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Hrvatske vode, Vol. 28 No. 111, 2020.

Preliminary communication

Treatment of active mud from urban wastewater treatment plants using the composting process

Dajana Kučić Grgić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8427-6482 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Luka Bera ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Martina Miloloža ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Matija Cvetnić ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tatjana Ignjatić Zokić ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Branko Miletić ; Vododer d.o.o., Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tomislav Leko ; Komunalno d.o.o., Vrgorac, Hrvatska
Vesna Ocelić Bulatović ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Metalurški fakultet, Sisak, Hrvatska

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Abstract

At present, due to population growth and industrial development, there is a global increase in generated wastewater quantities that require treatment. Active sludge generated in the biological procedure of wastewater treatment requires adequate disposal. The paper examines the efficiency of sludge treatment at the Vrgorac wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) using the composting process. The optimal ratio of sludge (M) and substrate (S) was determined based on maximum conversion, thermophilic stage duration and temperature. To this end, different ratios of the S and M mixture were tested (SP – only biowaste, P1 – S/M = 2.5:1 ; P2 – S/M = 5:1 ; P3 – S/M = 7:1) in reactors of working volume Vr = 1 L. In the tests SP, P1, P2 and P3, the achieved conversion ranged from 43 %, 64 %, 56 % to 53 %, respectively, maximum temperature was 57.1 °C, 58.3 °C, 61.4 °C and 62.8 °C, while the thermophilic stage lasted 3, 13, 7 and 5 days. The most efficient test (P1) was transferred to a larger scale, in the reactor with working volume Vr = 10 L, where the test P4 was conducted. In the test P4, the achieved conversion equalled 56 %, with maximum temperature of 57.48 °C and thermophilic stage duration of 4 days.

Keywords

active sludge; biodegradation; composting; compost; adiabatic reactor

Hrčak ID:

237058

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/237058

Publication date:

27.3.2020.

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