Abstract
Identify sustainable biological sewage sludge (BSS) management represents a current challenge. In this work, pre-thickened BSS taken from a large-scale urban wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was fed continuously for about 9 months to a semi-industrial scale thermophilic biological fluidized bed reactor (TBFBR) operating in alternate conditions. The BSS treated in TBFBR was strongly reduced (89–92%) and the production was evaluated in 0.0007–0.0023 kg kgCODremoved−1 d−1 and 0.0004–0.0014 kg kgCODremoved−1 d−1 of TS and VS, respectively. The 92% of the P-PO43- and P-org precipitated in inorganic form and accumulated in thermophilic biological sludge (TBS). In basic soils with chelating activity, phosphorus contained in TBS presented a higher bioavailability (84.0 ± 25.3%) with respect to untreated sludge. The analysis of four diverse scenarios highlighted that TBFBR located after pre-thickening could save 73–96% of operating costs with respect to current situation.
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