ANALYSIS OF TOC VALUES OF MIXED SEWAGE SLUDGE FOLLOWING THE HYDRODYNAMIC TREATMENT, IN COURSE OF PILOT EXPERIMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF R&D GINOP ONGOING PROJECT

Abstract

The primary and secondary stages in wastewater treatment generate a large amount of sewage sludge consisting of 90% water, mineral components, nutrients and also a variety of organic and inorganic contaminants. The contaminants do not degrade completely during these processes, thus an additional degradation is needed to stabilize the sewage sludge. The innovative technology is proposed consisting of hydrodynamic cavitation process along with the addition of Bakony brown coal as adsorbent. Hydrodynamic cavitation is known as an effective tool improving sewage sludge stabilization via aerobic degradation, while adsorbent, besides the adsorption ability, has microbial cells disintegration ability as well, further enhancing the biodegradation process. The changes in total organic carbon (TOC) values of sewage sludge after hydrodynamic treatment for various retention times (0, 5, 10, 15, and 25 minutes) was traced and interpreted.