Treatment of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Raceway Effluent Using Baffled Sedimentation and Artificial Substrates. The treatment performance of a 6 m wide by 67 m long by 0.8 m deep, baffled sedimentation basin receiving rainbow trout <i>(Oncorhynchus mykiss)</i> raceway effluent was evaluated with and without the installation of artificial substrates (Aquamats®). Treatment efficiency was also determined using normal rearing condition effluent loading versus cleaning and harvesting events. Total suspended solids (TSS) removal for the total basin averaged 79% and 71% during normal rearing conditions, as compared to 92% and 79% during cleaning and harvesting operations, when the Aquamats® were installed versus removed, respectively. Total phosphorus (TP) removal by the total basin, with and without Aquamats®, was 20% and 23% during normal rearing conditions as compared to 55% and 65% under cleaning and harvesting conditions, respectively. Higher TP removal during cleaning operations was attributed to sedimentation of particulate fractions. Dissolved nutrient removal (ortho-phosphate (OP), total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), nitrate, nitrite, and total organic carbon (TOC)) was not consistent throughout the basin and did not improve when the Aquamats® were installed. A short contact time and periphyton grazing by isopods may have limited the capacity of the Aquamats®. Calculated retention times with and without Aquamats® for the first half and total basin were 37% and 32% and 27% and 17% less than theoretical values, respectively based on a rhodamine WT dye study. Average surface overflow rates were adjusted accordingly and measured 19.1 m³/m²-day when the Aquamats® were installed, versus 14.8 m³/m²-day when the Aquamats® were removed for the overall basin. These rates are lower than previous recommendations for treating aquaculture effluents, but resulted in with high solids removal and consistently low TSS effluent (average < 2 mg/L) which may be necessary for strict discharge permits. Use of the overall basin minimized the occurrence of TSS measurements > 2 mg/L by 50%. For the first half of the sedimentation basin, the overflow rate averaged 44.1 m³/m²-day with Aquamats® versus 35.8 m³/m²-day without Aquamats®. The majority of effluent treatment occurred within the first half of the basin, which was responsible for 84% and 94% of total TSS removal, 42% and 100% and 61% and 80% of total TP removal during normal and cleaning/harvesting conditions, respectively.> Characterization of Nutrient Leaching Rates from Settled Rainbow Trout <i>(Oncorhynchus mykiss)</i> Sledge The leaching of nutrients from settled rainbow trout <i>(Oncorhynchus mykiss)</i> sludge into overlying water was evaluated over a 7 day period. Nutrient leaching was assessed in a stagnant reaction tank and one agitated by aeration to simulate turbulent conditions in stocked production raceways. Leaching of total phosphorus (TP), ortho-phosphate (OP), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), and total organic carbon (TOC) occurred rapidly during the first 24 h in both stagnant and agitated conditions. The highest 24 h leaching occurred in the agitated tank, and power regression equations accurately described the varying rates of increasing TP, OP, TAN and TKN. In the stagnant tank, linear increases of TP, OP, TKN and TAN concentrations occurred during the first 24 h. These linear increases continued from day 2-7, but at slower rates than occurred during the first 24 h. Average nutrient leaching rates (mg leached/g sludge-h);(dry weight basis) were calculated based on linear concentration increases. In the agitated tank, nutrient concentrations decreased after 60 h, as aerobic bacterial uptake and/or chemical precipitation was suspected. Therefore, average leaching rates could not be determined. These findings reveal that daily cleanout of settling areas could eliminate the release of TP, OP, TAN, TKN, and TOC from settled solids by 66%, 65%, 39%, 76% and 51%, respectively, as compared to weekly cleanout schedules. Sustained leaching rates indicate nutrient release will likely continue beyond 7 days. This information suggests aggressive and continuous sludge management is most beneficial for maintaining high water quality and regulatory discharge compliance in fish production. / Master of Science

Land application of domestic wastewater effluent by rapid rate infiltration (i.e., percolation ponds) is a very successful and cost-effective method for wastewater management. Municipal percolation pond systems have been successfully operated in the United States for about 100 years. The disposal concept depends on a relatively high rate of secondary wastewater effluent infiltration into the soil by rapid percolation, either vertically or horizontally, away from the application surface area. This study was accomplished to determine infiltration rates at two working percolation pond systems and the variability of these rates, to compare the operating results with the initial design, and to create a stochastic computer based simulation program for design and operation. The initial study site was located west of Orlando, Florida, and consisted of a system of two percolation ponds. Daily readings were obtained on evaporation, rainfall, flow to the ponds, pond depth and groundwater table elevations. A mass balance inventory equation was formulated and the infiltration parameter was determined. A frequency distribution was created for the rainfall, evaporation and calculated infiltration from the initial site, and then a stochastic computer based simulation program was written with this data. The program calculated results which compared favorably with the design for this initial percolation pond site. A second site was chosen, also located in the Orlando area, to confirm the usefulness of the program and its operational capabilities.

