Modelling and Sustainable Management of Sludge in Drinking Water Treatment Plants: A Case Study from Meknes, Morocco | Chapter 2 | Engineering Research: Perspectives on Recent Advances Vol. 9

 

Water management is a key pillar of sustainable development. Indeed, the rational use of water has become a condition for new investments in the water sector, as in many sectors. Optimising the production of drinking water is one aspect. This optimisation involves not only the choice of water resource use but also the management of by-products of the water treatment process to manage sustainably the exploited water resources. The objective of this study is to provide water treatment operators with a tool to attain the most effective management of the facility's by-products and in consequently optimise the cubic meter price of the treated water.

 

The city of Meknes is watered from two sources and a set of holes (14), The turbidity of water sources can vary depending on rainfall recorded in the region. A water treatment plant (600 l/s) was performed for the purification of water sources. Through this study, we focus on the modelling of the sludge volume produced by this plant. As in the construction field, WTP sludge is very important in the pottery sector. A study proposed the use of a mixture consisting of sludge (85%) and sand (silicon dioxide), 15%, in pottery manufacturing.

 

The objective is to design a model for calculating the sludge volume from the actual data recorded in the plant. The model can be used by the operator to predict the sludge volume and can also be used by the designers.

 

The results of this study demonstrated that the volumes calculated from the model constructed considering the data recorded at the station perfectly match the volumes produced, with a determination coefficient of 100%.

 

This paper has presented some preliminary results concerning the challenging task of modelling the sludge volume produced by the water treatment plant using a model. The application of this model can not only provide the operator with an effective tool for managing the station by-products but also provide designers with a formula to prevent over-/under design of structures. Therefore, these measures help to optimise the cost of production of drinking water and will play an important role in the sustainable development of water resources. Therefore, it is reasonable to consider this approach to be applied in the treatment plant for water with a similar turbidity level.

 

Author(s) Details

M.Farhaoui
National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, Morocco.

 

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Valorizing Plastic Wastes and Textile Sludge as Composites | Chapter 13 | Recent Progress in Science and Technology Vol. 9

 The fabric industry is a major beginning of water pollution in the Tiruppur domain of Tamil Nadu, India. The strict implementation of discharge treatment plants in big textile industries, in addition to common effluent situation plants for small scale activities, has helped to mitigate the question. However, the sludge caused as a result of the treatment of fabric industry discharge poses storage and disposal issues on account of high concentrations of heavy metals, sulphates, and chlorides. When mud is kept in open yards and dropped in landfills, these chemicals and heavy metals another time constitute a important threat to the environment. Once more, these entities erode into surface and rainwater. So skilled is a cycle of troubles caused by both fabric industry discharge and treatment plant sludge of fabric industry. Thus, there are various studies being conducted on a all-encompassing scale to incorporate the sludge into construction materials. Waste flexible may be the apt cover for Textile sludge.  The attempts to involve sludge as an inert essence into concrete using various types of binders, including cement, geopolymer, and flexible, are discussed in this work. Plastic production often decay into micro plastics that can corrupt ecosystems and harm bio-history.  This study demonstrates a shy advance in attempts to encapsulate textile mud using gone oil and waste polypropylene and polyethylene plastic in differing ratios for valorizing.

Author(s) Details:

T. Raghunathan,
P.A.C. Ramasamy Raja Polytechnic College, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Study of the Mineral Composition and Its Connection with Some Properties Important for the Sludge Flocculation Process-Examples from Omarska Mine: A Comparative Approach | Chapter 6 | Current Approaches in Science and Technology Research Vol. 9

 The primary goal of this research is to characterise the mineralogical properties of two sludge samples collected from hydro-cyclone overflow created during the processing of iron ore at the Omarska mine. A comparison of mineral composition and its relationship with key features relevant to the sludge flocculation process was also carried out. Major goethite and quartz are found in the studied sludge samples, with less clay minerals and little magnetite, hematite, clinochlore, and todorokite. They have qualitatively comparable but semi-quantitatively distinct compositions. The particle size distributions in the samples are similar, with the maximum amounts of roughly 50% belonging to the finest classes of 6 m. Almost equal iron contents are present within size classes within the samples, indicating similar mineral compositions, making this system exceedingly difficult for additional separation techniques. Due to its increased density and mineral makeup, Sludge II has a faster natural settling rate. With the addition of the flocculant, settling rates in both samples increase dramatically as the liquid component increases. The effect of the flocculant on the settling rate varies depending on the mineral makeup of the samples. The ratio of the mass of floating and sinking pieces is not affected by the time of settling, and the iron content does not alter over time. Because flocculation raises the level of iron to some extent, it should be considered an appropriate approach. Sludge has a zeta potential that is generally between that of goethite and quartz, indicating particle mixing and complicated connection.

Author (S) Details

Ljiljana Tankosic
Faculty of Mining Prijedor, University of Banja Luka, Save Kovacevica bb, 79101 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pavle Tancic
Geological Survey of Serbia, Rovinjska 12, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

Svjetlana Sredic
Faculty of Mining Prijedor, University of Banja Luka, Save Kovacevica bb, 79101 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Zoran Nedic
Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

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Considering the Features of Acoustic Bathymetry of Sludge in Oil Storage Tanks | Chapter 13 | Recent Advances in Science and Technology Research Vol.4

 

The features of acoustic bathymetry of sludge in crude oil tanks are considered. Different parameters

of crude oil and sludge which are important for the selection of acoustic parameters such as sound

speed, the acoustic impedances of “oil-sludge” boundaries and sound attenuation are analyzed and

compared with experimental data. The main sources of errors of sludge volume estimation are

discussed.

Author (s) Details

Victor D. Svet

JSC “N. N. Andreyev Acoustical Institute”, Moscow, Russia.

Manel Monteiro

ITS Ltd., Aberdeen, UK and International Tank Services (Asia Pacific) PTE Ltd., Singapore City, Singapore.

Donald Sandilands

ITS Ltd., Aberdeen, UK and International Tank Services (Asia Pacific) PTE Ltd., Singapore City, Singapore.

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