Avaliou-se a influência da carga orgânica volumétrica (COV) aplicada e do tempo de enchimento sobre a estabilidade e a eficiência do ASBR com biomassa granulada, operado em batelada e batelada alimentada seqüenciais, tratando soro de queijo diluído. Os ensaios foram realizados a 30 'graus' C com volume total de meio de 5,0 litros e tempo de ciclo de 8 horas. Na primeira etapa realizou-se a operação em batelada com tempo de enchimento ('T IND.alim') de 10 min e freqüência de agitação de 150 rpm. A cada ciclo foram alimentados 2,0 litros de meio com concentração afluente ('C IND.AF') de 1000, 2000, 4000 e 6000 mg/L, em termos de DQO. A suplementação de alcalinidade foi gradualmente otimizada partindo-se da proporção de 1 a 0,25 da razão 'NA'H'CO IND.3'/DQO. Nestas condições foi possível operar o reator com estabilidade a COV aplicada de 4,8 g/L.d , com suplementação de alcalinidade de 25% e eficiência em remoção de matéria orgânica de 96,0% e 98,4% em termos de DQO filtrada e total, respectivamente. Na segunda etapa devido a problemas operacionais desenvolveram-se dispositivos para assegurar a retenção da biomassa a fim de viabilizar a operação em batelada alimentada. Os dispositivos testados foram ASBR híbrido, sistema de agitação com 2 impelidores, hélice e pá-inclinada (a) e hélice e turbina inclinada (b). A solução utilizada foi hélice e turbina inclinada. Para essa configuração, diminuiu-se a freqüência de agitação para 75 rpm e reduziu-se o volume de biomassa para 1,0 L. Dessa forma foi possível avaliar a influência das estratégias de alimentação ('T IND.alim') de 360, 180 e 10 minutos a COV aplicada constante de 2,4 g/L.d, para 'C IND.AF' de 4000 mg/L e 'V IND.alim' de 1,0 L e para 'C IND.AF' de 8000 mg/L e 'V IND.alim' de 0,5 L. Para a 'C IND.AF' de 4000 mg/L o aumento de 'T IND.alim' resultou em diminuição da eficiência, em termos de DQO solúvel, sendo de 97,8 , 96,7 e 94,5% para os 'T IND.alim' de 10, 180 e 360 minutos, respectivamente. Para a 'C IND.AF' de 8000 mg/L o aumento do 'T IND.alim' resultou em menores valores de DQO total no efluente / The effect of volumetric organic load (VOL) and fill time on the stability and efficiency of an ASBR was assessed. The ASBR containing granular biomass was operated in batch and fed-batch mode and treated diluted cheese whey. Assays were performed at 30 'degrees' C with total medium volume of 5.0 liters and 8-h cycle lengths. In a first stage the reactor was operated batch-wise with fill time ('T IND.feed') of 10 min and agitation frequency of 150 rpm. At each cycle 2.0 liters of medium were fed at influent concentration ('C IND.infl') of 1000, 2000, 4000 and 6000 mg/L, in terms of COD. Alkalinity supplementation was gradually optimized from 100% to 25% of 'NA'H'CO IND.3'/COD ratio. At these conditions the reactor attained stability at applied VOL of 4.8 g/L.d, alkalinity supplementation of 25% and organic matter removal efficiency of 96.0% and 98.4% in terms of soluble and total COD, respectively. In a second stage due to operational problems devices were developed to assure biomass retention and hence make fed-batch operation feasible. The tested devices included hybrid ASBR, agitation system with two impellers: helix and inclined blade impeller (a) and helix and inclined turbine impeller (b). The system chosen was the helix and inclined turbine. With this configuration agitation frequency and biomass volume were reduced to 75 rpm and 1.0 L, respectively. This way, it was possible to assess feed strategies ('T IND.feed') of 360, 180 and 10 minutes at constant applied VOL of 2.4 g/L.d, for 'C IND.infl' of 4000 mg/L at 'V IND.feed' of 1.0 L and for 'C IND.infl' of 8000 mg/L at 'V IND.feed' of 0.5 L. At 'C IND.infl' of 4000 mg/L increase in 'T IND.feed' resulted in decrease in efficiency in terms of soluble COD, which amounted to 97.8, 96.7 and 94.5% for 'T IND.feed' of 10, 180 and 360 minutes, respectively. At 'C IND.infl' of 8000 mg/L the increase in 'T IND.feed' resulted in lower values for COD effluent

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:02:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SinaraCTSN_DISSERT.pdf: 2908664 bytes, checksum: ab5d0fd4fae3407675ed29d3bfa6ed5f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-21 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Untreated effluents that reach surface water affect the aquatic life and humans. This study aimed to evaluate the wastewater s toxicity (municipal, industrial and shrimp pond effluents) released in the Estuarine Complex of Jundia?