A gas chromatographic study was made to quantitatively analyze the effluents produced during the thermal cyclization of several polyimidazopyrrolone (pyrrone) model compounds. The study yielded information on analogous polymeric reactions. The model compounds were programed at 5° C/min from 25° to 400° C and volatile species were purged into a gas chromatograph at 25° intervals. An analysis of the effluents revealed that the cyclization reactions are concerted and generally occur below 250°C. The percent of conversion of the model compounds is readily determined by quantitating those reaction products amenable to gas chromatographic analysis. Only the amide-acid-amine and meta-benzimidazole-acid model compounds exhibited complete conversion to the pyrrone structure. Evidence that decarbo:xylation has occurred in the other compounds is presented. / Master of Science

The majority of research studying the ecological impacts of the coal mining industry on freshwater systems has focused on abandoned-mined land, and the associated acid drainage and metals toxicity. Treated discharges from active mining and preparation facilities, however, can also impair lotic ecosystems through total dissolved solids (TDS) toxicity, caused primarily by the reagents used for pH modifications and the oxidation of reduced sulfur. Such impairment was best detected through application of (1) benthic macroinvertebrate surveys using metrics of biotic impairment such as relative Ephemeroptera abundance and Ephemeroptera-Plecoptera-Trichoptera (EPT) minus the tolerant caddisfly family Hydropsychidae (2) in situ growth of Corbicula fluminea during 96-d exposure and (3) laboratory testing using Ceriodaphnia dubia. Traditional metrics such as total taxa richness, EPT, diversity and biotic indices were not sensitive to elevated TDS levels. Further study using strength of evidence, regression analysis and manipulation of laboratory formulated media, indicated that the mine effluent was the primary causal agent of the observed biotic impairment, and its toxicity could be attributed to sodium/sulfate-dominated TDS, which is significantly ameliorated by water hardness. Finally, although testing with lentic cladocerans, such as Ceriodaphnia, is consistent, cost-effective and sensitive to TDS related toxicity, the ecological relevance and protective capability of such testing is questionable when assessing contaminant effects on sensitive macroinvertebrates indigenous to lotic systems. A more ecologically relevant laboratory bioassay using the mayfly, Isonychia bicolor, in simulated lotic microcosms provided more sensitive endpoints than Ceriodaphnia and Pimephales promelas. Although the heartiness of Isonychia in laboratory conditions is poorly understood relative to standardized test organisms, these results, along with potential toxic impacts from numerous sodium/sulfate-dominated wastewaters discharging into freshwater systems, may have important implications to future national pollution discharge and elimination system (NPDES) permit testing. Currently, however, strong recommendations can only be made using Ceriodaphnia endpoints. Potential acute toxicity to aquatic organisms in high hardness solution (~790 mg/L as CaCO₃) is possible where sodium/sulfate-dominated TDS levels exceed ~7000 uS/cm (5167 mg/L), with potential chronic toxicity occurring at ~3200 uS/cm (2342 mg/L). These endpoints were significantly reduced in solutions of lower hardness (88 mg/L as CaCO₃), with acute and chronic toxicity occurring at 5100 uS/cm (3754 mg/L) and ~2100 uS/cm (1523 mg/L), respectively. Point source discharges causing instream TDS concentrations to exceed these levels risk impairment to aquatic life. / Master of Science

Le développement de nouvelles technologies pour le recyclage des eaux usées est une priorité pour les régions arides et semi-arides tels que les pays du bassin méditerranéen. L'objectif de ce travail a été, dans un premier temps, de développer un système de traitement tertiaire des eaux usées en testant l'efficacité de diodes électroluminescentes émettant des UV-A et/ou des UV-C (DEL-UV) sur l'inactivation de souches bactériennes indicatrices de pollution fécale (Escherichia coli et Enterococcus faecalis) puis sur des effluents urbains, en étudiant la diminution des pollutions microbiennes et chimiques. Cette première étape a mis en évidence l'efficacité accrue du couplage UV-A et UV-C, permettant d'obtenir une eau de