Algerian Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
Volume 2, Numéro 2, Pages 151-156
2020-12-15

Rheology Serving The Environment To Characterize Sludge From Wastewater Treatment Plants (wwtps); New Model For New Concentration Range

Authors : Djafari Driss .

Abstract

Rheological parameters were a fundamental importance in sludge characterization, as they strongly affected almost all treatment, utilization and disposal operations, such as storage, pumping, transport and drying. This paper will present different sludge rheological parameters from wastewater treatment systems. These parameters were obtained by fitting the experimental data of various shear rates 훾̇from 0 to 100 s-1, under a series of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) content. The temperature was maintained constant at 20±2°C. The apparatus used was a rheostress RS600. The results obtained showed that viscosity of sludge of concentrations 25% and 30% (Total Solids TS), underwent an increase of 1.71 to 2.06 mPa.s and of 1.56 to 2.12 mPa.s successively. In the same way for the other concentrations studied. The rheological results showed that the sludge study belonged to a non-Newtonian family. The most fitting model to describe this rheological behavior was the Ostwald one. This research confirmed that rheological characterization was considered as a relevant tool to understand the wastewater sludge suspension behavior in order to improve wastewater treatment process operation.

Keywords

Rheology Model Sludge Wastewater WWTPs