AU2010224357A1 - Integrated sewage treatment plant - Google Patents

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P/00/011 Regulation 3.2 AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 ORIGINAL COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Invention Title: "INTEGRATED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT" The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us: INTEGRATED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT PERTINENT ART The invention relates to the treatment of household and industrial 5 sewage with the content of organic impurities in BOD making 50 to 50,000 mg/dim 3 , suspended matters from 50 to 1,500 mg/diM 3 , fats up to 300 mg/dim 3 , which can be used for the purification of the waste water produced by dwelling-houses, villages, towns and cities, meat-packing plants, fish processing plants, canneries, cattle breeding farms, yeast factories, brew to eries, sugar-mills, pulp and paper mills, chemical and microbiological en terprises, etc. The invention is also designed to purify sewage with a high content of hydrosulfides and sulphuretted hydrogen (5 to 100 mg/dm 3 ), ammonia nitrogen (50 to 100 mg/diM 3 ) due to the decay of the organic im purities in the collectors and receivers of transfer pumping stations, receipt 15 of detritus pit and cesspool sewage, as well as methane fermentation of anaerobic digesters. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Known is an activated sludge treatment plant consisting of a biofilter 20 located above the air-tank separator with delivery pipes for liquid jet aera tion, attached to the biofilter collecting tray, a mixing chamber and a circula tion pump (USSR Certificate of Authorship No.1020379, MKI S02 F3/02 publ. 30.05.1983). The device functions as follows: the sewage, after pre treatment (particulate pollutants removed), is driven to the mixing chamber 25 together with the sludge mixture driven by hydrostatic head from the air tank separator. Then the sewage-and-sludge mixture is circulated by the pump through the biofilter, delivery pipes (aeratic columns), and air-tank separator. The impurities are biologically oxidized by the biocenosis at tached to the biofilter feed and active sludge microorganisms in the air-tank 30 separator. When irrigated and driven through the biofilter, the sludge mix ture is saturated with aerial oxygen. Additional saturation of the liquid with oxygen in the aeration tank and its content interfusion is due to the air entraining of the delivery pipes (aeration columns), gas-liquid flow move ment and air bubble floating. The advantages of this plant are: high sewage purification level due to the combination of the oxidative and better charac teristics of the biofilter biocenosis and the aeration tank active sludge mi croflora; application, as a basic device, of a simple low pressure pump, and low power consumption (up to 0.5 kWt per a kilo of removed BOD). The 5 biofilters blow away sulphuretted hydrogen and sorb hydrosulfides with the adapted sludge, which promotes effective purification of sewage with a high content of the said compounds. At the same time application of a single combined plant being a single unit is irrational for sewage treatment within the capacity range between 100 and 50,000 m 3 /day since the hydrody 10 namical mode control of the plant becomes more complicated and a repair shutdown of some elements is impossible. The biofilter's specific weight in the general purification effect of the combined plant may be raised and correspondingly the power consumption cut through a constructive design of the biofilter having a feed of spherically 15 shaped ceramic elements with surface cavities (RF Patent No. 2310499 B01D 53/18 publ. 20.11.2007) developed for chemical mass-transfer appa ratuses. Known also is a strong sewage biochemical treatment plant, RF Pat ent No. 2139257, MKI S02 F3/02, publ. 10.10.1999, whose aeration tank 20 and bioreactor are equipped with biological feed blocks of sheets provided with holes and bristles permitting to raise the gross amount of the active biomass, nitrifiers included. The most similar by its critical limitations (prototype) to the claimed invention is the sewage biochemical treatment plant described in RF Patent 25 No. 2220915, MKI S02 F3/02, publ. 10.01.2004. The combined plant biofil ter irrigation evenness depends not just on the lock valves where the sew age-and-sludge mixture is driven to the trays, but also on the availability of the pressure reducing devices as the liquid is driven to the trays, because of the abrupt liquid wave motion at the initial sections. The biofilter feed irriga 30 tion evenness at a minimum consumption of power for driving the liquid to the irrigation system depends on both the level of the upper cuts at the emptying fittings to the reflective disks (1 to 1.5 m) and the distances be tween the trays and the distances between the emptying fittings. The di mensions of the emptying fittings (4 to 10 diameters) shown in this Patent provide density of the falling liquid jets and diversity of the liquid drops re flection pathways. At the same time, as there appears a layer of attached microflora on the inside surface of the fittings (p E 1.5 mm), the fittings di ameter making 20 to 35 mm and their length exceeding 6 diameters, as well 5 as due to the claws, abruptly falls the fittings' delivery capacity and raises their obstruction probability, which demands frequent cleaning. The efficiency of the organic impurities oxidation in the combined plant biofilters depends on the feed design. A flat feed is blocks of corru gated sheets of various coarseness, which facilitates biomass growth in the io feed upper section and excludes silting in the middle and lower sections. However application of man-made dielectric materials like fiberglass, ceramoplastic, plastics, fails to provide sufficient clutch between the micro flora and the feed surface. The manufacturing testing has shown that the best clutch between the biomass and the feed surface is performed by ce 15 ramics. The combined plant water-jet aeration unit provides efficient satura tion of liquid with oxygen and stirring of the aeration tank contents only in case of the aeration columns definite diameters and definite proportions between the columns height above the surface and the height of the sunk 20 sections of the columns. A correct choice of parameters minimizes power consumption for sewage treatment. The efficiency of air-entraining in the columns is influenced by the conditions under which the sewage-and sludge mixture gets to the sewage collectors, the horizontal distances be tween the upper cuts of the aeration columns, and the precision of fixing 25 the upper cuts of the aeration columns in relation to the water level. The heliciform claws in the upper sections of the columns raise the clogging ability of the columns in case of long-fibered impurities. The prototype sew age biochemical treatment plant presupposes that to stir the aeration tank contents the pipes lower ends are evenly placed above the flat section of 30 the aeration tank bottom at a distance of 0.2 to 0.3 m from it. At the same time prevention of sludge deposition and decay with a minimum power consumption for the sludge mixture circulation, keeping the active biomass of the aeration zone in a suspended state, depend on both the aeration columns diameter, the admission charge (m 3 /h) and the proportion of the aeration columns heights above and under the liquid level, as well as on the distances between the upper and lower columns cuts, dis tances between the columns ends and the angle of coupling between the flat and conic sections of the bottom and the even sludge diversion. 5 The sewage settlings optimally contain carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements. However any possibility of using settlings as a fertilizer is restricted due to the vital capacity of helminths and odor nuisances as these are introduced into soil. Application of microwave frequency installa tions dehelmintizes the settlings completely. The excess sludge removed io from the combined plants, is characterized by an optimal proportion of its bio genic elements, fine water yielding capacity and high mineralisation. Absence of primary settlers within the combined treatment plant flow schemes, aera tion tanks and secondary settlers blocking excludes settlings deposition and decay and correspondingly any odor nuisances, unlike traditional is plants whose settlings retain putrefactive ferments. That is why the excess sludge can be used as a fertilizer. The major impacts on the biological sewage treatment are initial sewage and open air temperatures. The average cold weather sewage temperature in the towns and cities of Russia is between 15 and 17 0 C, 20 while that in medium and small villages is 9 to 14 0 C. Within average aera tion mode tanks, if air the temperature is minus 10 to 20 0 C, the liquid tem peratures falls during treatment by 1 to 3 0 C, and within extended mode aeration tanks it falls by 4 to 9C, which results in biological treatment de celeration or complete cessation. In the hot countries, high sewage and air 25 temperatures, as well as direct sunlight, raise the treated liquid up to 35*C and more, which also adversely effects air solubility and treatment speed. A closed design for sewage treatment plants partially solves the problem of liquid cooling or heating, yet the basic line of optimization of the plant's temperature mode and reduction of power consumption for air treatment is 30 to raise the air oxygen use factor. As the sewage is purified in the aeration tanks, there is a large num ber of bubbles that burst and thus form drops getting up to the atmosphere and carrying pathogenic microflora with themselves. This way the air is pol luted with infectious and invasion diseases agents. To disinfect and de- J odorize the technological air, the plants are to be provided with air treat ment devices. The three and four-stage air treatment schemes of the plants installed in the cities of Monaco, Nice, Antibes use wet hypochlorite, caustic soda treatment, and all fetid odors are removed with ozone, which makes 5 air purification too expensive. The objective as viewed by the designers of the new sewage bio chemical treatment plant was to create such variants that would provide ef ficient and steady quality of treatment of sewage characterized by low and high organic impurities concentrations, high content of sulphuretted hydro io gen and hydrosulfides, ammonium nitrogen, and raise the environmental safety of the purified sewage, particularly reduce the sanitary protection zone around the plant. The solution of the designers' task resulted in technical terms in the raise of the plant's performance and stability of work at various concentra is tions of the impurities. Better performance and stability of work predeter mined lower power consumption for sewage treatment, disinfection and used air deodorization. Above all, the plant enabled to utilize the waste producing granulated fertilizers. 20 DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The character of the invention is as follows: the integrated biochemi cal sewage treatment plant includes mechanical treatment devices, a sludge sewage mixing chamber with a circulation pump and a combined biological treatment device including a biofilter with plane feed, a spray line, 25 collecting trays and drain collectors with water-jet aeratic columns sunk in the aeration zones, and pre-treatment devices; within the combined biologi cal treatment device of 5 to 15,000 m 3 /day capacity, the biofilters spray line includes trays with emptying fittings and reflecting disks, the distance from the trays emptying fittings upper ends to the disk reflectors being 0.8 to 2 m, 30 and the distance between the trays centers and the distance between the trays fittings axes being 0.6 to 1.8 m. The aeration columns diameter mak ing from 25 to 100 mm, their height above the liquid level in the aeration settling tanks is 1.2 to 3.5 m, and the sinking height under the liquid level is 1.5 to 4 m. The distance between the upper columns cuts is 50 to 500 mm, and the distance between the lower aeration columns cuts is 0.5 to 3 m. