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ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU

Year 2021, Volume: 26 Issue: 2, 389 - 400, 31.08.2021
https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.932288

Abstract

Okside edici çeşitli kimyasalların kullanımıyla gerçekleştirilen çamur dezentegrasyonu, anaerobik çamur çürütme performansını ve biyogaz verimini önemli derecede arttıran bir çamur ön arıtım yöntemi olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada farklı dozlarda hidrojen peroksit (HP) ve peroksimonosülfat (PMS) kimyasalları kullanılarak, konserve gıda fabrikası orijinli bir atık aktif çamur örneği dezentegre edilmiştir. Ayrıca ultrasonik yöntemle gerçekleştirilen aktivasyon işleminin (40 kHz, 30 dak.) etkisi, dezentegrasyon verimliliği açısından irdelenmiştir. Uygulanan yöntemlerin etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi, çamurdaki çözünmüş kimyasal oksijen ihtiyacı (ÇKOİ) parametresindeki değişimler üzerinden yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonuçları, sadece HP ve PMS ile yapılan dezentegrason yöntemlerinde ulaşılan maksimum ÇKOİ değerlerinin istatistiksel olarak benzer olduğunu göstermiştir. Ultrasonik yöntemle aktivasyonun gerek PMS gerekse HP ile gerçekleştirilen çamur dezentegrasyon verimliliğini belirgin şekilde arttırdığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Dezentegre edilmemiş çamurda 0,05 olarak belirlenen ÇKOİ/TKOİ (Çözünmüş Kimyasal Oksijen İhtiyacı/Toplam Kimyasal Oksijen İhtiyacı) değeri ultrasonik olarak aktive edilmiş kimyasal ilavesiyle 0,33-0,36 seviyelerine çıkmıştır. Yürütülen çalışma kapsamında ultrasonik olarak aktive edilmiş HP’nin 44 mM dozunda uygulanmasıyla en yüksek çamur dezentegrasyon verimliliğine ulaşıldığı tespit edilmiştir.

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Disintegration of Waste Activated Sludge by Hydroxyl and Sulfate Radicals

Year 2021, Volume: 26 Issue: 2, 389 - 400, 31.08.2021
https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.932288

Abstract

Sludge disintegration using various oxidizing chemicals is accepted as a sludge pretreatment method that significantly increases anaerobic sludge digestion performance and biogas yield. In this study, waste-activated sludge from a canned food factory was disintegrated using different doses of hydrogen peroxide (HP) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) chemicals. In addition, the ultrasonic activation process (40 kHz, 30 min.) has been examined with respect to sludge disintegration efficiency. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the applied methods was made via the changes in the dissolved chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) parameter in the sludge. The results of the study showed that the maximum SCOD values achieved by HP and PMS disintegration were statistically similar. It has been concluded that the activation by the ultrasonic method significantly increased the efficiency of sludge disintegration performed with both PMS and HP. The value of SCOD/TCOD (Dissolved Chemical Oxygen Demand/Total Chemical Oxygen Demand) determined as 0.05 in the non-disintegrated sludge increased to 0.33-0.36 levels with the addition of ultrasonically activated chemicals. It has been determined that the highest sludge disintegration efficiency has been achieved with the application of ultrasonically activated HP at a dose of 44 mM.

