JP2005144415A - Anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater wherein the amount of chemicals used for adjusting pH is greatly reduced compared with the conventional one. <P>SOLUTION: In this anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater, wastewater before the application of anaerobic treatment is stored in an adjustment tank and aerated with air. After adjusting the pH, the wastewater is moved to an anaerobic treatment tank and subjected to the anaerobic treatment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater discharged from a factory or the like. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for treating wastewater before anaerobic treatment and adjusting the wastewater to a pH suitable for anaerobic treatment in an organic wastewater treatment method.

  In general, wastewater discharged from a manufacturing process in a factory or the like is treated before being discharged to the environment. In particular, wastewater discharged in the manufacturing process of food, beverages, medical products, textiles, paper, etc. contains a lot of organic matter, but such wastewater is treated by anaerobic treatment, aerobic treatment, or a combination thereof. Is common.

  Among these, in the anaerobic treatment, the organic matter in the wastewater is first converted into a volatile organic acid, further converted into acetic acid, carbonic acid, hydrogen, etc., and finally the carbonic acid is converted into methane gas. This process is described in more detail as follows.

  First, waste water discharged from the manufacturing process is stored in a regulating tank. The adjustment tank is also referred to as a flow rate adjustment tank, and is a tank for temporarily storing wastewater flowing from the process. Since the amount of wastewater flowing in from the process fluctuates during one day, the wastewater is stored in this adjustment tank and then supplied to the subsequent processing apparatus at a constant flow rate.

  Drainage supplied from the adjustment tank will continue to be subjected to anaerobic treatment. This anaerobic treatment is performed by a one-phase method or a two-phase method. Among these, in the one-phase anaerobic treatment, acid generation and methane production are performed in the same reaction tank (anaerobic treatment tank), but in the two-layer anaerobic treatment, these are separated as much as possible. A tank in which acid generation is performed in this two-phase anaerobic treatment is called an acid generation tank. In the acid generation tank, organic substances contained in the wastewater are hydrolyzed by acid-producing bacteria to generate acetic acid, carbonic acid, and the like. The acid producing bacteria may be supplied to the acid producing tank by circulating anaerobic treated water that has been subjected to anaerobic treatment, or a packed carrier in which the acid producing bacteria are fixed may be disposed in the acid producing tank.

  Thus, the pH of the wastewater treated in the acid generation tank is acidic. Thereafter, the wastewater is transferred to a methane production tank, and acetic acid and the like in the wastewater is converted into methane by the methanogen. At this time, since the methanogen is active in the neutral region, the pH is generally adjusted by adding an alkaline chemical or the like before the wastewater is transferred to the methane production tank.

  Conventionally, alkaline chemicals such as caustic soda have been used to adjust the pH of the wastewater. However, the amount of wastewater discharged from the manufacturing process is enormous, and the cost of such an agent is enormous. From such a viewpoint, a method for adjusting pH without using a drug has been proposed.

  In Patent Document 1, in anaerobic treatment of organic wastewater, wastewater that has undergone acid generation in an acid production tank is transferred to a decarboxylation tank where it is deaerated by aeration of air, and an alkaline agent is added to the pH. A method for producing methane in a methane production tank after adjusting the above is described.

  Patent Document 2 discloses that in anaerobic treatment of organic wastewater, after wastewater after acid generation is anaerobically treated, a part of the treated water is retained in the retention tank for a certain period of time and then returned to the acid generation tank. A method for reducing the amount of alkali used in the acid generation tank has been proposed. This method also describes that carbon dioxide is removed by aeration in a residence tank.

However, these methods require a new tank such as a decarbonation tank or a retention tank, and require an initial capital investment relative to the conventional method. Furthermore, the amount of alkali used for pH adjustment can only be reduced to about 1/2 to 1/3.
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  From such a background, in the anaerobic treatment of organic wastewater, it is possible to greatly reduce the amount of chemicals used for pH adjustment compared with the conventional one, and without increasing the number of treatment tanks, that is, new An anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater that does not require additional equipment has been desired.

  The anaerobic treatment of the organic waste water according to the present invention stores the organic waste water before the anaerobic treatment in the adjustment tank, and aerated with 0.5 to 4 times the volume of air based on the volume of the waste water in the adjustment tank. Then, the waste water is transferred to an anaerobic treatment tank and anaerobic treatment is performed.