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the length of the emptying fittings installed in the spray line trays is within 2 to 6 diameters. 5 The diameter of the reflecting disks is 80 to 200 mm. The pipelines driving the sewage-and-sludge mixture to the biofilter irrigating trays have shutters; additionally the trays beginnings have gates, and there are training plates before the initial emptying fittings. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the io biofilter spray line trays are equipped with helium-neon lasers stimulating microflora growth, nitrification and denitrification. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the biofilter feed elements are spheres of a 35 to 100 mm diameter with 4 to 10 cavities whose axes meet in the center of the sphere. The spheres have surface 15 claws of 0.1 to 1.5 mm. Combinations of metals are included in the material of the elements. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the biofilter feed is made of corrugated ceramic sheets of 0.5 to 1.5 m width, 0.5 to 3 m height, and 2 to 4 mm thickness, with 0.1 to 2 mm surface claws 20 (coarseness), a frame of parallel and longitudinal wavy bands of 3 to 10 mm width and thickness. Some part of the longitudinal bands are made as 10 to 35 mm wide obtrusive wavy partitions. Combinations of metals are included in the material of the sheets. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the drain collec 25 tor of the biofilter tray is equipped with a training reflector. The aeration col umns upper section is made as fittings twisted into the sockets attached to the drain collector bottom. The drain collector is supplied with a little access to assemble fittings and for pipes cleaning. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the 30 drain fittings of the biofilters spray lines and the fittings of the aeration col umns upper sections have 1 to 1.5 revolutions high heliciform hollows of a height not more than 0.7 fitting's diameter. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the outer pe rimeter of the partition detaching the biofilter space from the air-tank separator space, at a distance of 0.5 to 1.5 m from each other, has holes or air bypassing valves. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: for the aeration columns diameters of 25 to 100 mm, the height of the columns 5 lower cuts above the aeration zone bottom is 0.05 to 0.4 m, while the dis tance from the outermost aeration columns lower section to the coupling between the flat and conic parts of the air-tank separator bottom is 0.5 to 1.2 m. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the length of the lo lower leg of the air-tank separator conic part equals half of the settling zone width plus 0.1 to 1.0 m. The height of the partition's conic part lower section separating the aeration zone from the settling zone down to the bottom, is 0.5 to 1.5 m. The width of the triangular rollers located on the aeration zone bottom's flat section, is 0.5 to 2.0 m, while their height is 0.5 to 1.5 m. The 15 sludge discharging pipeline is mounted along the outer perimeter of the air tank separator bottom's conic part and has holes or fittings placed under the angle of 0 to 90* to the pipeline's long axis and located at a distance of 0.2 to 1.0 m from each other. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: above 20 the rollers there are biological feed blocks made of plastic plates with 3 to 30 mm holes and 5 to 50 mm long bristles, or ceramic plates that include metal compounds, with attached pivots or plates of various lengths (5 to 40 mm) and claws (0.1 to 1.5 mm) creating coarseness. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the plant con 25 sists of 2 to 4 combined biological treatment devices connected to the joint mixing chamber by pipelines removing the sludge from the aeration settling tanks. The head pipeline of the mixing chamber circulation pump is con nected to the spray lines of the combined biological treatment biofilters. At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the 30 plant for integrated biochemical treatment of sewage with the organic impu rities in BOD making up to 3,000 mg/diM 3 and fats up to 300 mg/dM 3 , in cludes biocoagulators-flotators, combined biological treatment devices, a head pipeline circulation pump mounted within the mixing chamber of the second combined device and connected to the spray line of the same device, to the mixing chamber of the first combined device and to the water-jet aerator of the biocoagulator-flotator or to the excess sludge treatment de vice. The aerator's feed chamber has 0.3m to 1.5m long aeratic columns, their canting angles to the pintle being 0 to 50*, and tangential fittings. 5 Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the plant for in tegrated biochemical treatment of sewage with the organic impurities in BOD making up to 50,000 mg/diM 3 , sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrosul fides, ammonium nitrogen up to 100 mg/dm 3 , includes (for the impurities concentrations in BOD up to 3,000 mg/dm 3 ) mechanical treatment devices, 1o and (up to 50,000 mg/diM 3 in BOD) anaerobic bioreactors, sewage-and sludge mixing chamber with circulation pumps and combined biological treatment devices, with the sewage driving pipeline connected to the mixing chambers of the combined biological treatment devices. The head pipeline circulation pump mounted in the mixing chamber of the first combined de 15 vice, is connected to both the spray line and the mixing chamber of the second combined device. Above all the head pipeline circulation pump mounted in the mixing chamber of the second combined device is con nected to the spray line of the same device, to the mixing chamber of the first combined device, and to the excess sludge treatment device. 20 At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the anaerobic bioreactor device has circulating liquid distribution pipes sunk by 0.3 in to 2.5 m, mounted under canting angles of 0 to 70* to the pintle and provided with tangentional fittings. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the mixing 25 chambers of the first and/or second combined plants are connected to the hydrogen peroxide driving pipelines attached to them. However, the character of the invention is as follows: installation is additionally equipped with denitrifiers and / or post-treatment bioreactor with artificial feed. Mixer is installed on the pipeline disposing clarified liquid 30 from the first and / or the second combined-plants to denitrifiers. Force main of the first and / or the second combined plants' circulating pumps and pipelines feeding coagulant solution are attached to this mixer. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the bioreactor feed is made of plastic or ceramic sheets with pivots or 10 to 100 mm long plates with 3 to 30 mm holes. The distances between the pivots or plates and the diameters of the holes gradually reduce from the top of the feed to its bottom. The sheets, pivots or plates have claws of 0.1 to 1.5 mm. The feed material includes metal compositions. 5 At the same time, the character of the invention is as follows: the plant additionally includes a sorption filter with a feed able of phosphate chemical adsorption, this filter connected to the combined biological treat ment device and/or denitrifier and/or bioreactor. Besides, the character of the invention is as follows: the plant addi 10 tionally includes an excess sludge treatment device whose thickener has pipelines leading from the combined biological treatment device, and/or biocoagulator, and/or anaerobic bioreactor. The thickener is connected to the belt filter press whose dehydrated cake driving device is connected to the grainer, where also attached is a delivery line (for organic and/or min 15 eral additives). The granule driving device is connected to the roller con veyor provided with electric heating elements, and/or to microwave fre quency radiators successively mounted to the holding tank. And finally, the character of the invention is as follows: In the instal lation for deep biological wastewater treatment the air ducts from the com 20 bined biological treatment devices, excess sludge treatment devices, bio reactors, integrated mechanical treatment device rooms and sand catchers are successively connected to the sucking fitting of a high pressure fan whose head air duct is in its turn connected to the irrigation chamber of the air treatment device. The device is equipped with a spray line connected to 25 the circulation pump whose sucking fitting is connected to the air-fit section of the device. Above the air-fit section there is the devices' clip-on section filled with artificial feed, a collecting tray with direct air feeding pipes (their length is 1,2 - 2,5 m, they are 0.4 to 0.7 m sunk within the liquid of the air fit section and filled in their lower section with small diameter pipes) and 30 water-jet air ejection pipes that are attached to drain tank and are located at 0.6 to 1.8 m above the liquid and sunk within the liquid by 1 to 3 m. The air treatment device has a connection to the natrium hypochlorite solution tank, odorant solution tank and air duct in its turn connected to the water- IVJ drop eliminator that is successively connected to the activated carbon filter and ultraviolet disinfection unit. The proof of the invention embodiment is shown by the definite ex amples of the variants of the plant for integrated biochemical treatment of 5 the sewage of various contents of organic impurities, sulphuretted hydro gen, hydrosulfides, and ammonium nitrogen. These typical examples not at all restrict other versions of the invention, but only explain its essence. CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES The definite examples of the variants of the sewage biochemical io treatment plant are explained graphically, where: Fig. 1 schematically shows a variant of a flow scheme for an integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant, the impurities concentration in BOD being up to 1.000 mg/dm 3 and suspended matters up to 700 mg/dm 3 Fig. 2: scaled-up section of the biofilter shown in Fig. 1; 15 Fig. 3: section A-A of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: scaled-up section of the biofilter collecting tray and drain collector shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5: section B-B of Fig. 4; Fig. 6: foreground of the biofilter feed corrugated ceramic sheet; 20 Fig. 7: section of a single corrugated ceramic sheet; Fig. 8: section of several ready-fitted sheets; Fig. 9: scaled-up fragment of a ceramic sheet; Fig. 10: section of a biofilter feed spheric element; Fig. 11: scaled-up section A-A of the air-tank separator with triangular roll 25 ers, biological feed blocks, aeration columns and sludge driving pipeline; Fig. 12: section B-B of Fig. 2; Fig. 13: foreground of a bioreactor feed sheet; Fig. 14: section of a bioreactor feed sheet; Fig. 15: schematically shows a variant of a flow scheme for an integrated 30 sewage biochemical treatment plant, the impurities concentration in BOD being up to 1,500 mgO 2 /d M 3 , suspended matters up to 700 mg/diM 3 , total sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides, ammonium nitrogen up to 100 mg/dm 3

