HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2023, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (6): 51-55.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2023.06.010

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Optimization effects of chemical conditioning reagent on the dehydration of river and lake sludge and the pH of sludge cake

WANG Long-tao1,2,3,4, CHEN Wen-feng1,2,3,4, HUANG Sheng1,2,3,4, XU Yang-fan1,2,3,4, XIA Xin-xing1,2,3,4   

  1. 1. CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Large-span Bridge Construction Technology, Wuhan 430040, China;
    3. Research and Development Center of Transport Industry of Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies of Transport Infrastructure, Wuhan 430040, China;
    4. CCCC Highway Bridge National Engineering Research Centre Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, China
  • Received:2022-05-06 Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-07-18

Abstract: The effects of different dosages and particles size of CaO on the dehydration effect and pH of sludge cake were investigated based on the original caustic lime dosage from the actual project. In addition, under the premise of the optimum addition and particle size of the lime, the compound formulation effects of CaO and NaHCO3, calcium lignin sulfonate, polyferric sulfate (PFS), polyaluminium chloride (PAC) and polyacrylamide (PAM) on dehydration effect and pH of sludge cake was studied. The results showed that, the reduction of the CaO dosage could decrease the pH of sludge cake to a certain extent, but the moisture content of sludge increased slightly. The moisture content of sludge cake after dewatering appeared significantly different for the different particle sizes of CaO powder. As a whole, the moisture content decreased, while the pH increased with the decrease of CaO particle size. The combination of NaHCO3, calcium lignosulfonate and CaO could reduce the pH of sludge cake, but weaken the dehydration effect,the moisture content of sludge cake increased relatively large. The dehydration effect of PAC or PAM compounded CaO was slightly better than that of PFS compounded CaO. Considering the dehydration effect and the pH of sludge cake, the optimal combination was 0.50% PAC + 0.02% PAM + 9.00% (120 mesh) CaO.

Key words: chemical conditioning reagent, river and lake sludge, sludge cake, dehydration effect, pH

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