METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION PERFORMANCE OF SLUDGE BY IN-SITU CRYSTALLIZATION OF WATER

    公开(公告)号:US20240067553A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18159302

    申请日:2023-01-25

    申请人: Tongji University

    发明人: Boran Wu Xiaohu Dai

    IPC分类号: C02F11/143

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for improving solid-liquid separation performance of sludge by in-situ crystallization of water. The method comprises the following steps: adding sludge into a pressure vessel, intermittently introducing high-pressure carbon dioxide at a low-temperature condition to generate a carbon dioxide hydrate until a partial pressure of the carbon dioxide is stable, releasing the pressure, and stirring the sludge until no gas escapes, thus obtaining the treated sludge. Compared with the prior art, the method and system provided by the present disclosure are simple and easy to implement, has no consumption of sludge dewatering conditioning agents, and can achieve the recycling of carbon dioxide. The secondary environmental pollution risk caused by the sludge dewatering conditioning agent is reduced, the shortcomings of high dosage of chemicals, large sludge enlargement ratio, low sludge dewatering efficiency and the like in the traditional sludge dewatering process can be overcome.

    Process for enhanced anaerobic digestion of sludge by alcoholization of food waste

    公开(公告)号:US11453607B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17101612

    申请日:2020-11-23

    申请人: Tongji University

    摘要: A process for enhanced anaerobic digestion of sludge by alcoholization of food waste, comprising steps of: (1) ethanol prefermentation of food waste—feeding the food waste having been crushed into a uniform grain size into an ethanol production reactor, where the food waste is subjected to rapid and efficient anaerobic fermentation activated by addition of yeast and pH adjustment to produce ethanol and obtain a fermentation broth and a fermentation residue; (2) sludge pretreatment—pretreating the sludge after mixing with the fermentation residue; and (3) methanogenesis of anaerobic digestion—subjecting products resulting from the sludge pretreatment to be mixed with the fermentation broth and then to methanogenesis of anaerobic digestion in a methane production reactor. With this process, the sludge and the food waste can be treated efficiently via multi-phase reactions, and the resource recovery and biogas quality can be enhanced.

    Method for evaluating bioavailability of organic solid waste by anaerobic conversion based on fractal dimension

    公开(公告)号:US11156539B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US17109300

    申请日:2020-12-02

    申请人: TONGJI UNIVERSITY

    IPC分类号: G01N15/02

    摘要: Provided is a method for evaluating a bioavailability of organic solid waste by an anaerobic conversion based on fractal dimension, relating to anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste. Organic solid waste is broken up and dried, and the organic solid waste is analyzed using a laser particle size analyzer, so as to measure a wave vector Q and a scattering intensity I. The wave vector Q and the scattering intensity I are analyzed using a data processing software, and a two-dimensional fractal dimension Df is obtained based on a fractal theory. A volatile fatty acid maximum VFAmax and a biochemical methane potential BMP of the organic solid waste are predicted according to the two-dimensional fractal dimension Df, so as to evaluate a bioavailability of organic solid waste by an anaerobic conversion.

    Organic composite powder carrier and application thereof in enhanced biological denitrification of municipal wastewater treatment

    公开(公告)号:US11629083B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US16991063

    申请日:2020-08-12

    摘要: The present invention relates to microbial carriers for wastewater treatment, and in particular, relates to an organic composite powder carrier and its application for strengthening biological denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment. The organic composite powder carrier is compounded by a microbial carrier with a relatively large equivalent particle size and an organic alternative carbon source in the form of ultrafine powder. The composite powder carrier in the present invention includes a dedicated organic alternative carbon source, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The organic alternative carbon source can exclude the competitive relationship between microorganisms to ensure that denitrifying bacteria exclusively obtain electron donors required for denitrification. The composite powder carrier strengthens biological denitrification in municipal wastewater treatment, significantly improves denitrification efficiency, realizes deep biological purification of wastewater and ensures that the subject effluent complies with the strictest domestic discharge standards.

    Method for enhancing biochemical water treatment by powder carrier

    公开(公告)号:US11370680B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US17029080

    申请日:2020-09-23

    申请人: Tongji University

    摘要: A method for enhancing biochemical water treatment by a powder carrier includes: (i) screening the powder carrier by removing impurities to obtain a screened powder carrier; (ii) dissolving the screened powder carrier by stirring to prepare a slurry, enabling the screened powder carrier to completely absorb moisture to obtain a soaked powder carrier slurry; (iii) adjusting the pH value and adding the soaked powder carrier slurry into a bioreactor or a biological reaction structure; (iv) distributing the soaked powder carrier slurry uniformly through a hydraulic agitation; (v) loading a microorganism on the inner pore and wrapping on the surface of the soaked powder carrier slurry to obtain powder-loaded biological floccules; (vi) settling the powder-loaded biological floccules in a sedimentation zone and separating the powder carrier from the microorganism for reuse.