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Um sistema de tratamento de esgotos sanitários por reator UASB seguido de RSB foi operado durante 27 semanas objetivando-se verificar seu desempenho na remoção de matéria orgânica carbônácea, nitrogênio amoniacal e fósforo. O reator UASB, com 145 litros foi operado com tempo de detenção hidráulica médio de 8 horas durante todo o experimento. O reator RSB, de 106 litros, foi operado com tempos de ciclio de 24, 12 e 6 horas, em seis etapas distintas. Os tempos de ciclo no RSB variaram de 24, 12, 6, 24, 24 e 24 para as etapas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 e 6 respectivamente. As últimas três etapas foram caracterizadas pela adição de cloreto férrico, respectivamente. O sistema UASB/RSB apresentou eficiência média de remoção de DQO de 92% nas etapas 1, 2, 5, e 6. Na etapa 3, com tempo de ciclo de 6 horas e na etapa 4, quando o RSB recebeu 50mg/L de cloreto férrico, a eficiência média de remoção de DQO foi de 83%. Quando FeCl3 foi adicionado no afluente do reator UASB, obteve-se excelente desempenho na remoção de fósforo, cujas concentrações afluentes foram da ordem de 1,0 mg/L e 4,0 mg/L para a adição de 200 e 100 mg/L de cloreto férrico, respectivamente. / The performance evaluation of a pilot scale system composed by a UASB reactor followed by an SBR reactor treating domestic sewage is presented. The UASB reactor with 145 L of volume, was operated with an average hydraulic detention period of 8 hours. The SBR reactor had a volume of 106 litters being operated with cyclic time of 24, 12, and 6 hours. These different operational conditions characterized three stages of the work from a total of six stages. The three last stages were the addition of 50, 100, and 200 mg/L of ferric chloride in the aerobic, anaerobic, and anaerobic reactors, respectively. In the three last stages the UASB reactor worked with an average hydraulic detention time of 8 hours and the aerobic reactor worked with a cyclic time of 24 hours. After 27 weeks of continuous operation, the UASB/SBR system produced very good results in terms of COD removal. The average results of the COD removal were of 92% to the first, second, fifth, and sixth stages, having a reduction to 83% on the average to the stages where the SBR received 50 mg/L of ferric chloride and in which it worked with a six hour cyclic period. The addition of ferric chloride in the anaerobic reactor had great efficiency in the phosphorus removal. It was reached absolute values of until 1 mg/L of PO43- in the aflluent of the system, promoting an average effluent of 4 mg/L of PO43- with the addition 200 mg/L of FCl3. The UASB/SBR system can become a very promising alternative for domestic sewerage treatment in Brazil, since the system can be projected with shorter times of hydraulic detention times, resulting in a low cost compact installation. Furthermore, excellent results can be gotten to the ammonium and phosphorus removal.

Um sistema de tratamento de esgotos sanitários por reator UASB seguido de RSB foi operado durante 27 semanas objetivando-se verificar seu desempenho na remoção de matéria orgânica carbônácea, nitrogênio amoniacal e fósforo. O reator UASB, com 145 litros foi operado com tempo de detenção hidráulica médio de 8 horas durante todo o experimento. O reator RSB, de 106 litros, foi operado com tempos de ciclio de 24, 12 e 6 horas, em seis etapas distintas. Os tempos de ciclo no RSB variaram de 24, 12, 6, 24, 24 e 24 para as etapas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 e 6 respectivamente. As últimas três etapas foram caracterizadas pela adição de cloreto férrico, respectivamente. O sistema UASB/RSB apresentou eficiência média de remoção de DQO de 92% nas etapas 1, 2, 5, e 6. Na etapa 3, com tempo de ciclo de 6 horas e na etapa 4, quando o RSB recebeu 50mg/L de cloreto férrico, a eficiência média de remoção de DQO foi de 83%. Quando FeCl3 foi adicionado no afluente do reator UASB, obteve-se excelente desempenho na remoção de fósforo, cujas concentrações afluentes foram da ordem de 1,0 mg/L e 4,0 mg/L para a adição de 200 e 100 mg/L de cloreto férrico, respectivamente. / The performance evaluation of a pilot scale system composed by a UASB reactor followed by an SBR reactor treating domestic sewage is presented. The UASB reactor with 145 L of volume, was operated with an average hydraulic detention period of 8 hours. The SBR reactor had a volume of 106 litters being operated with cyclic time of 24, 12, and 6 hours. These different operational conditions characterized three stages of the work from a total of six stages. The three last stages were the addition of 50, 100, and 200 mg/L of ferric chloride in the aerobic, anaerobic, and anaerobic reactors, respectively. In the three last stages the UASB reactor worked with an average hydraulic detention time of 8 hours and the aerobic reactor worked with a cyclic time of 24 hours. After 27 weeks of continuous operation, the UASB/SBR system produced very good results in terms of COD removal. The average results of the COD removal were of 92% to the first, second, fifth, and sixth stages, having a reduction to 83% on the average to the stages where the SBR received 50 mg/L of ferric chloride and in which it worked with a six hour cyclic period. The addition of ferric chloride in the anaerobic reactor had great efficiency in the phosphorus removal. It was reached absolute values of until 1 mg/L of PO43- in the aflluent of the system, promoting an average effluent of 4 mg/L of PO43- with the addition 200 mg/L of FCl3. The UASB/SBR system can become a very promising alternative for domestic sewerage treatment in Brazil, since the system can be projected with shorter times of hydraulic detention times, resulting in a low cost compact installation. Furthermore, excellent results can be gotten to the ammonium and phosphorus removal.