  According to the method of the present invention, organic wastewater can be obtained by reducing or completely eliminating the use of alkaline compounds for pH adjustment of organic wastewater without adding significant equipment to conventional anaerobic treatment facilities. It is possible to reduce the running cost for this process.

  The present invention is generally used in wastewater treatment facilities for treating organic wastewater such as factories. Such a wastewater treatment facility treats wastewater by anaerobic treatment, aerobic treatment, or a combination thereof depending on the type of wastewater to be handled. Among these, the present invention can be used in facilities that treat wastewater by anaerobic treatment. The organic wastewater treatment method according to the present invention can be applied to any organic wastewater, but is effective when the organic wastewater contains carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and the like. More specifically, the method of the present invention is discharged from a brewing liquor, distilled liquor, mixed liquor, soft drink, soy sauce, sugar, or miso manufacturing process, particularly a brewing liquor manufacturing process, especially a beer or happoshu manufacturing process. It is effective when it is done. Here, brewed liquor is produced by fermenting sugar with alcohol by the action of yeast, and includes, for example, beer, ale, sake, old sake, wine, cider, etc. These include whiskey, gin, vodka, cognac, rum, etc., and mixed liquor is a distilled liquor added with flavors, grassroots, sugars, etc., and includes plum wine, cassis and the like. The method of the present invention is particularly effective for the treatment of organic wastewater discharged from the production process of brewed liquor, especially beer made from malt, or beer and Happoshu that approximates the raw material and production process. . This is presumably because it depends on the organic components and dissolved gas contained in the organic wastewater discharged from these manufacturing processes. In addition, as organic wastewater, the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is 1,000 to 100,000 mg / liter, preferably 2,000 to 5,000 mg / liter, and / or the suspended solid amount (SS) is 100. The method of the present invention can be effectively applied when it is ˜2,000 mg / liter, preferably 100 to 500 mg / liter.

  In facilities that perform wastewater treatment by anaerobic treatment, wastewater discharged from factories, etc. is usually stored, and the adjustment tank that hydrolyzes organic matter with various bacteria to produce lower fatty acids, and wastewater that flows out of the adjustment tank Is treated with acid-producing bacteria to hydrolyze organic matter into acid, and lower fatty acids contained in waste water discharged from the acid-generating tank are decomposed into methane and carbon dioxide (carbon dioxide) into methane-producing bacteria It has a bag. In the present invention, an anaerobic treatment tank refers to a combination of these acid production tanks and methane production tanks.

  Specifically, the organic wastewater before flowing into the anaerobic treatment tank refers to wastewater stored in the adjustment tank. In this invention, organic waste water is aerated in this adjustment tank. When two-phase anaerobic treatment is combined, aeration can be performed while acid generation is performed in the acid generation tank, but it is preferable to perform aeration before the bacteria for acid generation and the waste water contact each other.

  In the present invention, the organic waste water before flowing into the anaerobic treatment tank is aerated with a specific amount of air.

  In the present invention, the gas used for aeration is air. Since the purpose of aeration is removal of carbonic acid (carbon dioxide), a gas other than carbon dioxide can be used in order to achieve only that purpose. Examples of such a gas include inert gases such as nitrogen and argon, but it is not preferable to use such a gas because the cost for waste water treatment increases.

  In the present invention, organic waste water is aerated with air having a volume of 0.5 to 4 times, preferably 1 to 2 times, based on the volume of waste water in the adjustment tank. By performing such aeration, carbonic acid in the organic wastewater can be removed while maintaining the amount of dissolved oxygen at a level sufficient for subjecting to anaerobic treatment.

  In order to raise the carbonic acid removal efficiency in the organic waste water by aeration, it is preferable to aerate over a suitable time. Preferably, aeration is preferably carried out for 1 to 4 hours with 0.5 to 4 times the volume of air per hour, based on the amount of wastewater stored in the adjustment tank, and 1 to 2 times the volume of air. It is more preferable to perform aeration for 1 to 2 hours. These conditions can be appropriately adjusted according to the pH, temperature, and components contained in the wastewater. Conventionally, aeration of organic wastewater before anaerobic treatment has been avoided in the past because it increases the amount of dissolved oxygen and decreases the activity of anaerobic bacteria. By aeration, the carbonic acid concentration in the organic waste water can be lowered without lowering the activity of the anaerobic bacteria.

