Characteristics of dissolved organic matters in the treatment of the dewatering liquor of anaerobic digestion pretreated by thermal hydrolysis
An on-site investigation was conducted to characterize dissolved organic matter(DOM)in the anaerobic digestion(AD)filtrate that was generated from a typical sludge thermal hydrolysis process(THP).The results show that the concentrations of ammonia nitrogen and COD in the filtrate were as high as 2034(±465)and 4128(±276)mg/L,respectively,and the DOM concentration in the filtrate was mainly macromolecular refractory organic matter,and DOM>1000Da accounted for 80.6%.The existing"biological pretreatment+two-stage AO-MBR"filtrate treatment process could generally achieve a high-efficiency denitrification(TN removal rate of 94.9%and partial COD removal of 69.9%).Nitrogen removal relied mainly on biological pretreatment units(removal by 79.9%),while DOM removal on membrane filtration of the MBR process(removal by 184.7%).The membrane filtration intercepted DOM was in the order of high molecular polymer>humic acid substances>low molecular organic acids and neutral substances.The effluent DOM was mainly composed of humic acid and fulvic acid substances with a high degree of humification.Existing water washing,acid-and alkali washing had certain cleaning effects on organic pollution of membranes,but the types of DOM in the cleaning solution were significantly different.