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Method for processing organosilicon waste water

The invention relates to a method for processing organosilicon waste water. The method optimizes and combines a preprocessing unit and a biochemistry unit, aiming at the properties of high salt and difficult degradation of the organosilicon waste water. The method can process the organosilicon waste water to the second grade standard of integrated wastewater discharge standard (GB8978-1996). The organosilicon waste water is strongly acidic. A preneutralization pool is arranged at the front end of technological process and neutralizes the PH of the waste water to about 1 to 2. The waste water enters a micro-electrolysis reactor which is filled with micro-electrolysis stuffing. The effluent enters a secondary neutralization pool, and water volume and PH value are adjusted further. The waste water enters a biochemistry processing establishment and at last enters a secondary sedimentation tank. The biochemistry processing system of the waste water comprises a primary oxygen compatibility pool, a primary aerobic pool and a secondary aerobic pool. Microbial flora and relative carriers are added to the pools. The invention has the advantages that the processed organic waste water is guaranteed to meet the specified standard and the processing cost is reduced greatly. The win-win solution of economy and environment is realized.
Owner:蓝星环境工程有限公司

Fine chemical wastewater treatment and reuse method

The invention discloses a chemical treatment method and specifically relates to a fine chemical wastewater treatment and reuse method based on a membrane bioreactor (MBR)-reverse osmosis (RO) combination technology. The method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps: performing oil separation, air floatation and coagulative precipitation on wastewater drained from a production workshop, then performing decomposition through an extracellular enzyme of anaerobic microorganisms in a hydrolysis treatment system, further entering an aerobic treatment system with aerobic microorganisms, further enabling the wastewater from the aerobic treatment system to enter an MBR system to perform further aerobic treatment, simultaneously performing mud-water separation, directly enabling water from the MBR system to enter an RO system, reusing the water produced by the RO system in production, and draining concentrated water into a pipeline network in a park. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of combining MBR with RO, improving the biochemical treatment effect of the system, further improving the recovery rate of the RO system, increasing the yield of pure water and reducing the discharge amount of the wastewater. The method has the advantages of short process flow of the system, high degree of automation, simplicity and convenience in operation and stability in operation.
Owner:HANGZHOU TIAN CHUANG ENVIRONMENTAL TECH

Salt-tolerant COD removal denitrifying microbial agent and preparation method thereof

The invention relates to a salt-tolerant COD removal denitrifying microbial agent. The microbial agent consists of at least one of paracoccus sp FSTB-2, microbacterium kitamiense FSTB-4 and pseudomonas stutzeri FSTB-5, and further consists of at least one of paracoccus denitrificans DN-3 and methylobacterium phyllosphaerae SDN-3, wherein the paracoccus sp FSTB-2, the microbacterium kitamiense FSTB-4 and the pseudomonas stutzeri FSTB-5 are preserved in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on June 1, 2015, with preservation numbers of CGMCC No.10938, CGMCC No.10939 and CGMCC No.10940; and the paracoccus denitrificans DN-3 and the methylobacterium phyllosphaerae SDN-3 are disclosed in CN102465104A and CN102465103, and the preservation numbers of the paracoccus denitrificans DN-3 and the methylobacterium phyllosphaerae SDN-3 are CGMCC No.3658 and CGMCC No.3660. The microbial agent can be used for directly processing total nitrogen and COD in high-salinity wastewater, and the microbial agent can be also added to various biochemical reaction constructions so as to improve microbiological composition, optimize the salt tolerance of a microbial system in wastewater treatment and improve total nitrogen and COD removal rate of the entire process.
Owner:CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEM CORP +1

Membrane bioreactor device for retarding membrane pollution and sewage treatment method