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I I Fig. 16: schematically shows a universal variant of a flow scheme for an in tegrated sewage biochemical treatment plant, the organic impurities BOD being 1,500 to 3,000 mgO 2 /dm 3 , suspended matters up to 1,500 mg/dm 3 and fats up to 300 mg/diM 3 , as well as a plant for the organic impurities con 5 centrations in BOD equaling 3,000 to 50,000 mg/dM 3 ; Fig. 17: excess sludge treatment flow scheme; Fig. 18: flow scheme of the used air treatment device; Fig. 19: scaled-up section of the direct air delivery pipes. BEST VARIANTS OF THE INVENTION EMBODIMENT 10 The plant for deep biochemical treatment of the sewage whose BOD reaches 1.000 mg/dm 3 and suspended matters 700 mg/dm 3 , includes sew age feeding pipeline 1 connected to integrated mechanical treatment device 2 which is in its turn connected by a pipeline to vertical sand catcher 3. The collecting tray of vertical sand catcher 3 is connected by a drain pipeline to 15 mixing chamber 4 combined with biological treatment devices 5. Combined biological treatment devices 5 consist of biofilters 6 with feed 7 provided with spray lines 8, collecting trays 9, and drain collectors 10. The drain col lectors have aeratic columns 11 attached to them, which are sunk in aera tion zones 12 of aeration tank-settlers 13. The partition separating the biofil 20 ter space from the air-tank separator space, should have valves or holes for air bypass 14. Aeration settling tanks 13 of aeration zones 12 are separated from settling zones 15 by partitions 16. The outer perimeter of the conic part of the bottom of air-tank separator 13 has sludge draining pipeline 17. Sludge draining pipelines 17 are connected to mixing chamber 4 that has 25 circulation pump 18. Head pipeline 19 is connected to both spray lines 8 of combined biological treatment devices 5 and to excess sludge treatment device 20. The collecting trays mounted in settling zones 15 are connected by a gravity pipeline with bioreactors 21. The bioreactor includes aeration 30 chamber 22 with water-jet aerator 23 and pump 24. In its turn, pump 24 is connected to head pipeline 25 with water-jet aerator 23, mixing chamber 4 ard spray line 26 of bioreactor 21. Aeration chamber 22 is separated by a partition from the sunk filter containing feed 27. Combined biological treatment devices 5 and bioreactors 21 are connected by air ducts 28 to fan 29 of used air treatment device 30. Biofilter 6 spray line structure includes head pipeline with shutter 31, distributing trays 32 with gates 33, emptying fittings 34 and reflecting disks 5 35. Primary emptying fittings 34 have training plates 36 before them. Trays 32 are equipped with helium-neon lasers 37. The bottom of drain collector 10 has welded sockets 38 whose lower parts have screwed-in aeratic columns 11, and upper parts have fittings 39. During pure water hydraulic testing, they mark the water level upon the fit 10 tings, then the fittings are screwed out, beveled and then screwed in sock ets 38 again. Fittings 39 have heliciform hollows. The drain collector is equipped with training reflector 40 and actuator access 41. The biofilters feed is made of corrugated ceramic sheets 42 with a frame of parallel and wavy longitudinal bands 43. Some part of longitudinal 15 bands 44 are shaped as wavy partitions. The surface of sheets 42, except for bands 43, is characterized by evident coarseness, i.e. claws 45. The artificial feed for biofilters may be feed elements 46 made as spheres with cavities on their surface 47, whose axes cross in the center of the sphere. 20 The combined biological treatment devices have a bottom of air-tank separator 13 separated into cells by triangular rollers 48 that have blocks with biological feed 49 above them. The flat sections of aeration tank 13 boom have aeratic columns 50. The outer perimeter of the conic part air tank separator 13 bottom has sludge draining pipeline 17 with evenly lo 25 cated holes or fittings 51. The collecting tray of air-tank separator 13 is connected by a pipeline to bioreactor 21. Artificial feed 27 of bioreactor 21 is made of plastic or ce ramic sheets 52 that have pivots or plates 53 attached to them. The sheets are made with holes 54. The sheets, pivots or plates have claws 55. 30 The pending variant of a plant for integrated treatment of household and industrial sewage with the content of organic impurities in BOD making up to 1,500 mg/diM 3 , suspended matters up to 700 mg/diM 3 , total sulphuret ted hydrogen and hydrosulfides, ammonium nitrogen up to 100 mg/dm 3 , also includes sewage driving pipeline 1, integrated mechanical treatment I %J device 2, sand catcher 3, and mixing chamber 4 with circulation pump 18 installed inside it. Mixing chamber 4 is connected by a free-flow pipeline to first combined biological treatment device 56. In its turn, the collecting tray of combined device 56 is connected by a pipeline to mixing chamber 57 of 5 second biological treatment device 58. Pipeline 59 running to mixing cham bers 4 and 57 connects mixing device tank 60 with hydrogen peroxide solu tion. Head pipeline 61 of circulation pump 18, mounted in mixing chamber 4, is connected to spray line of the biofilter of combined biological treatment device 56, mixing chamber 57 of device 58 and mixer 62. Biofilter of device io 56 is filled with feed of spherical elements 46. Head pipeline 63 of circula tion pump 18, mounted in mixing chamber 57, is connected to biofilter spray line of device 58 and to mixing chamber 4. Head pipeline 63 is connected to mixer 62 mounted at the clarified liquid driving pipeline, and to excess sludge treatment device 20. Mixer 62 also has coagulant solution feeding is pipeline 64 running from mixing device tank 65 connected to it. In its turn mixer 62 is connected by a pipeline to denitrifier with mechanical mixer 66. The collecting tray of the denitrifier settling zone is connected to bioreactor aeration chamber 21 with artificial feed 27. In its turn, the bioreactor is con nected to sorption filter 67. Envisaged is disinfection and deodoration of the 20 biochemically used air in device 30. In case of purifying industrial sewage whose organic impurities make in BOD 1,500 to 3,000 mgO 2 /dm 3 , suspended matters up to 1,500 mg/diM 3 and fats up to 300 mg/diM 3 , the flow scheme includes sewage driving pipe line 1, integrated mechanical treatment device 2, sand catcher 3 and sew 25 age pumping facility 68. The pump head pipeline is connected to the feed chamber of biocoagulator-flotator 69. In its turn, the clarified liquid pipeline is connected to mixing chamber 4 of first combined biological treatment de vice 56 and to mixing chamber 57 of second combined biological treatment device 58. Head pipeline 63 of circulation pump 18 mounted in mixing 30 chamber 57, is simultaneously connected to biofilter spray line of device 58, mixing chamber 4, feed chamber of the water-jet aerator of biocoagulator flotator 69 and to excess sludge treatment device 20. If the organic impurities concentrations make in BOD 3,000 to 50,000 mg/diM 3 , the head pipeline of pumping facility 68 is connected to the feed chamber of biocoagulator-flotator 69 or to anaerobic bioreactor 70. In its turn the anaerobic bioreactor is connected to mixing chambers 4 and 57. If the flow scheme lacks biocoagulator-flotator, head pipeline 63 of circulation pump 18, mounted in mixing chamber 57, is only connected to the biofilter 5 spray line of device 58, to mixing chamber 4, and to excess sludge treat ment device 20. Depending on the accepted flow scheme, the excess sludge pipe lines run from combined biological treatment devices 5, 58, denitrifier 66, biocoagulator 69, and anaerobic bioreactor 70 to thickener 71 of excess 10 sludge treatment device 20. The same way runs reagents (coagulant and/or flocculant) delivery line 72. The thickened settlings pipeline is connected to belt filter press 73 which is in its turn connected to grainer 74, where also connected is organic and/or mineral additives delivery line 75. The granule driving device is connected to roller conveyor 76, the rollers having electric 15 heating elements, or heating elements 77 located under the transporter. The transporter has microwave radiators 78. There also is granule collect ing holding tank 79. Used air treatment device 30 for the plants includes air ducts 28 connected to the sucking fitting of high pressure fan (HPF) 29. Head air 20 duct of HPF 29 is in its turn connected to irrigation chamber 80 of air treat ment device 30. Device 30 is provided with spray line 81 connected to cir culation pump 82 whose sucking fitting is connected to its air-fit section 83. Air-fit section 83 has clip-on section 84 above it filled with artificial feed, as well as collecting tray 85 with direct air feeding pipes 86 mounted in it. 25 Pipes 86 are 1.2 to 2.5 m long, sunk 0.4 to 0.7 m deep into the liquid of the air--fit section and filled in their lower section with small diameter pipes 87. Water-jet air ejection pipes 88 are connected to drain collector 89, mounted at a height of 0.6 to 1.8 m above the liquid and sunk in the liquid to 1 to 3 m. Air treatment device 30 has tank 90 with natrium hypochlorite solution, 30 odorant solution tank 91 and air duct 92 connected to it. Air duct 92 is in its turn connected to water-drop eliminator 93 which is successively connected to activated carbon filter 94 and ultraviolet disinfection unit 95. The described integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant func tions as follows.

