High rate dissolved air flotation applying in the pos-treatment of anaerobics reactors effluents

Author(s)

Marcelo Eustáquio de Carvalho

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2003-06-06

Examining board members

Marco Antonio Penalva Reali; Maria do Carmo Calijuri; Bruno Coraucci Filho

• Advisor: Marco Antonio Penalva Reali

Abstract

In this wok a sewage sequential treatment consisting of an expanded bed anaerobic reactor (EBAR) with 10 m3/h flow was used, folowed by a high rate DAF containing parallel plates in its interior, with 58 m3/h. For a floculation time of 20 minutes, were studied chemical additives, ferric chlorode dosages of 50 mg/L and 70 mg/L, overflow rates of 21 m/h and 42 m/h, velocity gradients of 60 s-1, 80 s-1 e 100 s-1 and reciculation rate between 8%, 13% and 18%. Among the group of operational conditions of the pilot unit studied high rate DAF the most advantageous was considered: overflow rates of 21 m/h in the high rate DAF of 21 m/h, ferric chlorode dosages of 70 mg/L, velocity gradients of 60 s-1, and air requirements of 8,1 g of air/m3 of wastewater. In those conditions they were obtained the following removals: 84% of turbidez (residual between 6,3 and 62 UT), 73% of DQO (residual\' between 20 and 156 mgO2/L), 75% of phosphorus (residual between 0,5 and 1,9 mgP/L) and 67% of SST (residual between 8 and 80 mg/L of SST). The results demonstrated that the employment of the unit high rate DAF as post-treatment of the anaerobic eflluents provides economy of energy, tends in view they request of 75 to 50% of the amount of air demanded by the systems of conventional flotation. (AU)