The invention provides a membrane bioreactor device for retarding membrane pollution and a sewage treatment method. The membrane bioreactor device is characterized in that a three-phase separator is arranged in a membrane bioreactor, and a sewage treatment device with a membrane reaction zone at the upper part and a contact oxidation zone at the lower part is formed; sewage enters the contact oxidation zone from the bottom of the reactor and then enters the membrane reaction zone from a slit of the three-phase separator; under the combined action of the absorption of activated sludge and the interception of membranes, the treatment of the sewage is realized; with the adoption of a rotating membrane filtering component, the rotating shear force is increased to retard the membrane pollution, and meanwhile, the fact that all the membranes have uniform cleaning strength is guaranteed, and cleaning dead corners are reduced; the three-phase separator is connected with a gas guide tube, so that residual gas in the contact oxidation zone is guided into the membrane reaction zone at the upper part to be used as a gas washing source of a membrane component, therefore the energy consumption is reduced; online ultrasonic cleaning and chemical cleaning equipment is arranged to reduce the assembly and disassembly procedures in the membrane cleaning process. The sewage treatment device and method have the advantages of high treatment efficiency, small membrane pollution, stable effluent water quality and good convenience in operation and management.
Owner:LIAONING BEIFANG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Sewage treatment method

The invention relates to a sewage treatment method which comprises the following steps of: carrying out grille treatment on sewage, entering a biological flocculation reaction device, entering an anaerobic and aerobic device after primary sedimentation, entering a secondary sedimentation tank after biochemical reaction and conveying all residual sludge discharged by the secondary sedimentation tank to the biological flocculation reaction device to be acclimatized into a microbial flocculant for use; and conveying sludge discharged from a primary sedimentation tank to a sludge concentration tank and conveying to a sludge dewatering room after concentration for treatment. The sewage treatment method has the beneficial effects that the goal of treatment of wastes with processes of wastes against one another is achieved, and the residual sewage is taken the microbial flocculant, so that the introduction quantity of chemical flocculant pollutants is reduced, the expenditure of the flocculant is saved, and the running cost of sewage treatment can be reduced by about 1 / 3; after wastewater is subjected to biological flocculation reaction, the treatment load concentration of a subsequent sewage treatment facility is reduced by about 40-60 percent, and a dosing room, a flocculant dissolving tank and other equipotent and facilities are not required to be constructed, so that the capital construction investment can be saved; and the concentrations of poisonous and harmful pollutants in the sewage subjected to the biological flocculation reaction are greatly reduced, so that the activities of microorganisms in all subsequent treatment units are improved.
Owner:ZHENGZHOU MENGXI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH

Device and method for treating difficultly degraded organic waste water by plasma technology

The invention discloses a device and a method for treating difficultly degraded organic waste water by a plasma technology. The device is characterized in that the device comprises a low-temperature plasma tank; a side of the low-temperature plasma tank is provided with a water distribution tank; the water distribution tank is communicated with the low-temperature plasma tank by water distribution pipes; the water distribution pipes comprises a main water distribution pipe and multiple perforated water distribution branch pipes; the perforated water distribution branch pipes penetrate transversely the low-temperature plasma tank and are hung with a metal wire mesh; a water collecting tank is arranged in the low-temperature plasma tank and is located below the metal wire mesh; a high voltage pole is arranged in the low-temperature plasma tank; the high voltage pole and the metal wire mesh are arranged at an interval; and the high voltage pole is connected with an external power supply.The method comprises the following steps of assembling all the parts of the device, enabling organic waste water to form a uniform liquid film on the metal wire mesh and to flow down, and carrying out destroy and decomposition of pollutants by active substances produced by high voltage pole discharging. The device has a small floor space, is suitable for large-scale treatment, has a high active free radical yield and can improve treatment effects of difficultly degraded organic waste water.
Owner:NINGBO UNIV

Integrated sewage treatment device

The invention provides an integrated sewage treatment device. A mud-water mixed solution sequentially flows through a mud-water mixing area, a primary biochemical area and a secondary biochemical area along the length direction of a box body, a part of sludge and a part of mixed solution in the secondary biochemical area are refluxed back to the mud-water mixing area by a refluxing mechanism and then return to the primary biochemical area to form a circulation, and nitrification liquid returned to the secondary biochemical area is subjected to denitrification reaction in the oxygen-deficient primary biochemical area to remove total nitrogen and improve the sewage treatment capacity. Moreover, the mud-water mixing area is arranged on the integrated sewage treatment device to ensure that refluxed sludge, inflow water and the mixed solution refluxed into the secondary biochemical area are mixed together, and then the mixture overflows out of a clapboard of the mud-water mixing area and enters the primary biochemical area, so that on the one hand, an effect of buffering water flow is achieved to ensure that liquids are mixed more fully, and on the other hand, the mud-water mixed solution flows into the primary biochemical area in the form of a line under the action of overflowing, and the retention time of the mud-water mixed solution is almost identical, so that the sewage treatment effect is stable.
Owner:HUAYI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CO LTD