- Potengi, Natal/RN, through chronic quantitative e qualitative toxicity tests using the test organism Mysidopsis Juniae, CRUSTACEA, MYSIDACEA (Silva, 1979). For this, a new methodology for viewing chronic effects on organisms of M. juniae was used (only renewal), based on another existing methodology to another testorganism very similar to M. Juniae, the M. Bahia (daily renewal).Toxicity tests 7 days duration were used for detecting effects on the survival and fecundity in M. juniae. Lethal Concentration 50% (LC50%) was determined by the Trimmed Spearman-Karber; Inhibition Concentration 50% (IC50%) in fecundity was determined by Linear Interpolation. ANOVA (One Way) tests (p = 0.05) were used to determinate the No Observed Effect Concentration (NOEC) and Low Observed Effect Concentration (LOEC). Effluents flows were measured and the toxic load of the effluents was estimated. Multivariate analysis - Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Correspondence Analysis (CA) - identified the physic-chemical parameters better explain the patterns of toxicity found in survival and fecundity of M. juniae. We verified the feasibility of applying the only renewal system in chronic tests with M. Juniae. Most efluentes proved toxic on the survival and fecundity of M. Juniae, except for some shrimp pond effluents. The most toxic effluent was ETE Lagoa Aerada (LC50, 6.24%; IC50, 4.82%), ETE Quintas (LC50, 5.85%), Giselda Trigueiro Hospital (LC50, 2.05%), CLAN (LC50, 2.14%) and COTEMINAS (LC50, IC50 and 38.51%, 6.94%). The greatest toxic load was originated from ETE inefficient high flow effluents, textile effluents and CLAN. The organic load was related to the toxic effects of wastewater and hospital effluents in survival of M. Juniae, as well as heavy metals, total residual chlorine and phenols. In industrial effluents was found relationship between toxicity and organic load, phenols, oils and greases and benzene. The effects on fertility were related, in turn, with chlorine and heavy metals. Toxicity tests using other organisms of different trophic levels, as well as analysis of sediment toxicity are recommended to confirm the patterns found with M. Juniae. However, the results indicate the necessity for implementation and improvement of sewage treatment systems affluent to the Potengi s estuary / Efluentes sem tratamento pr?vio adequado, ao atingirem corpos d ?gua, afetam a biota aqu?tica e o ser humano. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar a toxicidade dos efluentes (sanit?rios, industriais e de despesca) que atingem o Complexo Estuarino do Jundia?/Potengi, Natal/RN, atrav?s de testes cr?nicos qualitativos e quantitativos utilizando o organismo-teste Mysidopsis juniae, CRUSTACEA, MISIDACEA (Silva, 1979). Para isso, uma nova metodologia para visualiza??o de efeitos cr?nicos em organismos de M. juniae foi usada (renova??o ?nica), baseada em outra metodologia existente para outro organismo-teste bastante similar ao M. juniae, o M. Bahia (renova??o di?ria). Testes de Toxicidade cr?nicos com dura??o de 7 dias foram aplicados para detectar efeitos dos efluentes na sobreviv?ncia e na fecundidade dos organismos testados. Para a determina??o da Concentra??o Letal (CL50), utilizou-se o m?todo Trimmed Spearman-Karber; para a determina??o da Concentra??o de Inibi??o (CI50) da fecundidade, utilizouse o m?todo de Interpola??o Linear. M?todos de An?lise de Vari?ncia ?nico Fator (p=0,05) foram usados para a determina??o da Concentra??o de Efeito N?o Observ?vel (CENO) e da Concentra??o de Efeito Observ?vel (CEO). As vaz?es de descarga dos efluentes foram medidas e estimou-se a carga t?xica dos efluentes. Foram realizadas an?lises multivariadas de ordena??o - An?lise de Componentes Principais (ACP) e An?lise de Correspond?ncia (AC) - para identificar quais os par?metros f?sico-qu?micos dos efluentes que melhor explicam os padr?es de toxicidade encontrados na sobreviv?ncia e na fecundidade de M. juniae. Com esse trabalho verificou-se a viabilidade da aplica??o do sistema de renova??o ?nica nos testes cr?nicos com M. juniae. A maioria dos efluentes se mostrou t?xicos quanto ? sobreviv?ncia e fecundidade de M. juniae, com exce??o de alguns efluentes de despesca, sendo os mais t?xicos o efluente da ETE Lagoa Aerada (CL50, 6,24% e CI50, 4,82%), ETE Quintas (CL50, 5,85%), Hospital Giselda Trigueiro (CL50, 2,05%), CLAN (CL50, 2,14%) e COTEMINAS (CL50, 38,51% e CI50, 6,94%). Nos efluentes de carcinicultura foi verificada maior toxicidade em efluentes coletados ao final do per?odo de despesca, o que denota que ela foi causada pela excessiva carga org?nica. Os efluentes sanit?rios de maior carga t?xica foram os efluentes originados das ETEs ineficientes de alta vaz?o, enquanto que os industriais de maior carga t?xica foram, em geral, os efluentes t?xteis e o da CLAN. A carga org?nica relacionou-se com os efeitos t?xicos dos efluentes sanit?rios e hospitalar na sobreviv?ncia de M. juniae, assim como metais pesados, cloro residual total e fen?is. Nos efluentes industriais verificou-se rela??o entre toxicidade e carga org?nica, fen?is, ?leos e graxas e benzeno. Os efeitos sobre a fecundidade relacionaram-se, por sua vez, com cloretos e metais pesados. Testes de toxicidade utilizando outros organismos, bem como an?lises da toxicidade do sedimento, s?o recomendados para confirmar os padr?es encontrados com o M. juniae. Os resultados dos testes indicam a necessidade de implementa??o e melhoria dos sistemas de tratamento de efluentes que s?o conduzidos ao estu?rio do Rio Potengi