In case of integrated treatment of household and industrial sewage with the content of organic impurities in BOD making up to 1.000 mgO 2 /dm 3 suspended matters up to 700 mg/din 3 , the sewage is by pipeline 1 driven to integrated mechanical treatment device 2 with 2 to 4 mm crevices, where s particulate pollutants are caught. Then the sewage gets to vertical sand catcher 3 where the sand precipitates. After that the sewage gets to mixing chamber 4, and then to combined biological treatment device 5. The sludge from aeration zones 12 gets (under hydrostatic pressure) to mixing chamber 4 through free-flow pipelines 17. In case the described sewage biochemical 1o treatment plant employs 2 to 4 combined biological treatment devices, then it has single circulation pump 18. This is conditioned by the constructive re quirements for treatment plants, handling the hydrodynamic flows in the biofilters and aeration settling tanks, as well as temporary shutdowns of some elements. A large number of combined biological treatment devices 15 and single circulation pump 18 makes it too difficult to control the hydrody namic mode of biofilters and aeration settling tanks. A semi-industrial inves tigation has shown that if the number of the combined biological treatment devices is 4 to 6, it is advisable to make the mixing chamber of the treat ment plants unit with two simultaneously working pumps dividing them with 20 leaf gate partitions. From mixing chamber 4 the sewage is driven through head pipeline 19, by circulation pump 18, to spray line 8 of biofilters 6. Pipeline 19 also drives excess sludge to device 20. Valves 31 mounted at head pipelines control the sewage flow-rate to each distributing tray 32. As the sludge mix 25 ture gets to narrow distributing trays 32 at the initial sections, especially as circulation pump 18 is switched on, there is rough undulatory motion in the trays, which may result in the liquid run over the edges. Reduction of the liquid pressure and its flow leveling in the trays is all done with the help of gates 33. Due to the liquid high speed at the trays initial sections, ham 30 pered is the drain of the liquid to first drain fittings 34. To reduce the stream turbulence before the initial fittings, there are training plates 36 favoring the drain of the liquid to the fittings holes. The liquid flow through the fittings is controlled by way of altering the fittings height above the trays bottoms. At the same time one should try to IV reduce the length of the fittings as it reduces the amount of the biomass attached inside the fittings and correspondingly raises their delivery capac ity. The recommended length of the fittings mounted at the beginnings and ends of the trays is 2 to 6 diameters. The density of the falling jets is raised 5 due to the hollows of drain fittings 34 made as 1 to 1.5 revolution spirals with a height of less than 0.7 diameters. The optimal proportion between the consumption of power for spray line work and irrigation evenness defines the following parameters of the system: in case the distance from the upper ends of the emptying fittings of io the trays of the spray line to the reflecting disks is 0.8 to 2 m, the distances between the centers of the trays and the distances between the axes of the fittirgs should stay within the limits of 0.6 to 1.8 m. The biofilters feed of devices 5 is made of corrugated ceramic plates 42. Inclusion of metal compounds in the material raises the electrokinetic 15 potential of the material adsorptive layer. Electrostatic adhesion immobilizes the colonies of microorganisms. Frame 43 of thickenings is made as parallel and longitudinal bands and longitudinal bands with outstanding wavy parti tions 44 provides strength of the construction as the weight of the biomass layer grows. The attached microflora layer is directly influenced by the 20 coarseness made as claws 45 (0.1 to 1.5 mm). Reduction of bands 43 coarseness down to 0.1 to 0.5 mm reduces cohesion with the feed material, which alongside with wavy partitions 44 favors reduction of size of the pos sib.e silting zones and excess biomass discharge. The feed surface forms a layer of attached biomass whose thickness 25 reaches 10 mm, which (apart from the microflora sorbing and oxidizing the organic understratum - 50 to 70% of the solved organic matters) develops nitrifying and denitrifying microorganisms. Inclusion of metal particles in feed 7 material raises the electrokinetic effect which increases the potential of the adsorptive feed layer. A semi 30 industrial testing showed compact biomass accumulation (whose thickness reached 5 to 7 mm) on the sheets with metal compounds electroacoustical sputtering due to implantation in the feed surface layer of various com pounds like carbides, carbonitrides, intermetals, etc. These metal inclu sions are catalyzers raising the dynamic activity of the microorganisms.

I r The feed active centers sorb reacting substance molecules, their concen tration raises, which positively effects the adhesion of the surface layer. Combination of the structural-mechanical, kinetic and electrical factors sta bilizes nitrification and denitrification thus raising the degradation level of 5 the nitrogen-containing impurities in the plant. Laser radiation treatment of the circulating sewage and active sludge mixture in the biofilters spray line trays with the help of helium-neon lasers 37 in a scanning mode stimulates the growth of the active biomass bacte ria, especially the growth of the nitrifying and denitrifying microorganisms. 10 Test sludge radiation treatment with helium-neon lasers, the wave-length being 632.8 nm, during 3 minutes showed a 5.9 time growth of bacteria number within 1 hour after the treatment. Rise of the microorganisms bio logical activity reduces the negative effect of the microflora overload in case of an abrupt rise of organic and hydraulic plant loads. 15 The sewage-and-sludge mixture, after it has passed feed 7 of biofil ters 6, is collected with the help of trays 9 and driven to drain collectors 10. Disorganized drain of liquid, insufficient distance between the centers of the upper cuts of aeration columns 11, deviation in the fittings heights above the drain collectors bottoms, all cause chaotic movement of liquid, which 20 results in a lower effectiveness of air entraining in the aeration columns. That is why the upper section of the drain collectors should have training reflectors 40 to accept and drive down the liquid flow. Pressure extinction favors even liquid flow to the upper cuts of the aeration columns. The rec ommended distance between the columns cuts of 25 to 100 mm diameter 25 in the upper section within the limits of 50 to 500 mm reduces the turbu lence of the liquid flows in collectors 10 and favors its even distribution be tween the columns. Exact orientation of the upper cuts of the columns on the water level is done by way of fittings 39 screwing in and out, and bevel ing. Strong vortex cavities for sucking air in aeratic columns 11 are favored 30 by heliciform inner hollows in fittings 39 since they stabilize clockwise revo lutions as the liquid flows into the pipes. As shown by a semi-industrial in vestigation, the optimal height of rifling is between 0.5 diameter. Fittings 39 are mounted and aeration columns 11 cleaned through accesses 41.

