Study on the dewatering process for water treatment residuals: Applicability of freezing–thawing, compression, and electro-osmotic treatment
Study on the dewatering process for water treatment residuals: Applicability of freezing–thawing, compression, and electro-osmotic treatment
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DOI:
10.1080/07373937.2016.1253021
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发表时间:
2017-06
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Yuqi Hu;Yili Wang
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作者:
Yuqi Hu;Yili Wang
ABSTRACT The applicability of freezing–thawing, compression, and electro-osmotic unit on dewatering water treatment residuals (WTRs) was studied through freezing–thawing conditioning followed by a pressurized electro-osmotic dewatering (PEOD) process. Results showed that 86.12% of bound water was released after freezing–thawing treatment at the optimum freezing temperature of −10°C and duration of 22 h. At optimized mechanical pressure of 811 kPa and voltage of 30 V, the subsequent PEOD could lead to a water content of 58.70% in WTRs with estimated energy consumption of 0.107 kWh/kg (water removed), and free water was obviously removed by compression, while bound water content (BWC) remained stable. Moreover, freezing–thawing treatment remarkably reduced the PEOD duration from 200 to 20 min. Electro-osmotic treatment could accelerate dewatering rate and improve dewatering efficiency especially for raw WTRs. Therefore, direct compression on raw WTRs could be suited to warm regions, while natural freezing–thawing treatment combined with compression/electrical compression will be selected in cold regions.