qualité répondant aux exigences législatives relatives à la réutilisation des eaux usées pour l'irrigation. La deuxième partie de ce travail était l'étude de l'impact de l'arrosage avec des eaux usées traitées par DEL-UV sur les paramètres du sol et sur le devenir de certain polluant aromatiques dans les sols (anthracène et carbamazépine). L'arrosage avec des eaux usées traitées par DEL-UV ne modifie pas la composition chimique de la matière organique de sol, l'activité catabolique globale des microorganismes, et le nombre et la diversité de bactéries indicatrices de pollution fécale par rapport au sol arrosé avec de l'eau d'irrigation. Certaines activités enzymatiques liées à la dégradation de la matière organique augmentent dans les sols arrosés avec des eaux usées traitées par DEL-UV, montrant que la matière organique apportée par l'effluent est activement dégradée par les microorganismes. / The development of new technologies for wastewater reuse is a priority for arid and semi-arid areas such as Mediterranean countries. The objective of this work was, firstly, to develop a system for tertiary treatment of wastewaters testing LEDs emitting UV-A and / or UV-C (UV LEDs) on fecal indicator inactivation (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis) and then on urban effluents, by studying the decrease in both microbial and chemical pollution. This first step has highlighted a higher efficiency of this system when UV UV-A and UV-C are coupled. Wasterwaters with quality meeting the statutory requirements for the reuse of wastewater for irrigation were obtained and used in the second part of this work was to study the impact of watering with UV-LED- treated wastewaters on soil parameters and on the fate of pollutants (anthracene and carbamazepine) in soils. Watering with UV-LED treated wastewater does not change the chemical composition of soil organic matter, the global catabolic activity of soil microorganisms, and the number and diversity of fecal indicators compared to control (irrigation water). Certain enzymatic activities related to the degradation of organic matter increased in soil watered with UV-LED treated wastewater, showing that the organic matter added by the effluent is actively degraded by microorganisms. In addition, aromatic pollutants are oxidized two to three times faster in soils watered with UV-LED treated wastewater.

L’industrie de traitement de surfaces (TS) utilise de nombreux produits chimiques, en particulier des métaux toxiques et des substances organiques, qui sont connus pour être nocifs vis-à-vis des humains et de l’environnement. En raison d’une réglementation de plus en plus stricte, les effluents contenant des métaux lourds (Zn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Al, Cr, etc.) et de la charge organique caractérisée par le paramètre DCO (demande chimique en oxygène) doivent être traités. Il existe une grande variété de procédés de traitement des eaux usées provenant de la filière traitement de surface. En général, les systèmes conventionnels dedétoxification se composent principalement d’un ajustement de pH, d’une oxydation des cyanures et d’une réduction des chromes, suivi d’une précipitation sous forme d’hydroxydes et d’une clarification, et parfois d’une étape d’adsorption sur charbonpour enlever la DCO résiduelle. Cependant, la technologie sur charbon actif présente plusieurs problèmes tels que la saturation rapide et des problèmes de colmatage et de régénération des réacteurs. Comme les résines d’échange d’ions, leur utilisation est restreinte due au coût élevé. Pour ces raisons, la plupart des petites et moyennes entreprises ne peuvent pas utiliser de tels traitements. Ainsi, afin de répondre à ces problématiques, de nombreuses études sont menées pour trouver des alternatives peu coûteuses, qui soient efficaces et acceptables pour un usage industriel. Dans cette étude, la bio-adsorption sur un bio-adsorbant d’amidon réticulé a été utilisée pour retenir les métaux et la DCO contenus dans différents effluents industriels. L’adsorption a été étudiée en fonction du temps de contact, de la masse d’adsorbant et de la charge polluante (concentration, nature). L’influence de ces paramètres sur l’efficacité d’adsorption a été évaluée en utilisant une méthode conventionnelle en mode cuvéedite méthode en batch. Les résultats ont montré que le matériau présente des capacités d’adsorption élevées vis-à-vis des ions métalliques, ce qui permet