I0 The effectiveness of air oxygen mass transfer into the liquid and aeration zone content stirring depends on the following major factors: aera tion columns diameter, liquid capacity (m3/h), proportion between the aera tion columns height above the liquid and the height of the columns sunk 5 section, aeration zone depth, columns placement in the aeration zone and air-tank separator configuration. The aeration columns inner diameters are recommended to stay be tween 40 and 70 mm. 25 to 40 mm diameters are also acceptable for smaller capacity range plants, yet in this case the m 3 /h capacity and the io amount of the involved air are especially badly influenced by the fact that the inside of the pipes biocenosis' fouling is P = 1.5 mm, due to which the pipes should be regularly cleaned. Application of 70 to 100 mm diameters (with a larger bypass through the columns) also provides a higher coeffi cient of mass transfer (Cs) within the pipes capacity (for example if dy is 70 15 mm q = 9 to 19 m 3 /h), yet this reduces the stirring effectiveness of the whole content of the aeration zone. To provide sufficient shock of the air water torches on the bottom, the recommended design liquid flow (m 3 /h) through the columns should be not less than half of the total of the mini murm and maximum capacities forming vortex cavities. 20 Proceeding from the optimum values: power consumption for liquid circulation through the biofilter to the aeratic columns - the aeration tank the mixing chamber, the treatment plant construction depth and aeration columns maintenance, the recommended height of the columns above the liquid level in the aeration tank for the combined biological treatment de 25 vices capacity range of 5 to 50 m 3 /day, is 1.2 to 1.8 m, the columns sunk section is recommended to stay between 1.5 and 2 m, while the columns lower cuts height above the bottom should stay between 0.05 and 0.2 m; if the capacity range is 100 to 15,000 m 3 /day, the columns upper section height should be between 2 and 3.5 m, the columns sunk section height be 30 tween 2.5 and 4 m, the columns lower cuts height above the bottom be tween 0.15 and 0.4 m. The distance between the lower cuts of the adjacent aeration columns (25 to 100 mm) and those columns mounted diagonally should be 0.5 to 3 m. To reduce the size of the aeration tank's bottom rec ommended are triangular rollers 48 mounted at the flat section of the aeration zone bottom. The optimum size of rollers 48, proceeding from the con ditions of the reaction zone maximum size, sludge liquid stirring effective ness and avoidance of sludge deposition, are as follows: width 0.5 to 2.0 m; height 0.5 to 1.5 m. In case of sedimentation of sludge flakes within settling 5 zone 15 of air-tank separator 13 there can be formed stagnant zones where the conic and flat sections of the aeration tank's bottom articulate, with fur ther decay and emersion of defunct sludge. That is why the minimum dis tance from the lower ends of the outermost columns of 25 to 50 mm diame ter to the corner should not exceed 0.5 to 0.7 m, while for 50 to 100 mm di 10 ameters the same should not exceed 0.7 to 1.2 m. The length of the lower leg of settling zone 15 conic part should make one half of the settling zone width plus 0.1 to 1.0 m. At the same time the distance from the bottom of the conic part of the partition separation aeration and settling zones, to the bottom should make 0.5 to 1.5 m. To prevent reduction of the shock of the 15 gas-and-liquid flows leaving the lower ends of aeration columns 11, the sludge mixture pipeline and correspondingly deterioration of the hydrody namical conditions of stirring the content of air-tank separator 13, pipeline 17 is mounted beyond the outward perimeter of the conic part of the air-tank separator bottom with holes or fittings 51 located under the angle of 0 to 90* 20 to the long axis of the pipeline and at a distance of 0.2 to 1.0 m from each other. In case followed are all the mentioned parameters of aeration col umns and air-tank separator structural devices placement, the water-air torches shock on the aeration zone bottom, the hydrodynamical movement 25 of the fluid flows, and air bubbles emersion exclude any active sludge deposition and decay. To fasten and develop the microflora oxidizing the organic matters and carrying out nitrification, the aeration zones reservoirs of the aeration settling tanks of the combined biological treatment devices have, above 30 rollers 48, biological feed blocks 49 made of plastic plates with holes of 3 to 30 mm and 5 to 50 mm long bristles. Blocks 49 may also be made of ce ramic sheets with holes of 3 to 30 mm and claws shaped as 5 to 40 mm long pivots or plates. The sheets, pivots or plates have evident coarseness in the form of claws. This coarseness favors immobilized microflora attachlr_ %J ment on the feed surface. Inclusion of metal compounds in the material raises the electrostatic adhesion of microflora, which alongside with the re duction of turbulence of the liquid flows inside the feed, favors older nitirify ing sludge development. Reduction of the liquid flows turbulence in the feed 5 reduces carrying-out of the adapted active sludge. The concentration of the active biomass within sunk feed 49 may reach 10 g/dm 3 . The reaction volumes of the aeration and settling zones oxidize the rest part of the organic impurities (30 to 50%) under low loads upon the sludge ~ 0.1 to 0.2 g.BOD/gsludge-day, mineralization of the waste biomass io of the biofilters feeds. The ash content of the sludge during developed nitri fication and partial denitrification equals 33 to 42%, the average water yield ing capacity specific resistance is 38 to 45-1010 cm/g. The excess sludge contains carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements, is characterized by high mineralization, fine water yielding capacity, does not decay and 15 thus, after additional treatment, may be used as a fertilizer. The purified water is drained from settling zones 15 to the collecting trays and driven to integrated sewage afterpurification bioreactors 21, where, in aeration chambers 22, is additionally saturated with dissolved oxygen with the help of water-jet aerators 23 and circulation pumps 24. 20 Pumps 24 are equipped with flexible hoses controlling the sinking depth. After that the water passes feed layer 27. The bioreactors feed may be made of plastic or ceramic plates 52 with attached 10 to 100 mm long pivots or plates 53 and 3 to 30 mm diame ter holes 54. These holes optimize the hydrodynamic mode of the liquid in 25 side the bioreactor at biomass swells (which raises the feed volume applica tion factor). The feed surface develops specific biocenosis using during its lifetime the residual concentrations of the organic matters and ammonium nitrogen. The coarseness (claws 55) favors immobilized microflora better attachment. To intensify attached biomass formation on the feed surface, 30 the feed is activated by way of inclusion of metal compounds into its com position. The liquid driven from devices 5 to bioreactors 21 also contains light flakes of defunct sludge. As the water moves through feed 27, the flakes are physically caught due to liquid filtering through biocenosis, which is favored by smaller distances between the pivots or plates in the feed upper section (3 to 5 mm) and formation of a 1 to 1.5 mm thick microflora layer in them. The attached microflora formed on the surface of feed 27 sorbs and oxidizes the residual organic impurities and further transforms the nitrogen 5 containing compounds. These biological processes are supplied with re quired air oxygen with the help of pump 24 and water-jet aerator 23. As suspended matters accumulate, bioreactors 21 are partially emptied and the feed regenerated with the help of spray line 26 and pump 24. Then the pump is sunk in the bioreactor pit and the liquid pumped away through to pipeline 25 to mixing chamber 4 of devices 5. Pipeline 19 delivers all excess sludge to excess sludge treatment device 20. The air from integrated mechanical treatment device rooms 2, sand catchers 3, combined biological treatment devices 5, bioreactors 21 and devices 20, is taken away by fan 29 and driven to used air treatment is device 30. In case of integrated treatment of household and industrial sewage with the content of organic impurities in BOD making up to 1,500 mgO 2 /dm 3 , suspended matters up to 700 mg/diM 3 , sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides, ammonium nitrogen up to 100 mg/dm 3 , the sewage is 20 driven through pipeline 1 to integrated mechanical treatment device 2, and then to sand catcher 3. From the collecting tray of sand catcher 3 the waste water gets to mixing chamber 4 where it is mixed together with the circulat ing sludge liquid of first combined biological treatment devices 56 and with 30 o 35% hydrogen peroxide solution driven through pipeline 59 from mix 25 ing device tank 60. Then the mixture of sewage, sludge and reagent is pumped by circulation pump 18 to head pipeline 61 to the spray line of biofilter devices 56. After that the liquid passes the feed of biofilter 46, is drained to aeratic columns, and then mixed with the active sludge of the air-tank separator. Introduction of a reagent in device 56 oxidizes sul 30 phuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides turning them into colloid sulphur and sulphates and reducing their inhibitory effect on the biocenosis. Above all, according to the investigations, the concentration of the oxygen dissolved in the waste water rises up to 5 to 6 mg/diM 3 , which intensifies biological treatment. Introduction of hydrogen peroxide in the mixing chamber of the first combined biological treatment device is advisable if the restored sul phur compounds concentration exceeds 20 mg/diM 3 . The hydrogen perox ide doze was empirically defined taking into account the initial concentra tion of the restored sulphur compounds, and it makes 10 to 100 mg/din 3 . 5 In case of multiple irrigations and contacts between the waste liquid and the biocenosis of the biofilter feed surface, and active sludge of the re action zone of the air-tank separator (1 to 3 hours), sulphuretted hydrogen undergoes degasification, the restored sulphur compounds are reagentally and biochemically oxidized, the organic impurities are biodegraded 50 to 10 70% in BOD, and there is partial denitrification (10 to 15%). The formation of a specific microflora (sulphur-bacteria, filamentous, thionyl microorgan isms, anammocs-bacteria) sorbing and oxidizing hydrosulfides, as well as carrying out partial denitrification in biofilter devices 56, is favored by spheric elements 46 with 8 cavities 47 whose axes meet in the center of the 15 sphere. Microflora attachment and development is favored by the coarse ness of the feed elements surface (0.1 to 1.5 mm), reduction of turbulence and longer time of contact between the defluent liquid and the biomass of the feed reservoirs. Advisable also is to use elements with 4 to 10 cavities. Long-term industrial investigations have shown that the optimal diameter of 20 the spherical elements is 70 mm as in this case the feed is not silted. At the same time, as purified is sewage with the content of the organic impurities in BOD less than 100 mg/dm 3 , one can use feed elements of a minimum diameter of 35 mm, even if BOD concentrations exceed 300 mg/diM 3 to 100 mm. In the production of elements for electrostatic adhesion and catalytic 25 effect on microflora, it is advisable to use clays with a high iron and alumin ium content. The ceramic feed material may additionally include high melting metal compositions. Pumping into inlet chamber 4 of first device 56 of some part of the circulation liquid from head pipeline 63 of second device 58 reduces organic 30 matters load on the biocenosis of first device 56 (thus microflora overload is avoided). The excess biomass containing significant amounts of adsorbed unoxidized organic matters of device 56 is mineralized in device 58. With this purpose the introduced sludge is pumped through pipeline 61 to mixing chamber 57 of device 58.