Ferrous sulfate, commercially known as copperas, is a by-product of many industries such as the steel industry where steel is “pickled” in sulfuric acid previous to galvanizing, and in ore refining where sulfuric acid is used to remove undesirable impurities consisting chiefly of iron materials. One of the chief uses of copperas is as a coagulant in water treatment. Crude copperas, as produced, does not meet these specifications and must be refined and reworked before it is suitable for use. Consequently, in many instances no attempt is made to make further use of the copperas and it is dumped aside as refuse. It is the purpose of this investigation to use this crude copperas to produce an iron salt suitable for use as a coagulant. Crude copperas can be used to make a solution of ferric chloride by reacting it with calcium chloride, filtering off the precipitate of calcium sulfate, and oxidizing the ferrous iron to ferric iron with chlorine gas. The calcium content of the ferric chloride solution is low enough so that the hardness of water treated with i it will not be appreciably increased. / M.S.

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A carepa é um resíduo da produção de aço gerado principalmente nas etapas de lingotamento e laminação. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi a produção do coagulante cloreto férrico a partir da carepa oriunda da indústria siderúrgica. Em termos experimentais, foram realizados ensaios de solubilização da carepa avaliando-se o efeito da concentração de ácido clorídrico, tempo de reação e temperatura. Ainda, avaliou-se a oxidação do Fe2+, presente no liquor, para Fe3+ por dois métodos distintos, sendo adição de peróxido de hidrogênio e injeção de ozônio. A solução de cloreto férrico produzido a partir da carepa foi caracterizada e aplicada no tratamento de esgoto doméstico sanitário de uma instituição universitária. Como resultado, a melhor condição para a dissolução da carepa foi com o uso de uma solução de HCl 90%, tempo de reação de 2 horas a uma temperatura de 80oC. Nesta condição, a eficiência de dissolução da carepa foi de 90%. A completa oxidação do Fe2+ dissolvido no liquor para Fe3+ foi possível tanto com a adição de H2O2 como com O3. Contudo, o processo de ozonização apresenta vantagens, pois estequiometricamente é mais eficiente e não dilui a solução rica em cloreto férrico. A análise físico-química do coagulante produzido com a digestão da carepa com HCl 90% e oxidada com ozônio, após evaporação, atendeu ao critério de concentração de Fe de no mínimo 12% em volume. A aplicação do reagente no tratamento de um esgoto doméstico sanitário mostrou que é eficiente na remoção de sólidos suspensos e fósforo. Por fim o estudo mostrou que é possível produzir um coagulante a partir da carepa gerada na indústria siderúrgica. A prática sugerida neste trabalho pode reduzir a quantidade de resíduos deslocados para aterros industriais pela indústria siderúrgica. / Mill scale is a residue of steel production generated mainly in casting and lamination phases. The objective of this work was the production of the ferric chloride coagulant from the mill scale which comes from the steel industry. In experimental terms, trials of mill scale solubility were carried out in order to evaluate the effect of hydrochloric acid concentration, reaction time and temperature. After that, the oxidation of Fe2 +, present in the liquor, to Fe3 + was evaluated by two distinct methods, addition of hydrogen peroxide and ozone injection. The ferric chloride solution produced from mill scale was characterized and applied in the sewage treatment of a university campus. As a result, a good condition for the dissolution of mill scale was with the use of 90% HCl solution, reaction time of 2 hours, at a temperature of 80ºC. In this condition, the efficiency of mill scale dissolution was of 90%. The complete oxidation of Fe2+ dissolved in the liquor for Fe3+ was possible both with the addition of H2O2 as well as with O3. However, the ozonation process has advantages because it is stoichiometrically more efficient and does not dilute the solution rich in ferric chloride. Physico-chemical analysis of the coagulant produced with the dissolution of mill scale with 90% HCl and oxidized with ozone, after evaporation, answered to the criterion of Fe concentration of, at least, 12% in volume. The use of the reagent in the treatment of a sewer showed that it is effective in removing suspended solids and phosphorus. Finally, it is possible to produce a coagulant from mill scale produced in the steel industry. The practice suggested in this work can reduce the amount of waste sent to industrial landfills by the steel industry.