Method for processing phenolic resin phenolic wastewater

The invention discloses a method for processing waste water containing phenol generated in the production process of metlbond resin; the method comprises the following steps: firstly the pH value of waste water is adjusted to 11.5 to 14 to enable the phenol in the waste water to exist in a phenol sodium type, and then the phenol in the waste water is separated by rectification. The content of phenol in the waste water containing phenol is from 20000 ppm to 50000 ppm, the pH equals to 4, and the COD equals to 140000ppm. The rectification technology of the waste water has stable production process, low energy consumption, compact equipment installation, simple operation and easy process control. The rectified waste water has strong biochemical performance, the difficulty of the biochemical treatment of the subsequent work procedures is lowered, and the capability of biochemical treatment is improved. Compared with the common method, the invention causes no secondary pollution. The waste water processed by the method of the invention has the phenol removing rate of higher than 95 percent and the rectified outlet water BOD/COD equaling to 4, belongs to the easy biochemical treatment method of the waste water containing phenol, and changes the condition of the serious pollution caused by the waste water containing phenol of the metlbond resin industry.
Owner:SHANDONG SHENGQUAN NEW MATERIALS CO LTD

Process for deeply treating printing and dyeing wastewater in presence of attapulgite catalyst

The invention discloses a process for deeply treating printing and dyeing wastewater in the presence of an attapulgite catalyst. The process comprises the following steps: collecting the printing and dyeing wastewater subjected to biochemical treatment for the first time into an adjusting tank, adjusting the water quantity and the water quality, feeding into a coagulative precipitation tank for coagulative sedimentation treatment, feeding outlet water of the coagulative precipitation tank into an anaerobic tank for acidification and hydrolysis, performing biochemical treatment on outlet water of the anaerobic tank by adopting an anoxic-aerobic tank with the attapulgite catalyst, removing organic matters, chromaticity and ammonia nitrogen, and discharging by standard. According to the process, the attapulgite catalyst is added during the biochemical treatment of the anoxic-aerobic tank, so that the aerobic biochemical treatment capability and effect are improved, the biochemical treatment effect on difficultly treated printing and dyeing wastewater is enhanced, COD (chemical oxygen demand), chromaticity and ammonia nitrogen in the printing and dyeing wastewater are efficiently removed, and the printing and dyeing wastewater is discharged by standard; the treatment cost of the printing and dyeing wastewater is reduced, the process is convenient to perform, and the practical application of engineering and the technical improvement of existing printing and dyeing wastewater treatment engineering are facilitated.
Owner:ANHUI JIANGHAI ENVIRONMENT ENG

Electrolytic flotation equipment

The invention discloses electrolytic flotation equipment. The electrolytic flotation equipment comprises a shell, wherein two sides of the shell are respectively provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, the top end of the shell is provided with a slag scraping device, buffering baffle plates and overflow weir plates are sequentially arranged in the shell at intervals to divide the shell into a buffering area, a mixing area and an effluent area, a slag discharging tank corresponding to the slag scraping device is arranged on the shell above the tail end of the mixing area, an electrolytic generator is arranged at the bottom of the front end of the mixing area and comprises a guide rod, a movable platform and a plurality of electrode groups, the guide rod is vertically fixed on the shell at the bottom of the front end of the mixing area, the bottom end of the guide rod is provided with a limiting stopper, the movable platform is movably sheathed on the guide rod, the electrode groups are fixed on the movable platform, electrodes can be very conveniently taken out of water for replacement, titanium-based oxidizing electrodes are used, and hypochlorite and hydroxyl free radicals are formed simultaneously when microbubbles are formed so as to effectively reduce the COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), improve the B / C ratio and be beneficial to the follow-up biological treatment.
Owner:JIANGHUA WATER TREATMENT EQUIP PLANT JIANGSU