After that the clarified liquid of settling zone device 56 is driven to mixing chamber 57 of device 58. At the same place, through pipeline 1, driven is some part of the initial sewage, and through pipeline 59 driven is hydrogen peroxide solution of reservoir 60. Introduction of hydrogen perox 5 ide to mixing chamber 57 of second device 58 is advisable in case the re sidual restored sulphur compound after the first combined device exceeds 5 mg/dim 3 . Then the mixture of sewage, sludge and reagent is pumped through head pipeline 63 with the help of circulation pump 18 to the spray line of device 58 biofilter, where the remaining part of the organic impurities 10 is further sorbed and oxidized. At this stage and in case the organic matters load on the sludge is low (0.05 to 0.2 kg/BOD per 1 kg of ash free sub stance), there is complete organic impurities oxidation and fine nitrification and partial denitrification of nitrogen-containing compounds. The period of the sewage stay is 4 to 7 hours. To activate biological treatment in case of 15 microflora overload within device 56, 10 to 30% of the circulating liquid is purrped from head pipeline 63 of combined biological treatment second de vice 58 to mixing chamber 4 of device 56. If the content of ammonium nitro gen in the initial sewage exceeds 30 mg/diM 3 , the denitrifier 66 substratum is some part of sludge mixture of device 58, which is pumped through head 20 pipeline 63 to mixer 62. The sludge liquid is also partially pumped from pipeline 63 to excess sludge treatment device 20. The biofilters feed of devices 56, 58 may be made of spherical ele merits 46 and/or corrugated ceramic plates 42. To attach and develop the microflora oxidizing hydrosulfides and car 25 rying out nitrification, biological feed blocks 49 should be installed within the reservoirs of aeration settling tanks zones of devices 56 and/or 58. After that the purified waste water of the settling zone of device 58 gets to mixer 62, where, by circulation pump 18, also driven is the sludge liquid (substrate) of mixing chamber 4 of first device 56, or substrate of mix 30 ing chamber 57 of second device 58. Mixer 62 may accept 2 to 5% of the coagulant solution for reagent removal of phosphates. The resulting mixture is driven through the pipeline to the denitrifier with mechanical mixer 66. When in the denitrifier, nitrates nitrogen is transformed into volatile nitrogen forms. Soluble phosphates interact with the coagulant hydrolysis product, which results in the formation of coagulate precipitating together with active sludge in the lower section of denitrifier 66. The result is that the waste wa ter, after is has passed the denitrifier, reduces its nitrite and phosphates ni trogen concentrations. An experimental investigation has demonstrated that 5 the most effective coagulant is aluminium-containing coagulant modified by activated carbon. The coagulant doze in A1 2 0 3 , in view of the amount des tinec for the active sludge sorbtion of the coagulant hydrolysis products, makes 20 to 60 mg/dm 3 . Coagulant introduction further intensifies dehydration in excess 10 sludge treatment device 20. After that the waste water is driven through the collecting tray of deni trifier 66 by pipeline to aeration chamber 22 of bioreactor 21 equipped with water-jet aerator 23 where the volatile nitrogen is blown away and the liquid saturated with air oxygen. Then, as the liquid moves bottom-up, it contacts is with artificial feed 27. If the purification quality is to be raised in BOD and suspended mat ters up to 3 mg/dm 3 , phosphorus up to 0.2 mg/dm 3 , and ammonium nitro gen up to 0.4 mg/dm 3 , the treatment flow scheme is added by sorption filter 67. The waste water is driven to afterpurification filter 67 with a two-layer 20 feed. Contacting with the first layer, the biologically purified waste water is freed from fine particles like sludge flakes and alumophosphates hydroxo complexes; contacting with the other layer removes dissolved orthophos phates resulting from chemical adsorption due to the intermolecular interac tion between orthophosohates and the feed grains surface. The feed mate 25 rials of bioreactor 21 and filter 67 are regularly regenerated with pumps 18. The sludge and settlings of bioreactor 21 and filter 67 are driven away through the head pipeline of excess sludge treatment device 20 or in the mixing chamber of devices 56 and 58. In case of treatment of industrial sewage with the content of organic 30 impurities in BOD making 1,500 to 3,000 mgO 2 /dm , suspended matters up to 1,500 mg/dm 3 (ash content exceeding 30%), and fats up to 300 mg/diM 3 , the sewage being first mechanically purified in devices 2, 3, is driven by pump station 68 to biocoagulator-flotator 69.