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  • Eskicioglu, C., Prorot, A., Marin, J., Droste, R.L., ve Kennedy, K.J. (2008) Synergetic Pretreatment of Sewage Sludge by Microwave Irradiation in Presence of H2O2 for Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion, Water Research, 42(18), 4674-4682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2008.08.010
  • Gao, Yu, Yong Liu, ve Tao Han. (2019) Pretreatment of Waste Activated Sludge Based on Pulsed Electric Eield and Corona Discharge Techniques, In The Activated Sludge Process: Methods and Recent Developments, ed. Benjamin Lefèbvre. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 1–62. ISBN: 978-1-53615-202-9
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  • Kim, T. H., Lee, S. R., Nam, Y. K., Yang, J., Park, C., ve Lee, M. (2009) Disintegration of excess activated sludge by hydrogen peroxide oxidation, Desalination, 246, 275-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2008.06.023
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  • Liu, C., Wu, B., ve Chen, X. (2018) Sulfate radical-based oxidation for sludge treatment: A review, In Chemical Engineering Journal, 335, 865-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.10.162
  • Matzek, L. W., ve Carter, K. E. (2016) Activated persulfate for organic chemical degradation: a review, Chemosphere 151, 178–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.055
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  • Olabi, A., ve Yıldız, S. (2021) Sludge Disintegration Using UV Assisted Sono-Fenton Process, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14505-1
  • Öztürk, İ. (1999) Anaerobik Biyoteknoloji ve Atık Arıtımındaki Uygulamaları, Su Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul.
  • Prorot, A., Julien, L., Christophe, D., ve Patrick, L. (2011) Sludge disintegration during heat treatment at low temperature: A better understanding of involved mechanisms with a multiparametric approach, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 54(3), 178-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2011.02.016
  • Rahmani, A. R., Mousavi-Tashar, A., Masoumi, Z., ve Azarian, G. (2019) Integrated advanced oxidation process, sono-Fenton treatment, for mineralization and volume reduction of activated sludge, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 168, 120-126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.10.069
  • Rastogi, A., Al-Abed, S. R., ve Dionysiou, D. D. (2009) Sulfate radical-based ferrous-peroxymonosulfate oxidative system for PCBs degradation in aqueous and sediment systems, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 85(3), 171-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.07.010
  • Ren, W., Zhou, Z., Zhu, Y., Jiang, L. M., Wei, H., Niu, T., Fu, P., ve Qiu, Z. (2015) Effect of sulfate radical oxidation on disintegration of waste activated sludge, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 104, 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.07.008
  • Shen, H. ve Anastasio C. (2012) A comparison of hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide generation in ambient particle extracts and laboratory metal solutions, Atmospheric Environment, 46, 665- 668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.006
  • Skórkowski, L., Zielewicz, E., Kawczyński, A., ve Gil, B. (2018) Assessment of excess sludge ultrasonic, mechanical and hybrid pretreatment in relation to the energy parameters, Water (Switzerland), 10(5), 551. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050551
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  • Wacławek, S., Grübel, K., ve Černík, M. (2016) The impact of peroxydisulphate and peroxymonosulphate on disintegration and settleability of activated sludge, Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 37(10), 1296-1304. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1112434
  • Wang, J., ve Wang, S. (2018) Activation of persulfate (PS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and application for the degradation of emerging contaminants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 334, 1502–1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.11.059
  • Wolski, P. (2020) Sonification Energy in the Process of Ultrasonic Disintegration, Journal of Ecological Engineering, 21(3): 36–40. https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/118301
  • Yang, S. S., Guo, W. Q., Meng, Z. H., Zhou, X. J., Feng, X. C., Zheng, H. S., Liu, B., Ren, N. Q., ve Cui, Y. S. (2013) Characterizing the fluorescent products of waste activated sludge in dissolved organic matter following ultrasound assisted ozone pretreatments, Bioresource Technology, 131, 560-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.024
  • Yang, S., Wang, P., Yang, X., Shan, L., Zhang, W., Shao, X., ve Niu, R. (2010) Degradation efficiencies of azo dye Acid Orange 7 by the interaction of heat, UV and anions with common oxidants: Persulfate, peroxymonosulfate and hydrogen peroxide, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 179(1-3), 552-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.039
  • Ye, F., Ji, H., ve Ye, Y. (2012). Effect of potassium ferrate on disintegration of waste activated sludge (WAS), Journal of Hazardous Materials, 219-220, 164-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.070
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Environmental Engineering
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Anıl Elele 0000-0002-8075-6531

Fatma Olcay Topaç 0000-0002-6364-4087

Publication Date August 31, 2021
Submission Date May 4, 2021
Acceptance Date June 1, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 26 Issue: 2

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APA Elele, A., & Topaç, F. O. (2021). ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, 26(2), 389-400. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.932288
AMA Elele A, Topaç FO. ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU. UUJFE. August 2021;26(2):389-400. doi:10.17482/uumfd.932288
Chicago Elele, Anıl, and Fatma Olcay Topaç. “ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 26, no. 2 (August 2021): 389-400. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.932288.
EndNote Elele A, Topaç FO (August 1, 2021) ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 26 2 389–400.
IEEE A. Elele and F. O. Topaç, “ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU”, UUJFE, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 389–400, 2021, doi: 10.17482/uumfd.932288.
ISNAD Elele, Anıl - Topaç, Fatma Olcay. “ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 26/2 (August 2021), 389-400. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.932288.
JAMA Elele A, Topaç FO. ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU. UUJFE. 2021;26:389–400.
MLA Elele, Anıl and Fatma Olcay Topaç. “ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 2, 2021, pp. 389-00, doi:10.17482/uumfd.932288.
Vancouver Elele A, Topaç FO. ATIK AKTİF ÇAMURUN HİDROKSİL VE SÜLFAT RADİKALLERİ İLE DEZENTEGRASYONU. UUJFE. 2021;26(2):389-400.

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