  In the method of the present invention, the pH of the organic waste water can be increased by aeration, but the pH after aeration is preferably pH 5.5 to 8.2, and preferably pH 6.0 to 7.0. More preferred. By adjusting the pH to the above range by aeration, it is possible to reduce the amount of alkali compound added for adjusting the pH before subjecting to anaerobic treatment, and preferably no alkali compound is required to be added. Such an effect makes it possible to reduce the cost for organic drainage.

  The aeration method can be performed by any conventionally known method. Specifically, there is a method of using a porous air diffuser, a mechanical air diffuser, or a rubber membrane air diffuser in addition to a method in which a perforated pipe is provided at the bottom of the adjustment tank and air is introduced into the pipe. Can be mentioned. In addition, since exhaust gas containing an odor may be generated by aeration, the adjustment tank preferably has a sealed structure.

  The organic wastewater aerated and adjusted in pH by the method of the present invention is further subjected to acid generation conditions, if necessary, and further adjusted to pH by adding an alkali compound or the like as necessary. , Moved to an anaerobic jar and processed. If necessary, the anaerobic treated wastewater can be mixed with the organic wastewater after aeration. In general, in order to keep the upward flow rate in the anaerobic reaction tank constant, anaerobic treated water that has undergone anaerobic treatment is mixed with untreated wastewater. This upward flow velocity varies depending on the type of anaerobic reaction tank, for example, UASB method or EGSB method, but the volume ratio with respect to untreated waste water is 1 or more in order to maintain the pH stability of the waste water flowing into the reaction tank. It is preferable that

  Organic wastewater before aeration treatment, that is, raw water, can be aerated after mixing anaerobic wastewater, but the amount of wastewater subject to aeration is greatly increased, which reduces aeration efficiency, This is not preferable because a new tank for storing the mixed waste liquid is required.

  Conventionally, organic wastewater after anaerobic treatment or organic wastewater after acid generation is considered to contain a large amount of carbonic acid, and it has been proposed to aerate these to remove carbonic acid. Literature 1 or 2). However, it is surprising that carbon dioxide is removed by aeration of the organic wastewater stored in the adjustment tank before being subjected to the acid generation treatment, and the addition amount of the alkaline compound for pH adjustment can be reduced or eliminated. It was a discovery that should be done.

  The treatment conditions for the anaerobic soot are not particularly limited, and any method can be used. Usually, anaerobic treatment is performed by contacting organic wastewater with methanogens. The tank load in this anaerobic treatment is preferably 5 to 20 g CODcr / liter, and the residence time is preferably 1 to 30 hours.

  The anaerobic treated waste water is subjected to an aerobic treatment, for example, an activated sludge treatment, if necessary. In the present invention, since any special compound is not added, any conventionally known aerobic treatment can be combined.

  As a sample, untreated raw water was collected from a treatment facility for organic wastewater discharged from a beer factory.

  This raw water was measured for alkali requirement, pH, chemical oxygen requirement CODcr titrated with dichromic acid, and suspended solids SS. The required amount of alkali was expressed as the required amount (unit: ml) of a 0.1 mol / liter sodium hydroxide aqueous solution necessary to bring the sample to a pH of 7.0.

  Furthermore, 20 liters of this raw water is put into a water tank, and 20 liters of air (1 time based on the volume of the wastewater in the adjustment tank) is blown in for 1 hour to perform aeration (unit: ml) , PH, CODcr (unit: mg / liter), SS (unit: mg / liter), and dissolved oxygen DO (unit: mg / liter) were measured.

  The measurement was performed three times with different raw water collection dates. The obtained results were as shown below.

Table 1 Changes in water quality due to aeration of raw water
1st time 2nd time 3rd time
Alkaline requirement Before aeration 2.7 2.9 1.9
After aeration 1.26 0.43 0.35
Before pH aeration 5.13 5.63 5.93
After aeration 5.51 6.23 6.79
BOD Before aeration 2500 2870 2660
After aeration 2400 2940 2600
CODcr Before aeration 3800 4408 4088
After aeration 3750 4520 3996
SS Before aeration 492 450 148
After aeration 520 730 146
DO after aeration 0.1 0 0

  Although the state of the raw water changes depending on the sample collection date, it can be seen that the pH increases due to aeration, and that CODcr and SS do not change due to aeration. Also, dissolved oxygen is low enough to be subjected to anaerobic conditions.