Advisability of including biocoagulators in the treatment flow scheme is stipulated by the following: suspended matters precipitation (50-70%); partial removal of organic impurities (15-20%) due to the sorption properties of the removed excess sludge, flocculation and flotation; excess biomass 5 and impurities compaction (7 to 15 g/dm 3 ) before these are driven to the mechanical dehydration section; partial organic loads and pH averaging. The inlet chamber of the water-jet aerator of biocoagulator-flotator 69 also receives, through pipeline 63, the active sludge of mixing chamber 57. The feed chamber has 0.3 to 1.5 m long aeratic columns attached to it, their io canting angle to the pintle being 0 to 50*, equipped with tangentional fit tings. The liquid flow brings, through the aeratic columns, air qb = 0.8 m 3 /m 3 liquid (per a single column). The sewage-and-sludge mixture is revolved within biocoagulator-flotator 69 with the help of columns with tangentional fittings. The sludge-to-water contact lasts within the flocculation chamber 8 is to 20 min. Those fat particles floating with the air bubbles are removed by the liquid undulating movement to the collecting tray. The effectiveness of fat removal in the biocoagulator-flotator makes 60 to 80%. After the floccu lation chamber, the sludge mixture moves through the expansion cone to the settling zone where the sludge mixture is divided. After that the settled 20 waste liquid is driven to the mixing chambers of combined biological treat ment devices 56 and 58 where the remaining fats (60 to 100 mg/diM 3 ) and dissolved organic matters are sorbed and oxidized. In case of treatment of industrial sewage with the content of organic impurities in BOD making 3,000 to 50,000 mgO 2 /dm 3 , suspended matters 25 up to 1,500 mg/d M 3 , the sewage, after its mechanical treatment, is driven through the pipeline to biocoagulator-flotator 69 and/or directly to the lower section of anaerobic bioreactor 70. The pipes driving liquid to device 70 are evenly placed along the pe rimeter, the distances from the conic part of the bottom being 100 to 200 30 mm, which provides even distribution of upward flows within bioreactor 70 and washing of the settling anaerobic sludge. The incoming sewage con tacts with the sludge mixture (biomass concentration = 10 to 20 g/dm 3 ) in a counterflow mode during 1 to 8 hours. The sewage-and-sludge mixture is stirred with the help of the circulation pump intaking the settling sludge from the lower section of the anaerobic bioreactor and driving it through the pipe line to the upper section of the reactor. The sludge is introduced and its content stirred with the help of a distribution system consisting of several 0.3 to 2.5 m long pipes, their canting angle to the pintle being 0 to 70*, 5 equipped with tangential bends revolving the sludge mixture in the reactor. The anaerobic sludge sorbs and oxidizes 50 to 70% of the organic impurities and 60 to 80% of the suspended matters. Methane fermentation raises the concentration of sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides up to 100 mg/diM 3 and decreases the environment pH down to 4-5. 10 After that the liquid driven from the anaerobic bioreactor is directed through the pipeline to the mixing chamber of combined biological treatment devices 56, 58. Then the sewage-and-sludge mixture, through head pipe line circulation pump 18 mounted in the mixing chamber of first combined device 56, is driven to the spray line of devices 56, as well as to the mixing 15 chamber of second combined device 58. Through the head pipeline of cir culation pump 18 mounted in mixing chamber 57 of second combined de vices 58, the sludge mixture is driven to the spray line of device 58, to mix ing chamber 4, and to excess sludge treatment device 20. To the same places also driven is the condensed precipitate of the conic part of bioco 20 agulator 69 and/or anaerobic bioreactor 70. The design features of combined biological treatment devices, the two-stage scheme with successively connected combined biological treat ment devices and hydrogen peroxide application provide complete removal of sulphuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides. 25 Negative *pH effect on aerobic purification successively decreases due to waste liquid repeated dilution with circulating active sludge in the mixing chambers and sludge mixture contacting first with the biocenoses of the biofilters adapted to low pH values. Depending on the accepted treatment flow scheme, device 20 has 30 excess sludge pipelines running to it from combined biological treatment devices 5, 58, anaerobic bioreactor 70 and denitrifier 66. There is also a possibility of connecting biocoagulator 69 to device 20. The pipelines are connected to thickener 71 of devices 20. If there is a need to raise the ef fect of sludge and settlings thickening, to the thickener also connected is coagulants and/or flocculants delivery line 72. Then the condensed precipi tate is driven to band filter press 73, where formed is cake of predeter mined humidity of 75 to 85%. Dehydrated cake goes to grainer 74 where also connected is delivery line for organic and/or mineral additives 75. The 5 organic and mineral additives may be saw dust, sunflower seed husk and mineral fertilizers. The grains get from 74 to transporter rollers 76 with built in electric heating elements 77. Heating elements 77 may also be placed under the roller transporter and heat the grains. Revolving rollers have claws moving the grains. Microwave radiators 78 mounted above the 1o transporter additionally dry and dehelmintize the grains content. After that the grains are poured in collecting tank 79. The air from the mechanical, biological treatment and aftertreatment devices is driven by fan 29 to air treatment device 30 where it initially passes through irrigation chamber 80 where it contacts with sodium hy 15 pochlorite solution fed to irrigation system 81 by circulating pump 82. Irriga tion and movement of air and natrium hypochlorite solution drops through the artificial feed of section 84 results in interphase contacting. After that the air, through direct supply pipes 86, is driven to bubble section 83 where air bubbles once again contact the solution. Availability, in the lower section 20 of pipes 86, of smaller diameter pipes 87, divides the outlet air into little bubbles, which favors better surface contacting between the phases. The rising air, by air duct 92, gets to drop separator 93. As the liquid flows through collecting tray 85 to drain collector 89 and after that to water-jet air ejection pipes 88, some part of the air getting to device 30 (0.5 to 0.7 m 3 /m 3 25 of the liquid) is sucked in the pipes. Further emersion of the air bubbles stirs the contents of air-fit section 83 and intensively renews the gas-to liquid contacting surface of the whole contents. New solution is injected from hypochlirite tank 90. In case of emergency, odorant can be delivered from tank 91. The air, after its wet purification in air duct 92, gets to drop 30 separator 93. After that the air is driven for after-treatment to ultraviolet dis infection devices 95. A malfunction in sewage biochemical treatment may result in a whole process breakdown and consequently in objectionable odors. That is why, as the treatment plant is in emergency operation, the air treatment I-U flow scheme should include activated carbon filters 94 which, together with odorants, completely exclude any objectionable odors. Ejection of a little part of small hypochlorite droplets from drop separator 93 prevents forma tion of microflora within the activated feed pores. Heating (feed regenera 5 tion) usually takes place in the post-fault period. After the air has passed carbon filters, it is driven to ultraviolet disinfection devices 95. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION It is advisable to use the integrated sewage biochemical treatment io plant for the purification of household and industrial sewage produced by dwelling-houses, villages, towns and cities, meat-packing plants, fish proc essing plants, canneries, cattle breeding farms, yeast factories, breweries, sugar-mills, pulp and paper mills, chemical and microbiological enterprises, etc. 15 The level of purification of household and industrial sewage with BOD making 100 to 1,500 mg/dm 3 , suspended matters up to 700 mg/dm 3 , is 98 to 99%. In case the sewage BOD is only 50 to 100 mg/dM 3 , the plant's biofilters perform sorption and oxidation of 70 to 80% of the organic impurities. The biomass separated from the biofilter feed replenishes the 20 suspended sludge layer in the air-tank separator, which brings the purifica tion effect up to 99%. As shown by semi-industrial and industrial testings, the pending inte grated biochemical treatment plant provides complete removal of sulphuret ted hydrogen and hydrosulfides, reduction of the ammonium nitrogen con 25 centration from 100 mg/diM 3 down to 0.5 mg/diM 3 and phosphorus down to 0.2 mg/dM 3 . Inclusion of biocoagulators-flotators in the flow scheme of sewage two-stage biological treatment with combined devices brings the parameters of concentrated sewage (BOD content up to 3,000 mg/dm 3 , fats up to 300 30 mg/diM 3 and suspended matters up to 1,500 mg/dm 3 ) to the values equaling 10 to 15 mg/dm 3 . Inclusion of anaerobic bioreactors in the flow scheme of the inte grated sewage biochemical treatment plant provides effective strong sew age purification (BOD content up to 50,000 mg/dm 3

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The proposed plant solves a complex problem of sewage treatment, usec air treatment and valuable granulated fertilizer production. As compared to conventional aeration plants, the consumption of the power needed for biochemical treatment is 2 to 3 times less; the personnel 5 reduces by 50 to 70%; the treatment plants area is also 3 times less, and the sanitary-hygienic zone may be 50 to 100 m depending on the plant ca pacity.

