National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
Identification and investigation of key biotic and abiotic factors in sewage sludge bio-drying process
Pilnáček, Vojtěch ; Innemanová, Petra (advisor) ; Najmanová, Petra (referee) ; Wrzecionko, Jakub (referee)
The work is focused on the pretreatment of sewage sludge after anaerobic stabilization by the process of biodrying. Biodrying is a process in which the organic substrate undergoes aerobic decomposition and at the same time, due to the increased temperature and the blowing air, it is dried. The aim of the work was to optimize the most important process variables, to verify whether the process is suitable for pretreatment of sewage sludge before use as fuel or fertilizer in the context of Czech legislation and to investigate which groups of organisms and how they participate in the degradation of endocrine disruptors. For these purposes, quarter- and semi- operational bio-drying reactors were designed. The results of the work show that the most important process parameters are the aeration rate and temperature as its dependent variable and the substrate composition. The setup with a fixed time interval of blower switching was found to be the optimal aeration regime. The optimal substrate composition was a 5:2 ratio of sludge:birch chips. The results of the work further show that the bio-drying process is suitable for the preparation of fuel for co-incineration with other material. It is not very suitable for mono-incineration due to exceeding emission limits. The calorific value of the resulting fuel...

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.