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Composition, Production, and Treatment of Sewage Sludge

In: Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management and Resource Efficiency

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  • Rodrigo De Freitas Bueno

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Sewage treatment ultimately culminates in the concentration of the solid phase. Sludge are separated mainly in primary or secondary decanters. Even in biological treatment, where biological degradation of organic matter actually occurs, there is the separation of excess sludge concentrated in the bottom of the secondary settlers of activated sludge systems or biological filters. In fact, the production of sludge is an important differential in the choice of the treatment system. While purely aerobic systems such as activated sludge or high-rate biological filters can produce 0.6-0.8 kgSS/kgBOD applied, sludge production in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor is only about 0.2 kgSS/kgCOD applied. Even the mixed anaerobic/aerobic system leads to less sludge production than that of an exclusively aerobic system. This advantage is very important nowadays, especially since, besides reducing the treatment needs, the difficulties with the final disposal of the sludge are usually very large.

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  • Rodrigo De Freitas Bueno, 2020. "Composition, Production, and Treatment of Sewage Sludge," Chapters, in: Basak Kilic Taseli (ed.), Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management and Resource Efficiency, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:209025
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.91665
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    Keywords

    sewage sludge; densification; digestion; anaerobic sludge digestors; dimensioning;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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