Method and device for coal chemical sewage reuse and zero emission

The invention provides a method and a device for coal chemical sewage reuse and zero emission. The device comprises: an oil separation tank; an ultramicro air flotation instrument, which is communicated with the oil separation tank; and a multistage A / O system, which consists of: an anaerobic zone communicated with the ultramicro air flotation instrument, an aerobic zone communicated with the anaerobic zone, a precipitation zone communicated with the anaerobic zone, and a stable zone communicated with the precipitation zone; a membrane filtration system, which is communicated with the stable zone and the anaerobic zone; a super-efficient reverse osmosis system, which includes: a hardness removal instrument communicated with the membrane filtration system, a soluble gas removal instrument communicated with the hardness removal instrument, and a membrane filtration instrument communicated with the soluble gas removal instrument; a membrane filtration generated water storage tank, which is communicated with the membrane filtration instrument; a membrane filtration concentrated water storage tank, which is communicated with the membrane filtration instrument; and an evaporation crystallizer, which is communicated with the reverse osmosis concentrated water tank. The device and the method provided by the invention ensure the effluent water quality and no exterior drainage, and truly achieve zero emission.
Owner:北京清大国华膜科技有限公司

Efficient backwash method for biofilter

The invention relates to an efficient backwash method for a biofilter. The method includes: 1) a water outlet side wall, below a backwash effluent weir, of a newly constructed biofilter is provided with a long strip shaped backwash water outlet and provided with an electric water discharge device; and a water outlet side wall, below a backwash effluent weir, of a biofilter in use is provided with a rectangular or round backwash water outlet and provided with a manual water discharge device; 2) sequentially performing gas washing, gas-water washing and water washing during backwashing of the biofilter; 3) slowly descending a water discharging baffle after sewage discharging; 4) starting a backwashing motor to blow suspended solids to a suspended state; 5) starting a water inlet valve to flush sewage out of the backwash water outlet, and closing the backwash water outlet. The efficient backwash method for the biofilter has advantages that the suspended solids and aged biological membranes generated in the biofilter can be cleared and discharged outside the biofilter thoroughly on the premise that backwash water consumption is not increased; blockage and filter material caking in the biofilter can be reduced, shedding of the biological membranes due to excessive flushing of filter materials can be avoided, and accordingly biochemical treatment effects of the biofilter are improved.
Owner:鞍钢集团工程技术有限公司

Biochemical treatment device of kitchen wastes

The invention discloses a biochemical treatment device of kitchen wastes. The biochemical treatment device comprises a box body, wherein a feeding opening is formed in the upper part of the box body;a discharging opening I is formed in the side wall of the box body; a crushing chamber is formed between the feeding opening and the box body; a crushing mechanism is arranged in the crushing chamber;a partition plate and a material receiving cylinder are arranged in the box body; the partition plate is tilted; filtration through holes are formed in the partition plate; the discharging opening Iis located above one side of the down-tilted end of the partition plate; the material receiving cylinder is located under the partition plate; a stirring device is arranged in the material receiving cylinder; an interlayer is formed between the outer wall of the material receiving cylinder and the inner wall of the box body; a heating device and a heat insulation material are successively arrangedin the interlayer from inside to outside. According to the biochemical treatment device of kitchen wastes, the stirring device and the heating device are adopted; the biochemical treatment efficiencyand effect of the waste are improved; the tilted partition plate is arranged; the large crushed wastes or the difficultly-crushed waste sundries can be sorted and reused; the odor can be effectivelyremoved by the water vapor generated in the processes of recycling and treating; the secondary pollution to the environment can be avoided.
Owner:SUZHOU MEIJIESHENG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENG CO LTD

PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) mother liquor treatment method based on MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) technique

