期刊
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
卷 146, 期 -, 页码 208-219出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2020.08.029
关键词
Activated sludge; Modelling; Pulp mill; Wastewater; Phosphorus removal
资金
- National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) from Uruguay
- Dutch government
The performance of a pulp mill wastewater treatment plant was assessed using the BioWin software to provide alternatives for reducing phosphorus concentration in the effluent. The study found that implementing an anaerobic phase prior to the aerobic process could decrease total phosphorus concentration by approximately 58%, and chemical precipitation could further lower it below 0.1 mg/L.
The performance of a pulp mill wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was assessed using the software BioWin aiming at providing alternatives for reducing even further the phosphorus (P) concentration in the treated effluent. The WWTP was designed without nutrient removal capacities, since pulp and paper wastewater is usually deficient in nutrients. However, the hard wood (Eucalyptus) which is processed in such plant has a higher P content compared to other types of woods, and part of that P ended up in the raw wastewater to be treated. The wastewater was characterized following the Dutch STOWA protocol. Once the model was calibrated, historical data from different periods of time was used to validate the model. The model was capable of describing the current plant operation, as well as its historical performance. Moreover, the model was used to evaluate different potential upgrading scenarios for the treatment plant aiming at increasing the plant performance on P removal. According to the model, the implementation of an anaerobic phase prior to the aerobic process showed to be a feasible scenario contributing to decrease the total phosphorus (TP) concentration in the treated effluent by approximately 58 %. In addition, applying chemical precipitation can further decrease the TP concentration below 0.1 mg/L. However, further research activities such as pilot-testing may be needed to validate the previous recommendations of applying enhance biological and chemical P removal at such pulp mill wastewater treatment plant. (C) 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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