  The change with time when raw water was aerated was examined. 20 liters of raw water was put into a water tank, and changes over time of pH and alkali required amount were measured when aeration was performed by blowing 20 liters of air per hour (1 time based on the volume of drainage in the adjustment tank). The raw water used had a BOD of 2660 mg / liter, CODcr of 4088 mg / liter, and SS of 463 mg / liter.

  Furthermore, anaerobic treated wastewater collected from a wastewater treatment facility from which raw water was collected in advance was mixed in each step, and pH and required alkali amount were measured. The mixing ratio of raw water and treated waste water was 5: 3. The obtained results were as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Changes in pH and alkali requirements with aeration time
Aeration time (hours) 0 1 2 3
pH raw water 5.93 6.03 6.61 6.79
Mixed water 6.63 6.76 7.00 7.27
Alkali requirement Raw water 1.9 0.35
Mixed water 1.0 0.43 0 0

  The pH rises as the aeration time increases, and the pH of the mixed water obtained by mixing the raw water and the treated waste water after 2 hours of aeration is 7.

Comparative Example 1

  Instead of raw water, treated wastewater was used, and the water quality change before and after aeration was measured in the same manner as in Example 1. The results obtained are as shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Water quality change due to aeration of treated wastewater pH Before aeration 6.23
After aeration 6.24
BOD Before aeration 2170
After aeration 2100
CODcr before aeration 3340
After aeration 3236
SS Before aeration 443
After aeration 447
After DO aeration 2.6

  For the treated wastewater, no change due to aeration was observed in pH, CODcr, and SS due to aeration.

  Moreover, although the alkali requirement was measured about the mixed water which mixed the treated waste_water | drain before and after aeration with the raw | natural water which has not been aerated, the change by the aeration of the treated waste_water | drain was not recognized.

Comparative Example 2

  Instead of raw water, mixed water in which raw water and treated wastewater were mixed at a ratio of 5: 3 was aerated for 3 hours in the same manner as in Example 1, and the water quality change before and after aeration was measured. At this time, the pH of the raw water used for mixing was 7.43, and the pH of the treated wastewater was 7.43. The obtained results are as shown in Table 4.

Table 4 Water quality change by aeration of mixed water pH Before aeration 5.98
After aeration 6.64
BOD Before aeration 1910
After aeration 1900
CODcr before aeration 2944
After aeration 2928
SS Before aeration 453
After aeration 432
DO After aeration 0

  As for the mixed water, the pH was increased by aeration, but CODcr and SS were not changed by aeration.

  Further, the pH change due to the change in the aeration time was as shown in Table 5.

Table 5 Aeration time and pH of mixed water
Aeration time (hours) 0 1 2 3
Mixed water pH 5.98 6.04 6.19 6.64

  From this result, it was found that when the mixed water was aerated, the pH increased rapidly when it exceeded 2 hours. Compared to the results of Example 2, it can be seen that the process of aeration of raw water completes the process in a shorter time, and the volume is small, so that the amount of introduced air required for aeration can be reduced.

Claims (9)

  An anaerobic treatment method for organic wastewater, where organic wastewater before anaerobic treatment is stored in a regulating tank and aerated with 0.5 to 4 times the volume of air based on the volume of wastewater in the regulating tank A method for treating organic wastewater, wherein the wastewater is transferred to an anaerobic treatment tank and then anaerobic treatment is performed.   The method according to claim 1, wherein aeration is performed for 1 to 4 hours with air having a volume of 0.5 to 4 times per hour based on the volume of the wastewater in the adjustment tank.   The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an activated sludge treatment is further performed following the anaerobic treatment.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the organic wastewater is discharged from a production process of brewed liquor, distilled liquor, mixed liquor, soft drink, soy sauce, sugar, or miso.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the organic waste water is discharged from a production process of beer or happoshu.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the organic wastewater has a biochemical oxygen-oxygen demand of 1,000 to 100,000 mg / liter and a suspended solid amount of 100 to 2,000 mg / liter. .   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the organic waste water before the anaerobic treatment is adjusted to pH 5.5 to 8.2 by aeration.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an alkali compound is not added to the organic waste water before the anaerobic treatment.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein anaerobic treatment is performed after mixing a part of the wastewater after anaerobic treatment with the organic wastewater after aeration.