Effectiveness of fluidized pellet bed for removing soluble contaminants

作     者：WANG Xiaochang,LI Zhihua,WANG Zhen,LI Jinrong,LI Jiayu,CHEN Rong Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource,Environment and Ecology,MOE,Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology,Xi’an 710055,China 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource Environment and Ecology MOE Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology Xi'an 710055 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第21卷第1期

页      面：13-17页

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学科分类：083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50621140001, 50708089) the High-Tech Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2006AA06Z328) 

主　　题：fluidized pellet bed coagulation soluble contaminants fraction 

摘      要：Fluidized pellet bed （FPB） has been successfully applied in water and wastewater treatment. However, the removal mechanism of contaminants especially the soluble ones, is still unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of FPB reactor for removing soluble contaminants from synthetic wastewater. By only coagulation through jar test operation with addition of polyaluminium chloride （PAC1） as primary coagulant and polyacryamide （PAM） as coagulant-aid, the removals of soluble chemical oxygen demand （COD）, total phosphorus （TP）, and NH4^＋-N were found to be only 2.2%-7.5%, 5.7%-25.5%, and 9.9%-18.5%, respectively. However, by FPB operation under the same dosage of coagulants, these values increased to 82.7%, 37.2%, and 50%, indicating that the formation of pellets in the FPB effectively enhanced the removal of soluble contaminants. By careful comparison of the settleablility and filterability of the pollutants after coagulation, the originally soluble contaminants could be divided into three groups, namely： （1） coagulated-and- settleable, （2） coagulated-but-nonsettleable, and （3） uncoagulable. It was found that not only the first two groups but also a large part of the third group could be effectively removed by FPB operation. However, the mechanism for the removal of the uncoagulable pollutants by FPB operation still needs further investigation.