Title: Treatment of odour containing hydrogen sulphide released from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plant with SBR process by bio-trickling filter
Authors: Lanhe Zhang, Qunhui Wang, Niantao Xue, Shulei Tian, Weiming Xie, Takayuki Shimaoka
Addresses: School of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, Jilin 132012, China. ' Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. ' Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. ' Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. ' Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. ' Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Abstract: In order to check the removal efficiency of odour containing Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) from Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) process at lower temperature, deodorisation experiment was carried out for four months at pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plant in winter by the bio-trickling filter packed with ZX01 stuffing. The results suggested that the removal efficiency of H2S was higher than 98% and the corresponding volumetric loading achieved 180 g m−3 h−1, and the optimum spray water flow rate was 9.5 L h−1. The bio-trickling filter can be operated steadily for a long time at lower temperature.
Keywords: bio-trickling filters; hydrogen sulphide; H2S; carrier; deodorisation; pharmaceutical factory; sequencing batch reactors; SBR; wastewater treatment; odour removal; pharmaceutical wastewater.
International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2009 Vol.38 No.1/2, pp.140 - 150
Published online: 22 Jun 2009 *
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