CA2000982C - Process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water - Google Patents

Process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water

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CA2000982C
CA2000982C CA 2000982 CA2000982A CA2000982C CA 2000982 C CA2000982 C CA 2000982C CA 2000982 CA2000982 CA 2000982 CA 2000982 A CA2000982 A CA 2000982A CA 2000982 C CA2000982 C CA 2000982C
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Kaoru Chigusa
Michiyo Matsumaru
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Research Association of Biotechnology for Organic Fertilizer
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    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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    • C02F3/00Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
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    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02WCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Abstract

(1) A process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water comprises the steps of separating a yeast appearing in the waste water, subjecting the separated yeast to large-quantity culture, and treating the waste water by a high-load operation using the cultured yeast as a seed fungus under the conditions of a volume load of 10 to 80 kg-BOD/m3 day and a yeast load of 1.0 to 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeastday, whereby it is possible to treat the high-concentration waste water efficiently with a small volume for treatment. The quantity of air required of a diffuser system blower may be 0.15 to 0.60 kg-O2/kg-BOD-removed, the value being 1/3 to 2/3 times that in a general activated sludge method. A
pH of not more than 5.0 and a residence time of at least 1.5 hours may be employed. To obviate the conflict between the yeast and bacteria, it is recommendable to add C?2 to a reservoir in an amount of 10 to 50 mg/?. If it is impossible to add C?2 to the reservoir, the C?2 may be added to a yeast tank in the same amount as above-mentioned. This process, when carried out under the conditions mentioned above, promises an increase in the efficiency of the plant for treatment of the carbohydrate-containing waste water. Upon the treatment of the waste water, a surplus of yeast is generated, which contains (2) proteins and vitamines in high contents and, therefore, is capable of being taken by a fodder company as fodder or fertilizer; thus, the disposal cost associated with the surplus yeast is saved. On the other hand, an about 20%
portion of the influent BOD, which is left upon the treatment with yeast, requires an after-treatment, so that an expense is necessary for disposal of the sludge formed.
The disposal cost required in this case, however, is as low as about 1/4 times that required in the general activated sludge method, and the disposal cost for the after-treated sludge is substantially negligible because it can be canceled by selling the surplus yeast as fodder or fertilizer, as mentioned above. Thus, the process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water promises a marked reduction in the treatment cost for the waste water.

Description

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PROCESS FOR HIGH-LOAD TREATMENT OF CARBOHYDRATE-CONTAINING
WASTE WATER

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention This invention relates to a process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water by utilizing a yeast appearing in the waste water, with a higher efficiency as compared to conventional methods.
(2) Description of the Prior Art As an example of conventional methods for waste water treatment, there has been a method of treating an inflow of sewage with an activated sludge in an aerator.
Since the activated sludge in the aerator is composed mainly of bacteria, a large amount of sludge is formed upon the treatment. A surplus of sludge is incinerated in most cases, through it is sometimes converted into fertilizer by composting.
The conventional sewage treatment method by the activated sludge requires a large-scale treatment plant, with a great site area, as well as a high construction cost inclusive of that for incineration of sludge.
Besides, the conventional method involves heavy expenses for electric power supplied to a diffuser, for maintenance such as disposal associated with sludge incineration, etc.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention contemplates overcoming the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.
It is an object of this invention to provide a process of high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water which comprises the steps of propagating a yeast appearing in the waste water, and treating the waste water by a high-load operation using the propagated yeast, which promises an increase in the efficiency of a plant for treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water, and which enables the yeast used for the waste water treatment to be subsequently utilized as fodder or fertilizer, thereby achieving a corresponding saving in the cost for disposal, such as incineration.
The process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water according to this invention comprises the steps of separating a yeast appearing in the waste water, subjecting the separated yeast to large-quantity culture, and treating the waste water by a high-load operation using the cultured yeast as a seed fungus under the following conditions:
volume load : 10 to 80 kg-BOD/m~-day, yeast load : 1.0 to 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day.
Preferably, the following conditions will apply:
pH : up to 5.0, and C 2 addition: 10 to 50 mg/~.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of some preferred embodiments of the invention, referring to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is a flow sheet showing a device for treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water according to one embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) volume load and BOD removal rate, for proving the stability of the process according to the invention; and Fig. 3 is a flow sheet showing a device for treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water according to another embodiment of the invention.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

As one preferred embodiment of this invention, an experimental example of a treatment with yeast of waste water from a bakery will now be explained below.
Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a flow sheet of a device for treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water used in the experiment of this invention. In the 200098~

figure, a raw water reservoir 2 is fed with the carbohydrate-containing waste water, whereas a yeast treatment tank 2 is provided for treating the waste water fed from the raw water reservoir 1 (serving also for production of yeast), and a sedimentation basin 3 is provided for sedimentation of a mixed liquid transferred from the yeast treatment tank 2. The sedimentation basin 3 is so designed that it is possible to transfer the supernatant therefrom into a catalytic oxidation tank 4, lo described later, return the sedimented yeast therefrom into the yeast treatment tank 2, and to withdraw a surplus of yeast therefrom. The separation between the yeast and the supernatant may be carried out by any of gravity separation in the sedimentation basin 3, centrifugation, film separation, etc. The catalytic oxidation tank 4, as an after-treatment device, is provided for treating the substrates in the waste water which have not been removed by the treatment in the yeast treatment tank 2. The after-treatment tank, also, may be based on the activated sludge method or coagulating sedimentation, as reqruied.
The species of fungi associated with the yeast treatment belonged mainly to the genus Trichorsporon and the genus Saccharomyces.
The yeast treatment tank 2 was operated under the following conditions:

(1) Volume load: 25 kg-BOD/m3-day (2) Yeast load: 1.25 to 2.5 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day (3) Yeast concentration: 10000 to 20000 mg/Q
(4) Quantity of O2 required: 0.20 to 0.6 kg-O2/kg-BOD-removed (5) Residence time (HRT): 2.5 hr (6) DO: 0.1 to 0.5 mg/Q
(7) pH: 3.0 to 4.0 (8) SRT: 10 to 20 days.
When heavy propagation of bacteria occurred in the yeast tank, sodium hypochlorite was added to the yeast tank for sterilization. In that case, the CQ2 concentration in the tank was set to 20 to 50 mg/Q. When the raw water contained a large amount of SS (suspended solid) components, namely, the bacteria propagated in the raw water reservoir and solids, H2SO~ was added to the raw water reservoir shown in Fig. 1 so as to obtain a pH of about 2.0, and CQ2 was added in the above-mentioned amount of 20 to 50 mg/~, to achieve solubilization of the SS
components and sterilization, thereby enabling the reactions in the yeast tank to proceed smoothly.
Upon the treatment of the carbohydrate-containing waste water with the yeast under the above-mentioned specified conditions, the properties of the effluent from the yeast treatment tank 2 (the supernatent in the sedimentation basin 3) were measured, the results being shown in the following table.

Table CODcr BOD T-N T-P n-HEX pH C/N
mg/Q mg/Q mg/Q mg/Q extracts ratio Influent water 3800 2600 75 48 138 4.3 19 Effluent less tha~
water 830 330 15 34 9 5.0 Removal rate 78% 87% 80% 29% 93Z

Besides, for proving the stability of operation of the yeast treatment tank 2, the relationship between BOD volume load and BOD removal rate based on the above results of waste water treatment is shown in Fig. 2.
Further, when the yeast treatment tank 2 is used as a pre-treatment device, the characteristics of the yeast enable a high-load treatment of waste water even if the waste water contains normal-hexane (n-HEX) extracts, highly salty substrates, antibiotics, etc., by using a reduced quantity of air and a small volume for treatment, similarly to the above. This point distinguishes the process of this invention from the activated sludge method employing bacteria.
Namely, the experiment of the invention gave a BOD removal rate of 87% under a volume load of 25 kg-BOD/m3-day, with a surplus of capability. Moreover, the quantity of oxygen required is small, and under 25 kg-BOD/m3 was 0.2 kg-O2/kg-BOD-removed. Besides, the ratio of air quantity to the quantity of BOD removed has a tendency to decrease with an increase in the load, and the process of the invention is good in stability.
The above results shows that the yeast treatment tank 2 is best suited for use as a pre-treatment device for removing at least 80% of the BOD.
Further, the surplus yeast withdrawn from the sedimentation basin 3 is capable of being utilized effectively as fertilizer or fodder, because of its high protein and vitamine contents, and sludge incineration cost is saved accordingly.
Based on the experimental results above, in this invention the operating conditions of the yeast treatment tank 2 have been specified as follows:
volume load: 10 to 80 kg-BOD/m3-day, and yeast load : 1.0 to 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day.
The reason for the neccesity of the high loads is that a yeast load below 0.5 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day causes 200098:~

autolysis, and a low yeast load below 1.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day causes the yeast to tend to conflict with bacteria (activated sludge) and, as a result, be defeated by the bacteria. The range of yeast load in which the yeast is capable of serving for the intended treatment without being defeated by the bacteria is 1.0 to 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day; the yeast load, when multiplied by the yeast concentration, gives a volume load value of 10 to 80 kg-BOD/m3-day. When the yeast load is more than 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day, the quantity of oxygen is the rate-determining factor, so that it is impossible to achieve a BOD removal rate of at least 80%. Though it seems that the volume load may take any value that satisfies the above-mentioned conditions, a volume load of 80 kg-BOD/m3-day with a yeast load of 5 kg-BOD/kg-yeast-day corresponds to a required yeast concentration of 16000 mg/0, and agitation is considered to be the rate-determining factor at yeast concentrations above the value.
Fig. 3 illustrates another embodiment of this invention. A catalytic oxidation tank 4 used in this embodiment is an after-treatment device for treating the supernatant sent from the sedimentation basin 3 after the yeast treatment. The treated water obtained upon the treatment in the catalytic oxidation tank is sterilized, before being discharged. The sterilized water is fed back into the yeast treatment tank 2.
The feed-back of the sterilized water into the yeast treatment tank 2 is adopted as a measure to cope with the penetration, if any, of bacteria into the system, in consideration of the fact that the yeast is mold and is, therefore, resistant to C~ 2 ~ The yeast, being mold, is resistant also to normal-hexane extracts and antibiotics.
As has been described above, according to this invention, a yeat appearing in a carbohydrate-containing waste water is utilized to perform a high-load treatment of the waste water under specified conditions. This process makes it possible to perform the high-load treatment of the waste water efficiently by using an extremely small volume for treatment and a reduced quantity of air, even if the waste water contains normal-hexane extracts, highly salty substrates, antibiotics, etc.. Thus, the process according to this invention is highly economical to carry out. In addition, the process of the invention enables the surplus yeast to be utilized effectively as fertilizer or fodder. Moreover, by the process of the invention, the surplus of sludge which is 200098;~

removed from the after-treatment device is capable of being reduced to a very low value of less than 20% based on that in the conventional activated sludge method.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A process for high-load treatment of carbohydrate-containing waste water which comprises the steps of separating a yeast appearing in the waste water, subjecting the separated yeast to large-quantity culture, and treating the waste water by a high-load operation using the cultured yeast as a seed fungus under the following conditions:
volume load: 10 to 80 kg-BOD/m3day, and yeast load : 1.0 to 5.0 kg-BOD/kg-yeastday.
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