Käppala wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) has, during a few years, observed an increase in organic loading rate (OLR) in the mesophilic anaerobic digester R100, due to an increased load to the WWTP. The digestion of primary sludge at Käppala WWTP is today high loaded, with a high organic loading rate (OLR) and low hydraulic retention time (HRT). This study aims to evaluate the effect of the maximum OLR and the minimum HRT for the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and to investigate further actions that can be taken into consideration in case of process problems in the digestion. The study consists of (a) a practical laboratory experiment of 6 pilot-scale reactors to investigate how the process stability is affected when the OLR increases and the HRT decreases. (b) A mass balance calculation based on the energy potential in the feeding sludge and the digested sludge. (c) A study of the filterability of the digested sludge. (d) The construction of a forecasting model in Excel, to predict when digester R100 will reach its maximum OLR and minimum HRT. The result of the study shows that the maximum OLR for Käppala conditions is 4.9 g VS dm-3 d-1, meaning that R100 will reach its maximum organic load around the year 2031. An OLR of 4.5-4.9 and an HRT of 12 days is optimal for R100, according to the present study. Keeping the anaerobic digestion process in balance is vital when it comes to the outcome of energy in the anaerobic digestion process. Pushing the process to produce more gas can become counterproductive since a high OLR can lead to process imbalance, which in turn leads to low biogas production. Imbalance in the digestion process can occur fast; therefore, the margin for overload in the anaerobic digestion process must be significant. The methane concentration in the converted biogas and the pH level in the reactor are the best stability parameters for the conditions at Käppala. Ammonia is the less efficient stability parameter since it did not predict or detect any instability during the experimental process. Furthermore, the OLR and HRT have a significant impact on the needed quantity for dewatering polymer. The higher digestion of organic material in the sludge, the bigger the need for the polymer to take care of the rest material.

Käppala wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) has, during a few years, observed an increase in organic loading rate (OLR) in the mesophilic anaerobic digester R100, due to an increased load to the WWTP. The digestion of primary sludge at Käppala WWTP is today high loaded, with a high organic loading rate (OLR) and low hydraulic retention time (HRT). This study aims to evaluate the effect of the maximum OLR and the minimum HRT for the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and to investigate further actions that can be taken into consideration in case of process problems in the digestion. The study consists of (a) a practical laboratory experiment of 6 pilot-scale reactors to investigate how the process stability is affected when the OLR increases and the HRT decreases. (b) A mass balance calculation based on the energy potential in the feeding sludge and the digested sludge. (c) A study of the filterability of the digested sludge. (d) The construction of a forecasting model in Excel, to predict when digester R100 will reach its maximum OLR and minimum HRT. The result of the study shows that the maximum OLR for Käppala conditions is 4.9 g VS dm-3 d-1, meaning that R100 will reach its maximum organic load around the year 2031. An OLR of 4.5-4.9 and an HRT of 12 days is optimal for R100, according to the present study. Keeping the anaerobic digestion process in balance is vital when it comes to the outcome of energy in the anaerobic digestion process. Pushing the process to produce more gas can become counterproductive since a high OLR can lead to process imbalance, which in turn leads to low biogas production. Imbalance in the digestion process can occur fast; therefore, the margin for overload in the anaerobic digestion process must be significant. The methane concentration in the converted biogas and the pH level in the reactor are the best stability parameters for the conditions at Käppala. Ammonia is the less efficient stability parameter since it did not predict or detect any instability during the experimental process. Furthermore, the OLR and HRT have a significant impact on the needed quantity for dewatering polymer. The higher digestion of organic material in the sludge, the bigger the need for the polymer to take care of the rest material.