Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 264-271.doi: 10.19741/j.issn.1673-4831.2018.0014

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Effect of Air-Water Ratio on Reclaimed Water Treatment in a Biological Aerated Filter

ZHOU Guang-ji1, ZHANG Lan-he2, YE Zhen-qi1, XU Yan1, WEI Lai1, FANG Guo-cheng1   

  1. 1. Electric Power Research Institute of State Grid Liaoning Electric Power Co. Ltd., Shenyang 110006, China;
    2. School of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, Jilin 132012, China
  • Received:2018-01-13 Online:2019-02-25 Published:2019-03-25

Abstract:

Water reuse is a feasible strategy to solve the problems of cost control and water-saving emission reduction in thermal power enterprises. The effect of air-water ratio on the pollutants removal was investigated using biological aerated filter (BAF) technology in the Xianren Island thermoelectric unit of Huaneng in Yingkou. The effect of backwashing air-water ratio on the recovery capacity of pollutant removal and operation time was also investigated. Results show that the removal efficiencies of COD, NH4+-N and NO3--N were 61.1%, 81.2% and 48.6%, respectively, when the ratio of air-water was 4:1 in the BAF, and the overall removal achieved a good overall removal performance with the ratio of air-water of 4:1. Moreover, the BAF had a good SS removal when the ratio of backwashing air-water was 4:1. The BAF was able to recover the COD removal ability, where the removal efficiency of COD was 60.3% within 4 h. The NH4+-N and NO3--N removal ability was also recovered in 5 h with a removal efficiency of 82.2% and 50.0%, respectively. The operation time could last 25 h. BAF has showed an excellent capacity prolonging the operation time and reducing the frequency of backwashing when the ratio of backwashing air-water was 4:1.

Key words: biological aerated filter, air-water ratio, backwashing, nitrification and denitrification, reclaimed water reuse

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