A carepa é um resíduo da produção de aço gerado principalmente nas etapas de lingotamento e laminação. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi a produção do coagulante cloreto férrico a partir da carepa oriunda da indústria siderúrgica. Em termos experimentais, foram realizados ensaios de solubilização da carepa avaliando-se o efeito da concentração de ácido clorídrico, tempo de reação e temperatura. Ainda, avaliou-se a oxidação do Fe2+, presente no liquor, para Fe3+ por dois métodos distintos, sendo adição de peróxido de hidrogênio e injeção de ozônio. A solução de cloreto férrico produzido a partir da carepa foi caracterizada e aplicada no tratamento de esgoto doméstico sanitário de uma instituição universitária. Como resultado, a melhor condição para a dissolução da carepa foi com o uso de uma solução de HCl 90%, tempo de reação de 2 horas a uma temperatura de 80oC. Nesta condição, a eficiência de dissolução da carepa foi de 90%. A completa oxidação do Fe2+ dissolvido no liquor para Fe3+ foi possível tanto com a adição de H2O2 como com O3. Contudo, o processo de ozonização apresenta vantagens, pois estequiometricamente é mais eficiente e não dilui a solução rica em cloreto férrico. A análise físico-química do coagulante produzido com a digestão da carepa com HCl 90% e oxidada com ozônio, após evaporação, atendeu ao critério de concentração de Fe de no mínimo 12% em volume. A aplicação do reagente no tratamento de um esgoto doméstico sanitário mostrou que é eficiente na remoção de sólidos suspensos e fósforo. Por fim o estudo mostrou que é possível produzir um coagulante a partir da carepa gerada na indústria siderúrgica. A prática sugerida neste trabalho pode reduzir a quantidade de resíduos deslocados para aterros industriais pela indústria siderúrgica. / Mill scale is a residue of steel production generated mainly in casting and lamination phases. The objective of this work was the production of the ferric chloride coagulant from the mill scale which comes from the steel industry. In experimental terms, trials of mill scale solubility were carried out in order to evaluate the effect of hydrochloric acid concentration, reaction time and temperature. After that, the oxidation of Fe2 +, present in the liquor, to Fe3 + was evaluated by two distinct methods, addition of hydrogen peroxide and ozone injection. The ferric chloride solution produced from mill scale was characterized and applied in the sewage treatment of a university campus. As a result, a good condition for the dissolution of mill scale was with the use of 90% HCl solution, reaction time of 2 hours, at a temperature of 80ºC. In this condition, the efficiency of mill scale dissolution was of 90%. The complete oxidation of Fe2+ dissolved in the liquor for Fe3+ was possible both with the addition of H2O2 as well as with O3. However, the ozonation process has advantages because it is stoichiometrically more efficient and does not dilute the solution rich in ferric chloride. Physico-chemical analysis of the coagulant produced with the dissolution of mill scale with 90% HCl and oxidized with ozone, after evaporation, answered to the criterion of Fe concentration of, at least, 12% in volume. The use of the reagent in the treatment of a sewer showed that it is effective in removing suspended solids and phosphorus. Finally, it is possible to produce a coagulant from mill scale produced in the steel industry. The practice suggested in this work can reduce the amount of waste sent to industrial landfills by the steel industry.