The invention discloses a wastewater biochemical treatment method, and specifically discloses a method for treating PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) mother liquor by utilizing MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) technique. The method comprises the following sequential process schemes: carrying out anaerobic reaction treatment on the PVC mother liquor with PVA (Polyvinyl Alcohol)-containing degrading bacteria, wherein the anaerobic reaction temperature is controlled at 20-35 DEG C, the reaction time is controlled at 6-10h, and the dissolved oxygen is controlled at 0.1-0.2mg / L; degrading organic macromolecules into micromolecules so as to improve biodegradability; and then introducing anaerobic reaction effluent to the MBR for aerobic treatment so as to ultimately obtain clean water with COD (Chemical OxygenDemand) not more than 30mg / L, wherein bacilli is contained in the MBR. The method has the advantages that treatment cost is only needed to be invested at one time, and long-term and stable treatment can be realized by expending low maintenance cost and electric cost in the following years; the longer the use time is, the lower the average treatment cost of per ton of wastewater is; and the methodcan be widely applied to sewage treatment enterprises.
Owner:HANGZHOU TIAN CHUANG ENVIRONMENTAL TECH

Membrane up-flow aerobic bioreactor (MUAR)

The invention discloses a membrane up-flow aerobic bioreactor (MUAR), which is used for increasing the oxygen charging efficiency of the reactor through ultrafine air bubbles to lower the running energy consumption of the reactor and belongs to the technical fields of environmental engineering and sewage treatment. In the reactor, water is fed in an up-flow way; an ultrafine air bubble generating device consisting of a jet aeration spray head, a decompression cabin and a polypropylene millipore filter pipe is used for generating ultrafine air bubbles (5-10 mum in diameter) which are fully mixed with inflow water from bottom to top; the upper part of the reactor is provided with a muddy water baffle plate for isolating sludge; and outflow water reflows and enters the ultrafine air bubble generating device. Due to a small specific surface area and collision and Brownian motion among molecules, the ultrafine air bubbles can be partially precipitated in water, so that higher oxygen transfer efficiency than that of ordinary air bubbles is achieved, and the ultrafine air bubbles are better combined with sludge at the bottom of the reactor. Compared with a reactor of the same type, the reactor disclosed by the invention has the advantages that: pollutants in bottom inflow water of the reactor can be degraded effectively, and the aim of reducing running cost is fulfilled finally.
Owner:江苏天马环保科技集团有限公司

Biochemical treatment method of industrial wastewater and aerobic tank

The invention discloses a biochemical treatment method of industrial wastewater and an aerobic tank. The biochemical treatment method of industrial wastewater comprises a multifunctional denitrification tank and an aerobic tank. An HSBEMBM environmental management microbial preparation is added to both the multifunctional denitrification tank and the aerobic tank; mixed liquid in the aerobic tank partially returns to the multifunctional denitrification tank, the aerobic tank is provided with a plurality of return openings in the flow direction of the aerobic tank and the return openings are all communicated with return pipelines, wherein the return opening at the tail end is normally open. The aerobic tank adopts an S-shaped corridor so that water flows in the corridor. The aerobic tank is mainly responsible for decarburization and partial nitrification. The plurality of return openings are arranged in the corridor in the aerobic tank so that the return positions and return quantity are adjusted according to the inlet water quality and the operation condition of the whole system. Due to arrangement of the return openings, the different return positions and return quantity can be adjusted in time during the implementation process; therefore, high-efficiency denitrification is realized and COD is removed; moreover, the denitrification efficiency and the buffer resistance of the system are improved.
Owner:浙江汉蓝环境科技有限公司

Anaerobic particle sludge rapid culture method suitable for oil refining and chemical engineering wastewater treatment

ActiveCN105198080AIncrease in microbial biomass per unit volumeSludge concentration and particle size are largeWaste based fuelTreatment with anaerobic digestion processesChemistryPetroleum
The invention relates to an anaerobic particle sludge rapid culture method suitable for oil refining and chemical engineering wastewater treatment. The method comprises the following steps: 1, domesticating: taking facultative sludge of a sewage treatment field biochemical technology as inoculation sludge, adopting a sodium acetate solution as an organic matrix in the initial culture stage, adding oil refining and chemical engineering wastewater to the organic matrix with the implementation of culture, and increasing the blending proportion of the oil refining and chemical engineering wastewater until the oil refining and chemical engineering wastewater is used as the complete organic matrix for culture; and 2, granulating: adding an polymer and turfy soil to domesticated anaerobic sludge in batches to promote granulation of the anaerobic sludge. The cultured anaerobic particle sludge obtained through the method has high concentration of microbes, large concentration and particle size, high organic volume load and hydraulic load, strong water quality and environment condition impact resistance and high organic pollutant degradation efficiency, and is especially suitable for anaerobic biochemical treatment of high concentration wastewater in the fields of petroleum and chemical engineering.
Owner:BC P INC CHINA NAT PETROLEUM CORP +1

