Two Anaerobic Digesters were operated for a Study on the "Effect of Temperature on Dewatering Characteristics of Anaerobic Digested Sludge".
Artificial substrate which include a lot of settleable organic solids and which can maintain the uniformity o...
Two Anaerobic Digesters were operated for a Study on the "Effect of Temperature on Dewatering Characteristics of Anaerobic Digested Sludge".
Artificial substrate which include a lot of settleable organic solids and which can maintain the uniformity of particle size and constituents was used as a feed sludge. Design feed rate was 1.8kg/m3/day of TS or 1.5kg/m3/day of VS with a detention time of 20days.
When the reaction was at a steady state, digestion chatacteristics and specific restsrance of digested sludge were andlysed. In general, the sludge properties and the amount of gas production were nearly constant without regard to temperature variation. But the settled sledge volume was decreased according to the increase of temperature. At 55℃-digestion, ultimate settled sludge volume was only 40% of 35℃. And at the initial stage of linear phase, the settling velocity of 55℃-digested sludge was faster about 6 times than 35℃.
As the increase of digestion temperature, the dewatering characteristics was improved. The dewater ability of 55℃-digested sludge without conditioning was better about 2 times than 35℃. and about 6 times of 45% FeCl3.
The specific resistance reduction rate according to increase of FeCl3 contents at 55℃-digestion wart greater 1.6.
The COD of filtrate was similar on the whole digestion temperature.