de diminuer les concentrations métalliques en dessous des valeurs réglementaires. Des résultats similaires ont été obtenus vis-à-vis de la charge organique, et ceci quelque soit le type d’effluent. Afin d’évaluer l’impact des rejets industriels provenant de quatre entreprises différentes de TS, nous avons effectué des tests écotoxicologiques normalisés basés sur l’utilisation de graines de laitue Lactuca sativa. Nous avons mesuré le taux de germination, la longueur et la masse deslaitues. Les résultats ont permis de comparer la toxicité des quatre rejets: les rejets contenant du cuivre et du nickel ont un impactbeaucoup plus élevé que ceux contenant du zinc ou de l’aluminium. De plus, les tests de germination effectués à l’aide de solutions synthétiques ont confirmé que les mélanges de métaux présentent une toxicité plus élevéeque celle de leurs constituants considérés isolément. Les testsde phytotoxicitéont été également réalisés sur les rejets industriels avant et après adsorption. Ces tests biologiques ont confirmé l’efficacité du procédépour diminuer fortement la toxicité du rejet. L’abattement chimique et la réduction de la toxicité ont démontré que la bio-adsorption sur un matériau non-conventionnel peut être une étape de finition intéressante pour la détoxification des rejets industriels.Enfin, les tests biologiques normalisés sont rapides, faciles à mettre en œuvre et parfaitement reproductibles. Ils pourraient être utilisés en routine pour évaluer les impacts d’un rejet industriel, même lorsque celui-ci satisfait aux exigences réglementaires / The surface-treatment industry consumes an important range of chemicals, in particular toxic metals and organics that are known to be harmful to humans and environnment. Because of more and more stringer regulations, effluents polluted with heavy metals and organics characterized by chemical oxigen demand must be treated.[...]

L’industrie, quel que soit son domaine d’activité, produit une quantité importante d’effluents chargés, couramment appelés coproduits. La gestion et le traitement de ces eaux usées sont aujourd’hui strictement encadrés car leurs propriétés physiques et leurs compositions chimiques interdisent leurs rejets directs vers le milieu naturel. Cependant, la présence en forte concentration de certains éléments valorisables tels que les sels minéraux ou des composés organiques dans certains de ces effluents, leurs confèrent alors de nouvelles propriétés qui trouvent échos dans diverses applications (fertilisation des sols, alimentation animale, méthanisation, co-compostage, etc.). Le carbone étant le constituant majoritaire de tout combustible, une valorisation thermique par combustion en chaudière biomasse des effluents organiques semble être une alternative envisageable. L’objet de cette thèse est l’étude de cette voie de valorisation énergétique et de la faisabilité de cette application. Du fait de leur état liquide, les effluents seuls sont de mauvais combustibles comparés aux biomasses standards (plaquettes forestières, paille, etc.). Les travaux de recherche se concentrent donc sur l’étude et la caractérisation de biomasses en tant que support d’imprégnation, puis sur la formulation d’un co-combustible homogène imprégné d’un effluent organique industriel. Les biomasses sont en effet connues dans la littérature pour avoir des propriétés d’adsorption et d’absorption intéressantes. Une étude paramétrique à l’échelle du laboratoire a été menée afin de quantifier la capacité d’imprégnation et la sélectivité de différents types de biomasse vis-à-vis de l’effluent choisi. Le but était également de déterminer les paramètres qui influençaient l’imprégnation afin de modéliser les phénomènes. Suite à cela, des essais à l’échelle pilote sur une installation de combustion de 40 kW ont été effectués en vue de vérifier la conformité des combustibles imprégnés en termes d’émissions à la cheminée et dans l’optique de préparer le changement d’échelle pour une potentielle application industrielle. / Important amounts of organic effluents, also called wastewaters or byproducts, are produced whatever the type of industry which is considered. Nowadays, the wastewaters management and treatment are strictly controlled since the physical properties and the chemical composition of these byproducts disallow the direct reject through natural media. However, the presence of some specific compounds confers to effluents new advantages and opens the