Micro-electrolysis treatment technology for chemical waste water

The invention belongs to the field of chemical waste water treatment, in particular to a micro-electrolysis treatment technology for chemical waste water. The method comprises the five steps of pretreatment of the waste water, homogenizing treatment of the waste water, biochemical treatment, precipitation and discharge and sludge treatment. According to the micro-electrolysis treatment technology for the chemical waste water, before the biochemical treatment of the waste water, the pretreatment steps of micro-electrolysis, coagulation precipitation, photo-catalytic oxidation and the like are conducted, wherein chromophoric groups and auxochrome groups in the waste water are removed through the micro-electrolysis treatment to achieve a discoloration purpose, so that compositions of the waste water are converted to be likely to occur biochemical reactions, and the biodegradability is greatly improved. Through the coagulation precipitation treatment, Fe(OH)2 and Fe(OH)3 are generated and precipitated with nascent-state Fe<2+> and Fe<3+> in alkaline environment; in cooperation with a flocculant PAM, original suspended solids, colloid, oil and the like and partial water-soluble organic matter in the waste water are gathered, adsorbed and condensed in order to be separated and precipitated from the waste water. Through the adoption of the photo-catalytic oxidation, the removal rate of the organic matter in the waste water reaches 40% or above, the B/C is increased to 0.4 or above, and favorable conditions are created for the subsequent biochemical treatment.
Owner:云南今业生态建设集团有限公司

Biomass gasification wastewater treatment method and device

The invention discloses a biomass gasification wastewater treatment method and device. The treatment method comprises the following steps: (1) pretreatment: performing oil removal treatment, first coagulation treatment, flotation treatment and first ozone oxidation treatment on biomass gasification wastewater to obtain first effluent water; (2) biochemical treatment: sequentially performing anaerobic treatment and A/O (anoxic/oxic) biological catalytic oxidation treatment on the first effluent water, and collecting second effluent water; and (3) advanced treatment: sequentially performing second coagulation treatment and membrane separation treatment on the second effluent water to obtain up-to-standard effluent water. The device comprises an oil removal device, a first coagulation device, a flotation device, a first ozone oxidation treatment device, an anaerobic treatment device, an A/O biological catalytic oxidation device, a second coagulation device and a membrane separation device which sequentially communicate with each other. The method and device have the characteristics of favorable wastewater treatment effect and high anti-shock loading capability, and can effectively treat biomass gasification wastewater; and the treated effluent water has favorable water quality.
Owner:GO HIGHER ENVIRONMENT GRP CO LTD

High-efficiency pre-aeration aerobic biochemical sewage treatment system

The invention relates to a high-efficiency pre-aeration aerobic biochemical sewage treatment system, which comprises a bar screen, a primary sedimentation tank, a venturi, a splash board, an aerobic tank and a secondary sedimentation tank connected in turn, wherein the bar screen is positioned in the front of the primary sedimentation tank; the inlet of the gradually reducing part of the venturi is connected with the upper part of the primary sedimentation tank through a high-pressure pump, the throat part is connected with the atmosphere through an air inlet pipe, and the outlet of the gradually expanding part is provided with a jet pipe extending forwards; the splash board is positioned in the front of the jet pipe and above the aerobic tank; a fixed packed bed is arranged in the aerobic tank; and the secondary sedimentation tank is positioned behind the aerobic tank and is connected with the water outlet of the aerobic tank. The high-efficiency pre-aeration aerobic biochemical sewage treatment system has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, good adaptability, high oxygen content in the sewage and good purification effect, and is mainly adapted to the treatment of domestic sewage.
Owner:HAISIBOTE BEIJING SCIENE & TECH
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