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• Introduction
• Common Primary Sludge Fermentation
Processes
• Comparisons of Non-economic Factors
• Implemented Fermentation System Examples
• Performance and Key Considerations
• Design Parameters
• Cost Estimates
• Summary and Conclusions
Primary
WAS
Sludge
Thickener
Thickener
(13 mgd
Anaerobic
Lander Street
Digester WWTF)
Anaerobically
Digested Sludge
from other WWTP
Biosolids
Dewatering
to Land Application
• PS Fermentation:
– likely to have lower operational costs than
supplementing external sources
– provides required retention time & mixing for
VFA production not likely in Anaerobic Zones
• Hydrolysis: particulates to soluble monomers
– Lipids → fatty acids
– Carbohydrates → monosaccharides
– Proteins → amino acids
• Fermentation (acidogenesis): hydrolysis
products → mixed VFAs
Fermented Sludge
to solids handling
Sludge Recycle
Primary
Sludge Sludge Recycle
•CMF in side-stream
•A portion of the fermenter mixed liquor is returned to PC
•The VFAs formed is elutriated in primary effluent to bioreactors
•Independent HRT & SRT; HRT: PS Volume; SRT: Fermented
sludge waste
•No thickening→ higher recycle and wasting flows
Primary
Supernatant
Raw Primary Clarifier Effluent Fermenter/Thickener
Influent
Primary Fermented
Sludge Sludge
Waste
Primary Sludge Sludge
Advantages disadvantages
Dimensions, ea - 60' (L) x 43' (W) x 18' (D), 40’ diameter, 20’ deep
350,000 gallons each
Dimensions, ea 65’ dia, 16’ deep 40’ dia, 16’ deep 40’ dia, 16’ deep
Dimensions, each 60' (L) x 28' (W) x 18' (D), 60' (L) x 28' (W) x 18' (D),
225,000 gallons each 225,000 gallons each
Dimensions, each 35’ dia, 16’ deep 30’ dia, 16’ deep