door to several applications (such as soil fertilization, cattle feed, methanization, co-composting, etc.). Carbon being the main component of every fuel, the thermal valorization of these organic effluents by combustion in a standard biomass boiler seems to be possible. The study of this recovery method and its feasibility are the subjects of the thesis here. Due to their liquid state, effluents alone cannot be considered as fuels compared to standard biomass (woodchips, straw, etc.). Therefore research works are focused on study and characterization of biomasses as impregnation base, then formulation of fuels impregnated with an industrial organic effluent. Indeed, the adsorptive and absorptive properties of biomasses are well-known in the literature. A parametric study at laboratory scale was carried out in order to quantify the impregnation capacity of different types of biomass regarding the effluent. The main goal was also to highlight the parameters which influence the impregnation in order to modeling the phenomenon. Then impregnation and combustion tests were performed at pilot scale using a biomass boiler of 40 kW to ensure the conformity of impregnated fuels in terms of stack emissions. This part of the work was conducted with the perspective of preparing the process scale-up for a potential industrial utilization.

Water resources are increasingly precious, so wastewater reclaiming has become an important source of water nowadays. There are many types of industry including conventional and hi-tech ones in the selected industrial processing zone, where different process wastewaters are treated by a centralized wastewater treatment plant. The effluent is then discharged into the ocean (EDO). On the other hand, among several other industries backside grinding (BG) wastewater generated by the IC (integrated-circuit) packaging and testing industry is treated by their owned wastewater treatment plants and then discharged onto land (EDL). Normally, BG wastewater is huge in quantity and it contains microscale and nanoscale particles. The objectives of this research were two-fold: (1) to evaluate the feasibility of using two tubular ceramic membranes (microfiltration and ultrafiltration) coupled with the electrocoagulation/electrofiltration (EC/EF) process to effectively treat the effluent discharged into the ocean, effluent discharged onto land, and BG wastewater for the purpose of reclamation; and (2) to investigate the best time for backwashing of membranes through the analysis of components of membrane fouling using resistances in series model. The experimental results showed that the ultrafiltration (UF) membrane (i.e., tubular TiO2/Al2O3 composite membrane) outperformed the mictrofiltration (MF) membrane (i.e., tubular Al2O3 membrane) in terms of permeate quality. But, generally, the later yielded a greater membrane flux. In the case of BG wastewater by UF and EC/EF, the quality of permeate met the tap water standards in terms of water quality items analyzed. As for EDO and EDL further treated by UF and EC/EF, all the analyzed water quality items of permeate, except pH and total dissolved solids, met the tap water standards in Taiwan. Thus, more efforts have to be made to reclaim these two types of effluent. Finally, the components of membrane fouling were analyzed using resistances in series model for the tested water specimens. The results showed that generally the irreversible resistance component (Rirr) had a greater contribution to a better quality of permeate than that of the reversible resistance component (Rr). It was also found that the magnitude of Rirr of BG wastewater was greater than Rirr values of the other two effluents. This might explain why the quality of permeate of the former was better than the latter. The results further indicated that Rr increased more than Rirr as the operating time elapsed, resulting in a limited improvement of permeate quality even a longer treatment time was employed. To recover the membrane flux to its optimum, in this study the best time for backwashing of membrane was determined based on the time at which Rr was greater than Rirr. However, the flux recovery was found to be in the range of 60-77% as compared with the initial flux for a virgin membrane in treating new batch of water specimens. The fraction unable to recover by backwashing might be contributed by Rirr in the membrane pores. A further acid washing would resolve this problem.