Orientador: Marina Sangoi de Oliveira Ilha / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T09:43:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula_HeberMartinsde_D.pdf: 3249461 bytes, checksum: 6923aa798c1f5a019c40de1328b74651 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A operação de usinas de concreto gera água residuária que necessita de tratamento antes da disposição ou reuso. O processo de coagulação/floculação com o uso de coagulantes químicos associados à decantação pode gerar resíduos nocivos à saúde humana. Inserido nesse contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a eficiência da Moringa oleifera (MO) como coagulante natural para o tratamento da água residuária do concreto produzido em usinas. A pesquisa foi composta por cinco etapas: (a) caracterização da qualidade da água residuária coletada em uma usina de concreto; (b) avaliação da eficiência, em laboratório, do uso combinado do sulfato de alumínio e da MO em pó no tratamento da água residuária do concreto coletada em campo, com a determinação da concentração e as possíveis combinações entre eles; (c) avaliação da eficiência, em laboratório, do uso combinado de Sulfato de alumínio e da MO na forma solúvel e também do emprego do Cloreto férrico, outro coagulante químico, associado à MO, ambos na forma solúvel, no tratamento das águas residuárias de usinas de concreto; (d) otimização das dosagens de MO e de coagulantes químicos no tratamento da água residuária por meio do Delineamento de Composto Central Rotacional, avaliando os dados via Metodologia de Superfície de Resposta e desejabilidade global e (e) avaliação da eficiência do tratamento proposto, considerando as dosagens ótimas determinadas nos estudos anteriores, em amostras coletadas no início e no final da semana de produção, durante o período de um mês. Os resultados indicaram que os coagulantes em pó e solúvel, isolados e associados, obtiveram uma dosagem de 20% MO e 80% Al2(SO4)3 (concentração total de 1,85 g L 1), reduzindo o pH a 9,2 e removendo de 99% da turbidez. O processo foi otimizado e reduziu a concentração total dos coagulantes para 1,01 g L-1, removendo à turbidez em até 99,9%, aumentando o uso da MO para 46,5%. Simulando o ciclo de produção da usina, a dosagem otimizada foi capaz de tratar a água independente de suas características iniciais, deixando a turbidez sempre abaixo de 2 UNT. Assim, os resultados apontam para a possibilidade do reuso da água tratada em diferentes atividades, como lavagem de veículos, rega de jardins, descarga de bacias sanitárias e até mesmo na própria produção do concreto / Abstract: The operations of concrete plants generate wastewater that requires treatment before disposal or reuse. The process of coagulation / flocculation using chemical coagulants associated with decantation can generate waste harmful to human health. Inserted in this context, this work aims at evaluating the efficiency of Moringa oleifera (MO) as a natural treatment of wastewater produced in the concrete plant coagulant. The research was divided into five steps: (a) characterization of the quality of the wastewater collected in a concrete plant; (b) evaluation of the efficiency in the laboratory, the combined use of aluminum sulfate and MO powder in the treatment of wastewater collected in the concrete field, with the determination of the concentration and the possible combinations between them; (c) evaluation of the efficiency in the laboratory, the combined use of aluminum sulfate and MO in soluble form and also the use of ferric chloride, other chemical coagulant, associated with MO, both in soluble form, in the treatment of wastewater concrete plants; (d) optimization of dosages of MO and chemical coagulants in the treatment of wastewater through the Central Composite Rotational Design of evaluating the data via Response Surface Methodology and overall desirability and (e) evaluation of the effectiveness of the proposed treatment, considering optimal dosages determined in previous studies on samples collected at the beginning and end of week production during the period of one month. The results indicated that the coagulant soluble or powder, isolated and associates obtained a dosage MO 20% and 80% Al2 (SO4) 3 (1.85 g L-1 total concentration) reducing the pH to 9.2 and removing 99% of the turbidity. The process was optimized and reduced the total concentration of the coagulant to 1.01 g L-1 turbidity removing up to 99.9%, increasing the use of MO to 46.5%. Simulating the production cycle of the concrete plant, the optimum dosage was able to treat independent water from their initial characteristics, leaving the turbidity always below 2 UNT. Thus, the results point to the possibility of reuse of treated water in different activities such as washing cars, watering gardens, flushing toilets and even in production of the concrete / Doutorado / Arquitetura e Construção / Doutor em Engenharia Civil

M.Sc. / Drinking water treatment plants in South Africa rely almost entirely on surface water sources, which are often compromised due to high return flows and indirect reuse. The typical treatment plants focus on the removal of physical and microbial contaminants which include turbidity, colour, chemical compounds and micro-organisms. A relatively new alarm to this list is natural organic matter (NOM) which has become a major concern in potable water treatment due to its recent regulation. Conventionally, the drive to remove NOM from potable water would be the desire to remove colour from public water supplies. However, more problems in drinking water treatment associated with NOM have been recently identified. These include taste and odour, its tendency to foul membranes, interference with the removal of other contaminants and its potential to contribute to corrosion and slime growth in distribution systems. Moreover, it causes high demands for coagulants and disinfectants. The NOM is also the main precursor for disinfection by-products (DBPs) formed when it interacts with disinfectants such as chlorine during water disinfection. In this study, different raw water samples, of different NOM composition were collected from selected sources across the country and assessed for the removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and UV absorbance at a wavelength of 254 nm (UV 254) using enhanced coagulation (EC). The efficacy of EC, which can be employed as a practical technology in the removal of both turbidity and NOM, was evaluated in these raw water sources. Jar tests were conducted with ferric chloride as the coagulant, and specific pH values were chosen as target values guiding the different coagulant dosages for the jar tests. The pH of the low-alkalinity (<60 mg/ℓ CaCO3) raw waters were adjusted and raised by the addition of sodium carbonate. Algorithms for finding the optimum coagulant dosage for both turbidity and UV 254 removal were developed and consistently applied to all the results in independent v batch tests, in which residual amounts of UV 254, DOC and turbidity were measured. The raw water parameters and results obtained from these tests were used to develop feed-forward multiplicative models predicting the performance of EC using ferric chloride. The results showed that the raw waters chosen were, indeed, representative of the different water types present in South Africa, and that the general water characteristics were affected by seasonal variations. The EC procedure developed was able to reduce turbidity to levels low enough for removal by subsequent treatment steps in the water treatment train. The residual UV 254 values were in all cases lower than 6 m-1, which theoretically corresponds to about 3.5 mg/ℓ DOC. This was confirmed by the residual DOC values which were found to be lower than 4 mg/ℓ. Generally, the waters of South Africa were found to be amenable to coagulation. In almost all cases, the costs for EC were comparable to those for conventional coagulation, hence EC could be employed as a NOM removal strategy in the South African context.

