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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2011.33.3.212

Survey of Physicochemical Methods and Economic Analysis of Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant for Advanced Treatment of Phosphorus Removal  

Park, Hye-Young (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Park, Sang-Min (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Ki-Cheol (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kwon, Oh-Sang (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Yu, Soon-Ju (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Shin-Jo (Water Environment Control Research Division, Water Environment Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
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Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are required to meet the reinforced discharge standards which are differentiated as 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 mg-TP/L for the district I, II and III, respectively. Although most of WWTPs are operating advanced biological phosphorus removal system, the supplementary phosphorus treatment facility using chemical addition should be required almost at all WWTPs. Therefore, water quality data from several exemplary full-scale plants operating phosphorus treatment process were analyzed to evaluate the reliability of removal performance. Additionally, a series of jar tests were conducted to find optimal coagulants dose for phosphorus removal by chemical precipitation and to describe characteristics of the reaction and sludge production. Chemical costs and the increasing sludge volume in physicochemical phosphorus removal process were estimated based on the results of jar tests. The minimum coagulant (aluminium sulfate and poly aluminium chloride) doses to keep TP concentration below 0.5 and 0.2 mg/L were around 25 and 30 mg/L (as $Al_2O_3$), respectively, in the mixed liquor of activated sludge. In the tertiary treatment facility, relatively lower coagulant doses of 1/12~1/3 the minimum doses for activated sludge were required to achieve the same TP concentrations of 0.2~0.5 mg/L. Increase in suspended solids concentration due to chemical precipitates in mixed liquor was estimated at 10~11%, compared to the concentration without chemical addition. When coagulant was added into mixed liquor, chemical (aluminium sulfate) cost was estimated to be 4~10 times higher than in secondary effluent coagulation/separation process. Sludge production to be wasted was also 4~10 times higher than secondary effluent coagulation/separation process.
Keywords
Phosphorus Removal; Chemical Addition; Coagulant; Cost; Sludge;
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