La présence des antibiotiques à usage humain et vétérinaire dans l’écosystème aquatique, est devenue un problème écologique sérieux. En effet, ces substances résistent aux traitements des stations d’épuration, ce qui engendre leur introduction et accumulation dans l’environnement. Par conséquent, le développement de méthodes efficaces pour le traitement de ces polluants est nécessaire. La première partie de ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre de la dégradation des antibiotiques par procédé électro-Fenton. Ce procédé consiste à produire in situ des espèces fortement oxydantes, les radicaux hydroxyle, permettant la dégradation totale des composés organiques persistants. La sulfaméthazine (SMT) et le triméthoprime (TMP) ont été choisis comme composés modèles, en raison de leur détection régulière dans les effluents des stations d’épuration, les eaux de surface et les eaux souterraines. Dans cette première partie, nous avons examiné l’influence de différents paramètres expérimentaux, sur l’efficacité du procédé électro-Fenton. Les conditions opératoires optimales nécessaires pour la dégradation totale des deux antibiotiques étudiés, ont été également déterminées. En outre, les produits intermédiaires aromatiques générés lors de la dégradation des deux antibiotiques, ont été identifiés. Leur évolution durant l’électrolyse a été également suivie. La deuxième partie est consacrée à l’étude de la minéralisation de la SMT et du TMP par procédé électro-Fenton. Les résultats obtenus indiquent que les taux de minéralisation de la SMT et du TMP sont respectivement de 91 et 85% après dix-huit heures de traitement. Les acides carboxyliques formés, ainsi que les ions inorganiques libérés ont été identifiés, leur évolution a été suivie au cours du traitement. De plus, en se basant sur les différents sous-produits générés, nous avons proposé des mécanismes réactionnels pour la minéralisation de la SMT et du TMP par procédé électro-Fenton. La troisième partie de ce travail porte sur l’étude de la minéralisation des deux antibiotiques considérés par couplage du procédé électro-Fenton et d’un traitement biologique. La SMT et le TMP, ont été prétraités par procédé électro-Fenton, ce qui a conduit à leur dégradation totale, avec des taux de minéralisation faibles. Par la suite, un traitement biologique a été effectué durant 20 jours, les taux globaux de minéralisation ont alors augmenté pour atteindre 81 et 68% pour respectivement la SMT et le TMP. Dans une dernière partie, nous avons procédé à la minéralisation de deux effluents industriels, contenant les antibiotiques étudiés, par couplage du procédé électro-Fenton et d’un traitement biologique. Les taux de minéralisation globaux obtenus sont de 81 et 89% pour respectivement l’effluent SMT et l’effluent TMP. Ce qui prouve la pertinence du procédé combiné, pour le traitement des effluents industriels. / The occurrence of human and veterinary antibiotics in the aquatic ecosystem becomes a serious environmental problem. These compounds cannot be treated by wastewater treatment plants, resulting in their entry and accumulation to measurable levels in the environment. Over the last decade, the conventional biological processes were used for wastewater treatment, but did not appear to be enough effective when dealing with wastes containing antibiotics, owing to the important recalcitrance of these compounds. Therefore, the development of efficient methods to treat antibiotics is needed. The first part of this thesis is focused on the degradation of antibiotics by electro-Fenton process. This process consists in producing in situ strongly oxidizing species, hydroxyl radicals, allowing the total degradation of persistent and toxic organic compounds. Sulfamethazine (SMT) and trimethoprim (TMP) were selected as model compounds, because of their regular detection in the effluents of sewage plants, surface water and groundwater. In this first part, we examined the influence of various operating parameters, on the efficiency of electro-Fenton process. The optimal operating conditions necessary for the removal of the studied antibiotics, were also determined. Moreover, the aromatic intermediate products, generated during antibiotics degradation, were identified. Their evolution during electrolysis was also followed. The second part is devoted to the study of mineralization, of SMT and TMP, by the electro-Fenton process. The obtained results indicate that the yields of SMT and TMP mineralization were 91 and 85%, respectively after eighteen hours of treatment. The identification and monitoring of short chain carboxylic acids and released inorganic ions during the treatment, were carried out. Furthermore, based on the identified by-products, we proposed a plausible mineralization reaction pathway for SMT and TMP. The third part of this work concerns the study of the mineralization of considered antibiotics by a combined process coupling an electro-Fenton pretreatment and a biological degradation. SMT and TMP were pretreated by the electro-Fenton process, which led to their total degradation, with low levels of mineralization, ensuring significant residual organic content for a subsequent biological treatment. Afterwards, biological treatment was performed during 20 days and showed that the level of overall mineralization increased to reach 81 and 68% for SMT and TMP, respectively. In a last part, we carried out the mineralization of two industrial effluents containing SMT and TMP, by combining electro-Fenton and activated sludge treatment. Overall mineralization yields of the combined process of 81 and 89% were obtained for SMT effluent and TMP effluent, respectively. This result confirms the relevance of combined process, even for the treatment of industrial effluents.

