A continuous-flow microwave reaction system

这项提案的申请者是不列颠哥伦比亚大学环境工程小组的废水处理研究小组。虽然每个申请者都有独特的专业，但我们作为一个团队工作和合作。我们的研究项目涵盖了广泛的废物流-例如，废物处理废水、生物养分去除系统、膜处理工艺、食品加工废物、牲畜废物、化粪池废水、农业径流、垃圾填埋场径流、纸浆厂废水和堆肥作业的渗滤液。许多项目已经从传统的固体减少和碳去除的处理方法演变为营养物质的去除、回收和管理的高级处理方法。需要开发具有成本效益的创新废物处理技术和有机残留物管理方法。UBC开发的微波强化高级氧化工艺(MW-AOP)已经显示出巨大的潜力，在解决有机固体和/或污水污泥管理的需求方面看起来非常有前途。预期使用所要求的设备--连续流动微波反应系统--可以在将工作从实验室规模扩大到试点规模方面取得重大进展。如果成功，这将对废水处理部门产生重大影响，并可为从废物中回收资源作出非常重大的贡献。

The applicants of this proposal are the wastewater treatment research team of the Environmental Engineering Group at UBC. While each applicant has unique specializations, we work and cooperate as a team. Our research projects have encompassed a broad spectrum of waste streams - for example, waste treatment effluents, biological nutrient removal systems, membrane treatment processes, food processing wastes, livestock wastes, septic tank effluents, agricultural runoff, landfill runoff, pulp mill effluents, and leachate from composting operations. Many projects have evolved from the conventional treatments of solids reduction and carbon removal to the advanced treatment methods of nutrient removal, recovery and management. The development of innovative cost-effective waste treatment technologies and methods of organic residues management is in demand. The microwave enhanced advanced oxidation process (MW-AOP) developed at UBC has shown great potential, and looks very promising in addressing the needs of organic solids and/or sewage sludge management. It is expected that with the requested equipment, a continuous flow microwave reaction system, a significant progress could be made to scale-up the work from a lab-scale to a pilot-scale.  If successful, this would have a major impact in the sector of wastewater treatment, and could make a very significant contribution to resource recovery from wastes.