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1. An integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant containing me chanical treatment devices, a sewage-and-sludge mixing chamber with a circulation pump and a combined biological treatment device including a 5 biofilter with a plane feed, a spray line, collecting trays and drain collectors which) are connected to water-jet aeratic columns sunk in aeration zones, and aftertreatment devices, is distinguished by the fact that within the com bined biological treatment device of 5 to 15,000 m 3 /day capacity, the biofil ters spray line includes trays with emptying fittings and reflecting disks, the 10 distance from the trays emptying fittings upper ends to the disk reflectors being 0.8 to 2 m, and the distance between the trays centers and the dis tance between the trays fittings axes being 0.6 to 1.8 m, as well as by the fact that, the aeration columns diameter ranging from 25 to 100 mm, their height above the liquid level in the aeration settling tanks is 1.2 to 3.5 m, 15 and the sinking height under the liquid level is 1.5 to 4 m; the distance be tween the upper columns cuts is 50 to 500 mm, and the distance between the lower aeration columns cuts is 0.5 to 3 m.

2. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the length of the emptying fittings installed in the spray line trays, is within 2 to 6 diame 20 ters; the diameter of the reflecting disks is 80 to 200 mm, and the pipelines driving the sewage-and-sludge mixture to the biofilter irrigating trays have shutters, and additionally, at the trays beginnings, there are gates, while before the initial emptying fittings there are training plates.

3. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the biofilter 25 spray line trays are equipped with helium-neon lasers stimulating microflora growth, nitrification and denitrification.

4. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the biofilter feed elements are spheres of a 35 to 100 mm diameter with 4 to 10 cavities whose axes meet in the center of the sphere; the spheres have surface 30 claws of 0.1 to 1.5 mm, and the material of the elements includes combina tions of metals.

5. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the biofilter feed is made of corrugated ceramic sheets of 0.5 to 1.5 m width, 0.5 to 3 m height, and 2 to 4 mm thickness, with 0.1 to 2 mm surface claws (coarse- j I ness), a frame of parallel and longitudinal wavy bands of 3 to 10 mm width and thickness; some part of the longitudinal bands made as 10 to 35 mm wide obtrusive wavy partitions, and the material of the sheets includes combinations of metals 5

6. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the drain col lector of the biofilter tray is equipped with a training reflector, the aeration columns upper section is made as fittings twisted into the sockets attached to the drain collector bottom, and the drain collector is supplied with a little access to assemble fittings and for pipes cleaning. 10

7. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the drain fit tings of the biofilters spray lines and the fittings of the aeration columns up per sections have 1 to 1.5 revolutions high heliciform hollows of a height not more than 0.7 fitting's diameter.

8. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the outer pe is rimeter of the partition detaching the biofilter space from the air-tank sepa rator space, at a distance of 0.5 to 1.5 m from each other, has holes or air bypassing valves.

9. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that for the aera tion columns diameters of 25 to 100 mm, the height of the columns lower 20 cuts above the aeration zone bottom is 0.05 to 0.4 m, while the distance from the outermost aeration columns lower section to the coupling between the flat and conic parts of the air-tank separator bottom is 0.5 to 1.2 m.

10. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that the length of the lower leg of the air-tank separator conic part equals half of the settling 25 zone width plus 0.1 to 1.0 m, the height of the partition's conic part lower section separating the aeration zone from the settling zone down to the bot tom, is 0.5 to 1.5 m, and the width of the triangular rollers located on the aeration zone bottom's flat section, is 0.5 to 2.0 m, while their height is 0.5 to '.5 m; the sludge draining pipeline is mounted along the outer perimeter 30 of the air-tank separator bottom's conic part and has holes or fittings placed under the angle of 0 to 90* to the pipeline's long axis and at a distance of 0.2 to 1.0 m from each other.

11. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that above the rollers there are biological feed blocks made of plastic plates with 3 to 30 mm holes and 5 to 50 mm long bristles, or ceramic plates that include metal compounds, with attached pivots or plates of various lengths (5 to 40 mm) and claws (0.1 to 1.5 mm) creating coarseness.

12. The plant of claim 1, is distinguished by the fact that it consists of 5 2 to 4 combined biological treatment devices connected to the joint mixing chamber by pipelines removing the sludge from the aeration settling tanks, and the head pipeline of the mixing chamber circulation pump is connected to the spray lines of the combined biological treatment biofilters.

13. A plant for integrated biochemical treatment of sewage with the io organic impurities in BOD making up to 3,000 mg/din 3 and fats up to 300 mg/d M 3 , including biocoagulators-flotators, combined biological treatment devices, is distinguished by the fact that the head pipeline circulation pump is mounted within the mixing chamber of the second combined device and connected to the spray line of the same device, to the mixing chamber of 15 the first combined device and to the water-jet aerator of the biocoagulator flotator or to the excess sludge treatment device, as well as by the fact that the aerator's feed chamber has 0.3m to 1.5m long aeratic columns, their canting angles to the pintle being 0 to 500, and tangential fittings.

14. A plant for integrated biochemical treatment of sewage with the 20 content of organic impurities in BOD making up to 50,000 mg/diM 3 , sul phuretted hydrogen and hydrosulfides, ammonium nitrogen up to 100 mg/diM 3 , including (for the impurities concentration in BOD making up to 3.000 mg/dm 3 ) mechanical treatment devices and in BOD up to 50,000 mg/dM 3 , anaerobic bioreactors, a sewage-and-sludge mixing chamber with 25 circulation pumps and combined biological treatment devices, is distin guished by the fact that the sewage driving pipeline is connected to the mixing chambers of combined biological treatment devices, and the head pipeline of the circulation pump mounted within the mixing chamber of the first combined devices, is simultaneously connected to the spray line, as 30 well as to the mixing chamber of the second combined device; and the head pipeline circulation pump, mounted within the mixing chamber of the second combined device is connected to the spray line of this device, to the mixing chamber of the first combined device, and to the excess sludge treatment device.

15. The plant of claim 14, is distinguished by the fact that circulating liquid distributing pipes within the anaerobic bioreactor device are sunk 0.3 to 2.5 m, their canting angle to the pintle being 0 to 700, and are equipped with tangentional fittings. 5

16. The plant of claim 14, is distinguished by the fact that the mixing chambers of the first and/or second combined plants have hydrogen perox ide driving pipelines connected to them.

17. An integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant is distin guished by the fact that it additionally equipped with denitrifiers and / or io post-treatment bioreactor with artificial feed. Mixer is installed on the pipe line disposing clarified liquid from the first and / or the second combined plants to denitrifiers. Force main of the first and / or the second combined plants' circulating pumps and pipelines feeding coagulant solution are at tached to this mixer. 15

18. The plant of claim 17, is distinguished by the fact that the biore actor feed is made of plastic or ceramic sheets with pivots or 10 to 100 mm long plates with 3 to 30 mm holes, and the distances between the pivots or plates and the diameters of the holes gradually reduce from the top of the feed to its bottom; the sheets, pivots or plates have claws of 0.1 to 1.5 mm, 20 and the feed material structure includes metal compositions.

19. An integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant is distin guished by the fact that it additionally includes a sorption filter with a feed able of phosphate chemical adsorption, this filter connected to the com bined biological treatment device and/or denitrifier and/or bioreactor 25

20. An integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant is distin guished by the fact that it additionally includes an excess sludge treatment device whose thickener has pipelines leading from the combined biological treatment devices, and/or biocoagulator, and/or anaerobic bioreactor; the thickener is in its turn connected to the belt filter press whose dehydrated 30 cake driving device is connected to the grainer, where also attached is the delivery line (for organic and/or mineral additives); the granule driving de vice is connected to the roller conveyor provided with electric heating ele ments, and/or to the microwave frequency radiators successively mounted above the transporter in its turn connected to the holding tank. 'J-T

21. An integrated sewage biochemical treatment plant is distin guished by the fact that air ducts from the combined biological treatment devices, excess sludge treatment devices, bioreactors, integrated me chanical treatment device rooms and sand catchers are successively con 5 nected to the sucking fitting of a high pressure fan whose head air duct is in its turn connected to the irrigation chamber of the air treatment device. The device is equipped with a spray line connected to the circulation pump whose sucking fitting is connected to the air-fit section of the device. Above the air-fit section there is the devices' clip-on section filled with artificial 1o feed, a collecting tray with direct air feeding pipes (their length is 1,2 - 2,5 m, they are 0.4 to 0.7 m sunk within the liquid of the air-fit section and filled in their lower section with small diameter pipes) and water-jet air ejection pipes that are attached to drain tank and are located at 0.6 to 1.8 m above the liquid and sunk within the liquid by 1 to 3 m. The air treatment device is has a connection to the natrium hypochlorite solution tank, odorant solution tank and air duct in its turn connected to the water-drop eliminator that is successively connected to the activated carbon filter and ultraviolet disin fect on unit.