Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 2330-2336Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00373-5
Keywords
anaerobic sludge digestion; sludge hydrolysis; ozone
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The effect of an oxidative pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge was investigated. Sewage sludge from a domestic wastewater treatment plant was partially oxidized by ozone. The pretreatment could alter up to 67% of the organic matter: 29 +/- 3% was solubilized, 38 +/- 9% was removed. Anaerobic degradability tests indicated that the pretreatment step enhanced the subsequent anaerobic sludge digestion. The methane production was increased by a factor of 1.8 after an ozone treatment at a dose of 0.1 g O-3/g chemical oxygen demand (COD), while the methane production rate was 2.2 times higher compared to the untreated sludge. Higher ozone doses, although still positive, were found to have a less pronounced effect. Limited ozone treatment appears compatible with subsequent digestion of biosolids and economically feasible. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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