在水处理系统中使用微纳米气泡和常规通风进行氧气转移动态的比较基板规模研究
Mohamed Ibrahim Kizhisseri1, Marwa Sakr1, Munjed Maraqa1,2
1Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, United Arab Emirates.
Heliyon
|March 5, 2025
概括
微微气泡 (MNB) 显著提高了废水处理中的溶解氧水平,为传统通风提供了更节能的替代方案. MNB通风系统表现出卓越的氧气传输速率和效率.
科学领域:
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
- 水处理技术水处理技术
背景情况:
- 透气对于有氧废水处理至关重要,但传统系统由于低效的氧气质量转移而耗费大量能源.
- 保持足够的溶氧 (DO) 对于最佳的处理废水质量至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过实验来评估微纳泡 (MNB) 通风系统的性能.
- 为了比较MNB通风与传统系统的体积氧传递系数 (kLa),标准氧传递速率 (SOTR) 和标准氧传递效率 (SOTE).
主要方法:
- 产生的微纳气泡平均直径为100nm至2μm,度为10^8-10^9气泡/mL.
- 通过实验确定了kLa,SOTR和SOTE,用于MNB在25升水体积中的各种空气流速的通风.
- 将MNB的通风性能与传统的通风系统进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在0.5 ± 0.1 LPM的空气流量下,MNB通风实现了0.4204分钟-1的最大kLa.
- 在SOTR和SOTE中,MNB通风系统的表现始终优于传统系统,达到139.78 mg/h和54.33%的最大值.
- 最佳的MNB运行提高了氧气传输效率,比传统方法高出两倍.
结论:
- MNB通风为废水处理提供了比传统通风更节能的替代方案.
- 增强的MNB质量转移特性导致更高的氧气转移率和更好的处理性能.
- 战略性运行MNB系统可以显著提高氧气传输效率.
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