A wastewater treatment facility with aerators located on the bottom of a lagoon features a bundled group of air supply lines to supply air individually to each submerged aerator. The bundled group of air supply lines floats—and may additionally be supported by a surface-anchored tether line—at the surface of the lagoon, and the air supply lines are individually supplied with air from a manifold located by the side of the lagoon.

The present invention concerns a biological reactor used in the field of sanitation for the treatment of sewage and industrial wastewater. The solution proposed in this invention is the coupling of two different treatment processes (anaerobic and aerobic) in the same fixed bed reactor. The invention aims to allow for the construction of plants for the treatment of sewage or very compact industrial effluents, where it is possible to achieve high treatment efficiencies with a small implantation area. In addition, due to the combination of the anaerobic and aerobic processes in fixed beds in the same reactor, the system consumes less energy for aeration and generates a smaller amount of sludge, considerably reducing the operating costs of the treatment plant.

The present invention concerns a biological reactor used in the field of sanitation for the treatment of sewage and industrial wastewater. The solution proposed in this invention is the coupling of two different treatment processes (anaerobic and aerobic) in the same fixed bed reactor. The invention aims to allow for the construction of plants for the treatment of sewage or very compact industrial effluents, where it is possible to achieve high treatment efficiencies with a small implantation area. In addition, due to the combination of the anaerobic and aerobic processes in fixed beds in the same reactor, the system consumes less energy for aeration and generates a smaller amount of sludge, considerably reducing the operating costs of the treatment plant.

An apparatus for degrading the organic fraction of sewage by means of active biomass, in particular active sludge particles, comprising: —at least one tank (1) adapted to contain the sewage and said active biomass; —at least one hollow structure (6, 106, 206), adapted to be at least partially immersed in the sewage, provided with at least one first opening (61) for letting in the sewage and with at least one second opening (62) for letting out the sewage, wherein the ratio between the area of the at least one first opening (61) and the area of the at least one second opening (62) is equal to at least 5:1; —air delivery means (7, 70) adapted to introduce air inside said at least one structure (6, 106, 206); wherein said at least one first opening (61) is proximal to said air delivery means (7, 70) and said at least one second opening (62) is distal from said air delivery means (7, 70), so that the air delivery means (7, 70) are adapted to generate a flow of sewage from said at least one first opening (61) to said at least one second opening (62).

An apparatus for degrading the organic fraction of sewage by means of active biomass, in particular active sludge particles, comprising: —at least one tank (1) adapted to contain the sewage and said active biomass; —at least one hollow structure (6, 106, 206), adapted to be at least partially immersed in the sewage, provided with at least one first opening (61) for letting in the sewage and with at least one second opening (62) for letting out the sewage, wherein the ratio between the area of the at least one first opening (61) and the area of the at least one second opening (62) is equal to at least 5:1; —air delivery means (7, 70) adapted to introduce air inside said at least one structure (6, 106, 206); wherein said at least one first opening (61) is proximal to said air delivery means (7, 70) and said at least one second opening (62) is distal from said air delivery means (7, 70), so that the air delivery means (7, 70) are adapted to generate a flow of sewage from said at least one first opening (61) to said at least one second opening (62).

Disclosed are a cow excreta treatment apparatus and method. According to an aspect of the present embodiment, in a cow excreta treatment apparatus which treats cow excreta wastewater, provided is an aerobic reaction chamber for improving the aggregation and sedimentation characteristics of fine solids, the aerobic reaction chamber comprising: an air blow pipe for supplying air; a vertical membrane for preventing the outflow of raw water; and a discharge pipe for discharging air and treated water and removing bubbles generated in the aerobic reaction chamber.

Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.

Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.

Process of sewage treatment in a continuous, linear and flexible channel, through a modified aerobic biological reactor system, or transformation of an existing anaerobic biological reactor into a modified aerobic biological reactor, coupled with a modified flexible flotation/decantation system, intended for the sewage treatment, to be carried out in a treatment plant, in a continuous, linear and flexible channel, using, as preliminary treatment, a garbage grid and a sandbox, to remove these debris, followed by a primary treatment, where the sewage receives the primary treatment inside an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, or inside a pond aerated, facultative or anaerobic, transformed into an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, or even inside an anaerobic reactor—UASB transformed into an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, followed by a secondary treatment.

A bioreactor for a water treatment system includes an aerator tank configured to receive an influent liquid, and a clarifier positioned in the aerator tank, the clarifier having a generally conical shape and defining a downwardly-facing opening. An interior of the clarifier is in communication with the aerator tank, external to the clarifier, at least via the downwardly-facing opening, and wherein the clarifier is positioned non-concentrically with the aerator tank. The bioreactor further includes a plurality of aeration vents positioned proximal to a bottom of the tank and configured to direct air into the aerator tank, and an effluent outlet positioned in the clarifier. A relatively clean effluent liquid, in comparison to the influent liquid in the aerator tank, exits from the clarifier via the effluent outlet.