Le couplage d’une oxydation en voie humide (OVH) et d’un réacteur à biofilm aérobie en lit fixe (PBBR) a été étudié afin d’évaluer sa faisabilité pour le traitement d’un effluent donné et de modéliser le procédé couplé en vue de l’évaluation de ses performances énergétiques et de son coût d’investissement. Deux composés modèles ont été choisis : le phénol, représentatif des margines, et le colorant Acid Orange 7, représentatif de certains effluents textiles.Tout d'abord, l’OVH du composé modèle a été étudiée afin de sélectionner des conditions permettant la formation d’un effluent adapté au traitement biologique. Des PBBR ont ensuite été développés : l’influence de l’acclimatation et de la configuration du réacteur a été étudiée. Enfin, les PBBR ont été alimentés par l’effluent d'OVH afin de conclure sur la faisabilité du procédé couplé. Dans un second temps, l’OVH du composé modèle a été simulée sur ProsimPlus via des données thermodynamiques, hydrodynamiques et cinétiques. Un modèle de PBBR a été développé à partir de données physiques et cinétiques issues de la littérature, validé expérimentalement, puis implémenté sur ProsimPlusl. Ainsi, le traitement par procédé couplé OVH – PBBR des effluents sélectionnés a été simulé. Dans les deux cas, la faisabilité du couplage a été montrée expérimentalement, le PBBR permettant d’affiner le traitement du composé modèle et/ou du COT, avec des abattements jusqu’à 99% et 96% respectivement. De plus, via les simulations, un bilan énergétique positif a été calculé – montrant le potentiel autothermique du procédé couplé – ainsi qu’une économie significative sur le coût d’investissement de l’OVH, validant ainsi l’intérêt du couplage. / Coupling Wet Air Oxidation (WAO) with an aerobic Packed-Bed Biofilm Reactor (PBBR) has been studied, firstly to assess its feasibility to treat a given effluent, and secondly to develop a coupled-process modeling and simulation in order to evaluate its energetic performance and investment cost. Two model compounds were selected: phenol, representing margins, and Acid Orange 7 dye, representing some textile effluents. First of all, WAO of model compound was studied to select operating conditions leading to an effluent which was adapted to biological treatment. Then, PBBRs were implemented: effect of acclimation to the model compound and effect of reactor configuration (upflow or downflow) were studied. Finally, the PBBRs were fed with the pre-oxidized effluent, allowing to conclude on the feasibility of the coupled process. Furthermore, simulation of WAO of model compound was carried out on ProsimPlus® software thanks to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics and kinetics data from literature and/or experiments. As well, a PBBR model was developed using literature physics and kinetics data, it was then experimentally validated and implemented on ProsimPlus®. Thus, simulations of the treatment by WAO – PBBR coupled process of the selected effluents were undertaken. In both cases, feasibility of the coupled process was experimentally established: biological reactor improved treatment of model compound and/or TOC, with yields up to 99% and 96% respectively. Besides, simulations allowed to assess a positive energy balance – indicating a potentially autothermic process – and a significant gain on WAO investment cost, so that the interest of coupling WAO and PBBR was demonstrated.