The purpose of this study was to develope the economical sewage treatment technology using oyster shells as biological contact media. As the stage of feasibility test in laboratory scale, the new submerged media processes with media-filling ratios of ...
The purpose of this study was to develope the economical sewage treatment technology using oyster shells as biological contact media. As the stage of feasibility test in laboratory scale, the new submerged media processes with media-filling ratios of 20% and 55% were compared with the conventional activated process. Comparison parameters were the performance characteristics such as organic, nitrogen, phosphorus removal efficiencies. Operating conditions in terms of hydraulic retention time varied at 12 hr, 10 hr, and 8 hr. The results were as follows;
1.Removal efficiencies of organics such as BOD and COD showed almost the same in activated sludge and submerged oyster shell processes. The different filling ratios in submerged process showed also the same organic removal characteristics.
2.Nitrogen removal efficiencies showed that the submerged oyster shell process were better than activated sludge process. However, the different filling ratios in submerged process showed almost the same nitrogen removal characteristics.
3.Phosphorus removal efficiencies showed almost the same in activated sludge and submerged oyster shell processes. The increasing filling ratios in submerged process showed the little improvement of phosphorus removal efficiency.