio-treatable water, so that the oil component is not necessary to be retreated as an industrial waste.
Furthermore, according to the present disclosure, although the oil and the polysaccharide which are difficult to be treated simultaneously, they are separated into an oil-containing waste water W1 and a polysaccharide-containing waste water W2, and the oil-containing waste water W1 is preferably emulsified so as to be capable of aerobic treatment, while the polysaccharide-containing waste water W2 is converted to the monosaccharide containing water W4 capable of the aerobic treatment, so that both wastewaters W2 and W4 can be bio-treated in the aerobic treatment.
Finally, since the reduced neutralized water W4 obtained in step B) which contains the monosaccharide, is suitable for controlling the effective loading in the activated sludge aeration step, it is easy to manage the activated sludge method in which the entire process can be performed by the biological treatment.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is a method for biotreating wastewater W containing an oil component containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide. In the present invention, the thickening polysaccharide refers to a polysaccharide that generates viscosity in an activated sludge process, and includes isomerized sugar, water, oligosaccharides, starch, agar (including gelling agents such as carrageenan or Furcelleran), pectin, alginic acid, tamarind gum, natural gums, gum syrup, persistent dextrin, and the like. On the other hand, the oil component includes higher fatty acids, fats and oils (triglycerides), and the like.
The whole organism treatment process of the present invention is as follows.
As shown in
Therefore, in the present invention, there are provided A) a step of separating the waste water W into an aerobic oil-containing waste water W1 and an anaerobic polysaccharide-containing waste water W2 in which an oil component is separated, and B) a step of reducing a polysaccharide to monosaccharide treatment in the residual anaerobic polysaccharide containing waste water W2 in which the oil component is separated. The present method further comprises the step of (C) converting the oil-containing waste water W1 and the monosaccharide containing water W4 into a pretreatment water W5 capable of being aerated; and the step of (D) aerating the pretreatment water W5 capable of being aerated while controlling BOD content, flocking with activated sludge, and solid-liquid separation. Therefore, according to the present invention, the waste water W can be substantially treated using biological treatment even if the waste water contains an oil content containing higher fatty acids and a thickening polysaccharide.
Specifically, in the first step (A) of the oil-water separation, as shown in
Next, in the second step (B) of reducing the polysaccharide to the monosaccharide, as shown in
In the third step (C), as shown in
As shown in
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Then, the waste water whose BOD content has been adjusted is sent from the raw water adjusting tank 104 to the oil dispersing tank 106 via PID flow rate adjusting facility 104-2, from which the waste water is sent to the chemical-free pressurizing and surfacing facility 100, and the oil content in the waste water is pressurized and floated or levitated. Known pressurized flotation equipment can be used. Here, as shown in
Although the oil-removing water W2 obtained by separating the oil by the above-mentioned chemical-free pressurized flotation treatment contains some oil, the anaerobic treatment of the thickened polysaccharide is performed by Bacillus subtilis 203, so that the pretreatment makes it suitable for the activated sludge treatment. Other anaerobes existing in the air may be used instead of Bacillus subtilis.
There are increasingly used with polysaccharides such as isomerized sugars, dextrin with a low absorption rate in the body, polysaccharide pectin, gum syrup and the like. When polysaccharides are mixed into an aerobic biological treatment tank, the polysaccharide is denatured into a thickened polysaccharide by secretions (floc preparation glue, etc.) and oxygen (atoms) generated from the sludge, and the sludge is covered with a thickening substance, and the sludge inside becomes hypoxic, resulting in the inability to biodegrade. In addition, the sludge inside becomes anaerobic due to the lack of oxygen, and it takes 2 to 4 weeks to recover. In the sedimentation tank, it is difficult to perform solid-liquid separation (sedimentation separation) due to its viscosity, and it becomes a bulking state. Therefore, countermeasures against polysaccharides are essential, but the mechanism has not been academically elucidated. This was made possible by the monosaccharide treatment of the present invention. Although it is an estimation theory according to the experience of the present inventors, it is a valuable knowledge that the generation of viscosity can be suppressed by the monosaccharide treatment shown in
In carrying out the anaerobic reducing monosaccharide treatment of the present invention, it is preferable to pay attention to the following points.
