Low-temperature post-treatment of anaerobically treated-sewage in anaerobic filter with cationic-polymer addition

摘要

The post treatment of domestic sewage pre-treated in a 6 m~3 UASB was investigated in two high-rate anaerobic filter (AF) reactors operated in parallel. The difference between the two AF reactors was only the addition of cationic polymer to the second reactor (AF+P). The reactors were operated at low temperatures, ranged between 13 and 20℃. The media in each AF reactor consisted of vertical sheets of reticulated-polyurethane foam (RPF) with knobs. The results demonstrated that the AF+P reactor (HRT = 3 hours) with cationic polymer addition (2 mg/L) was an efficient system for post treatment. The removal efficiencies for total, suspended, colloidal and dissolved COD were, respectively, 41, 86 and 76 and 12% in the AF+P reactor and they were, respectively, 80, 97, 77 and 66 % in the UASB+ (AF+P) system. The removal of total, suspended and colloidal COD in the UASB+(AF+P) system were significantly higher than those achieved in the UASB+AF system. As hardly any nutrient were removed in the UASB+(AF+P) system, the effluent after pathogen removal is a valuable product for irrigation and fertilisation to close the water and nutrients cycle.