Mecanismos de remoção de compostos orgânicos no sistema de lodos ativados de uma fábrica de polpa Kraft branqueada de eucalipto / Removal mechanisms of organic compounds in a eucalyptus bleached kraft pulp mill activated sludge plant

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

25/02/2011

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The composition and adsorptive capacity of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a eucalyptus bleached kraft pulp mill activated sludge plant were investigated. Samples of primary and secondary effluents and activated sludge were collected over five months. Effluents were characterized by quantifying dissolved organic carbon (DOC), chemical (COD) and biological (BOD) oxygen demands, adsorbable organic halogen (AOX), acid soluble lignin (ASL), and specific absorbance (SUVA254). EPS extracted from sludge were characterized in terms of protein, carbohydrates and DOC. The samples were analyzed by GC-MS to identify the main compounds present in effluents and in EPS extracts. In addition, a laboratory study was conducted to assess the relative importance of degradation and adsorption as removal mechanisms of organic matter in aerobic biological effluent treatment. The characterization results showed the profile of organic matter removal in the treatment system, with removal efficiencies of 85, 78 and 40% for BOD5, DOC and COD, respectively. High removal (40%) was also achieved for the compounds measured as AOX. The SUVA254 relationship increased slightly from 1.13 to 1.43 (L / mg.m). The characterization of EPS from the treatment plant sludge showed that proteins (19.9 mg / g VSS) represented 3.5 times more mass than carbohydrates (6.1 mg / g VSS), the DOC content was 6.0 mg / g VSS. Octadeca-9,12-dienoic and hexadecanoic acids were identified in EPS extracts, indicating the importance of participation of exopolymers in the adsorption of pollutants, since these lipophilic wood extractives were not degraded during the biological treatment and were identified with the same structures in the secondary effluent. In the organic matter adsorption study, the values of DOC, phenols and ASL were significantly lower after treatment with active biomass (AE) than after treatment with inactive biomass (IE) and without biomass (SE). COD and extractives showed no significant difference between AE, IE and SE treatments, although there was a tendency towards lower values of these parameters after AE treatment. EPS protein/carbohydrate ratios were 5.65, 6.95 and 6.05 for AE, IE and the control treatment, respectively. Average parameter values found in the laboratorystudy were higher than those found in the characterization of the EPS fromthe treatment plant sludge. The adsorptive capcity of EPS was verified from the results obtained in this study.

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eps lodos ativados indústria de celulose e papel saneamento ambiental eps activated sludge pulp and paper

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