Industrial Waste Water Treatment
1,Basic purpose of a Sewage Treatment Plant
Remove sludge and precipitate out phosphates via chemical addition in primary clarification (e.g. Polymer, alum, ferric chloride)
Remove ammonium present in human waste through activated aeration (“the bugs”)…… NH4+ ------> NO3- Remove the NO3- in the anaerobic stage…. NO3- -----> N2 + O2 (Nitrogen gas to environment).
In result: Reduction of total nitrogen
Remove of organic materials. Oxidization into CO2.
In result: Reduction of total organic carbon
2,Typical Sewage Treatment Plant Design