In the monosaccharide treatment, not only the waste water in the reduction tank 200 is stirred in the anaerobic agitation facility 201 under anaerobic atmospheric conditions, but also the oxidation-reduction potential in the reduction tank 200 is measured by ORP sensor 202 to confirm whether or not the monosaccharide treatment of the thickened polysaccharide is completed. The treated water which became acid by the monosaccharide treatment is measured by PH sensors 204, and neutralized by injecting a neutralizing agent for example, NaOH from the neutralizing agent injection facility 205.
Here, as shown in
On the basis of the finding that the oil content and the thickening polysaccharide cannot be biotreated under the same conditions at the same time, it is very meaningful to divide the oil and thickening polysaccharide containing wastewater W into a waste water W1 containing the oil and a waste water W2 containing the thickening polysaccharide, and preferably to emulsify the former W1 into an aerobic biotreatable oil-dispersed waste water W3, while the latter W2 is reduced to monosaccharide and neutralized to a reduced neutralized water W4 capable of aerobic biotreatment, so that both of them can be used as a subsequent aerated water W5 by aerobic biotreatment.
Notes: such a pretreatment step should be performed considering the following points.
The first is the biological treatment using marine bacteria under aerobic conditions. Marine bacteria live widely in the ocean and are one of the microorganisms responsible for the natural purification system. Among them, Torula yeast is one of them, a very small, dispersible bacterium of a size that is only visible under a microscope of 2,000 times, and does not produce flocs different from standard activated sludge. The present applicant has been cultivating the marine bacteria in fresh water and desalinating them, and therefore according to the present invention, the marine bacteria combined with the subsequent activated sludge treatment becomes resulted in a wide range of industrial wastewater treatment. The functions of such marine bacteria are shown in
Second, in such a pretreatment step, appropriate aerobic conditions need to be maintained while being measured by DO sensor—303. An aeration air control valve 302 controls the amount of blower air to be injected. As a result, it becomes a pretreatment water W5 that can be subjected to aeration treatment in the subsequent stage (D).
As shown in
In the step D), in aeration treatment of the pretreated wastewater W5 treated in the step C), as the noted points, it is essential to adjust the activated sludge to an appropriate loading by the reduced neutralized water W4 treated in the step B).
The wastewater containing the following oils and thickened polysaccharides was treated with activated sludge along the wastewater treatment system shown in
1) BOD concentration in wastewater W: Here, the wastewater to be treated contains oils and thickened polysaccharides, so that BOD concentration is adjusted to 1500-3000 and sent to a pressurized flotation tank.
2) Remove oils in the pressurized flotation tank and reduce the oil content in the remaining wastewater W2 to 100 ppm or less.
3) The wastewater W2 containing thickened polysaccharides is treated anaerobically with Bacillus subtilis for 4-24 hours in an anaerobic atmosphere at room temperature. The completion of the monosaccharide process was sensed by a ORP sensor, and NaOH was used as a neutralizing agent, and the completion of the neutralization process was managed by a PH sensor.
4) The oil dispersant 107 (e.g., surfactant) is added to the separated floating oil drainage W1 floated and collected in the pressurized flotation tank 100-1 with 1 to 20 mg/liter to the drainage, and is emulsified by stirring.
5) In the aerobic biological pretreatment, a predetermined amount of air is sent while the oxygen demand is detected by a DO sensor. Treatment is performed in an aerobic atmosphere at room temperature for 4 to 24 hours. Trula yeast is used as a marine bacterium, and the organic matter in the wastewater that is monosaccharide is used as a feed. Torula yeast will decompose (reduce the molecular weight) the oil content in the wastewater and make it an aeration-treatable water.
6) In the aeration process, DO sensor detects the oxygen demand, and the aeration process is performed at room temperature for 10 to 24 hours.
7) In the sedimentation tank, the flocked organic matter is solid-liquid separated. BOD level in the purified wastewater W6 decreases from 1/10 to 1/100 of the inflow wastewater W. Purified wastewater W6 is stored in the discharge monitoring water tank 600, and discharged sequentially while being monitored by the discharge water monitoring meter 601.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2022/025494 | 6/27/2022 | WO |