A carepa é um resíduo da produção de aço gerado principalmente nas etapas de lingotamento e laminação. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi a produção do coagulante cloreto férrico a partir da carepa oriunda da indústria siderúrgica. Em termos experimentais, foram realizados ensaios de solubilização da carepa avaliando-se o efeito da concentração de ácido clorídrico, tempo de reação e temperatura. Ainda, avaliou-se a oxidação do Fe2+, presente no liquor, para Fe3+ por dois métodos distintos, sendo adição de peróxido de hidrogênio e injeção de ozônio. A solução de cloreto férrico produzido a partir da carepa foi caracterizada e aplicada no tratamento de esgoto doméstico sanitário de uma instituição universitária. Como resultado, a melhor condição para a dissolução da carepa foi com o uso de uma solução de HCl 90%, tempo de reação de 2 horas a uma temperatura de 80oC. Nesta condição, a eficiência de dissolução da carepa foi de 90%. A completa oxidação do Fe2+ dissolvido no liquor para Fe3+ foi possível tanto com a adição de H2O2 como com O3. Contudo, o processo de ozonização apresenta vantagens, pois estequiometricamente é mais eficiente e não dilui a solução rica em cloreto férrico. A análise físico-química do coagulante produzido com a digestão da carepa com HCl 90% e oxidada com ozônio, após evaporação, atendeu ao critério de concentração de Fe de no mínimo 12% em volume. A aplicação do reagente no tratamento de um esgoto doméstico sanitário mostrou que é eficiente na remoção de sólidos suspensos e fósforo. Por fim o estudo mostrou que é possível produzir um coagulante a partir da carepa gerada na indústria siderúrgica. A prática sugerida neste trabalho pode reduzir a quantidade de resíduos deslocados para aterros industriais pela indústria siderúrgica. / Mill scale is a residue of steel production generated mainly in casting and lamination phases. The objective of this work was the production of the ferric chloride coagulant from the mill scale which comes from the steel industry. In experimental terms, trials of mill scale solubility were carried out in order to evaluate the effect of hydrochloric acid concentration, reaction time and temperature. After that, the oxidation of Fe2 +, present in the liquor, to Fe3 + was evaluated by two distinct methods, addition of hydrogen peroxide and ozone injection. The ferric chloride solution produced from mill scale was characterized and applied in the sewage treatment of a university campus. As a result, a good condition for the dissolution of mill scale was with the use of 90% HCl solution, reaction time of 2 hours, at a temperature of 80ºC. In this condition, the efficiency of mill scale dissolution was of 90%. The complete oxidation of Fe2+ dissolved in the liquor for Fe3+ was possible both with the addition of H2O2 as well as with O3. However, the ozonation process has advantages because it is stoichiometrically more efficient and does not dilute the solution rich in ferric chloride. Physico-chemical analysis of the coagulant produced with the dissolution of mill scale with 90% HCl and oxidized with ozone, after evaporation, answered to the criterion of Fe concentration of, at least, 12% in volume. The use of the reagent in the treatment of a sewer showed that it is effective in removing suspended solids and phosphorus. Finally, it is possible to produce a coagulant from mill scale produced in the steel industry. The practice suggested in this work can reduce the amount of waste sent to industrial landfills by the steel industry.