Recirculating Hydrolyzed Biosolids to Anaerobic Digestion Process: Impact on Nutrients and Recalcitrant Organics

在加拿大，城市污水处理厂每年产生约780,000干吨生物固体，其中约50%的生物固体用于土地应用。生物固体是由废水处理产生的富含营养的有机物质，经过充分处理，可以安全地在土地上使用。生物固体的土地应用已被证明是一种具有成本效益的废物处理方法，可以有益地回收有机物和营养物质，改善土壤质量。然而，未经充分处理的生物固体也可能对环境和人类健康构成潜在威胁。实现完全治疗的一种方法是通过使用合作组织Lystek的专利LystMize®工艺。Lystek工艺是一种创新的、节能的、低温的热化学污泥水解技术，它使用专有的热、高pH值和高剪切混合的组合来产生高固体和无病原体的产品。拟议工作的目的是评估使用LysteMize®工艺处理生物固体时营养物质和顽固性有机物的命运。

In Canada, municipal wastewater treatment plants generate an estimated 780,000 dry tonnes of biosolids per year, of which about 50% of the biosolids are land applied. Biosolids are nutrient rich organic material resulting from wastewater treatment that has been sufficiently processed to be land-applied safely. Land application of biosolids has proven a cost-effective method of waste disposal by beneficially recycling organic matter and nutrients and improving soil quality. However, not fully treated biosolids may also pose a potential threat to the environment and human health. One way of achieving complete treatment is through the use of a patented LystMize® process by the partnering organization Lystek. The Lystek process is an innovative, energy efficient and low temperature thermal-chemical sludge hydrolysis technology which uses a proprietary combination of heat, high pH, and high shear mixing to generate high solids and pathogen free product. The objective of the proposed work is to assess the fate of nutrients and recalcitrant organics in biosolids when processed using LysteMize® process.