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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 711-718Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.02.005
Keywords
ultrasounds; ozone; thermal treatment; solubilisation; methanisation; particle size; viscosity; capillary suction time; sewage sludge
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In order to enhance the efficiency of anaerobic digestion, the effects of ultrasounds, ozonation and thermal pre-treatment have been studied on waste activated sludge. The feature of this study was to carry out the comparison of the three pre-treatments in the same conditions and on the same sludge sample. Each treatment was tested in two conditions close to optimum conditions to maximise batch anaerobic sludge biodegradability. All treatments led to chemical oxygen demand and matter solubilisation and had little influence on mineral matter. In terms of solubilisation thermal pre-treatment was better than sonication or ozonation. But, in terms of batch anaerobic biodegradability, best results were obtained with ultrasounds with an energy of 6250 or 9350kJ/kg TS and a thermal treatment at 170 or 190 degrees C. Moreover, treatments had effects on physicochemical characteristics of sludge samples: apparent viscosity decreased after all treatments but the reduction was more important with thermal treatment. Median diameter of sludge floes were reduced after sonication, increased after thermal treatment and did not change after ozonation. Finally, capillary suction time (CST) increased after ozonation, increased highly after sonication and was reduced after thermal treatment. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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