Process and reactor for the continuous microbiological treatment of highly contaminated wastewater using a floatable carrier material

摘要

In a water treatment process, a continual flow of waste water bearing a heavy load of biological residues is subjected to micro biological treatment within a reactor vessel. The incoming effluent water is sprayed on to a floating substrate carpet of particles supporting a micro biological treatment colony over a fluid mass containing a further submerged colony. The novelty is that: (a) the substrate carpet has a density of 1, and a grain size between 1-20 mm, and functions as a secondary filter; (b) from time to time the integrity of the carpet is broken by the introduction of a pressurised gas into the reactor from below, or by briefly increasing the discharge rate of treated water.