The sludge management of many wastewater treatment plants in Poland has not been properly solved yet. The exploiters and designers often have to cope with the dilemma of choosing the method of processing and neutralizing sewage sludge. The method discussed in the article is only one of the options that fully fits in the trends of implementing good practices in the management of sewage sludge. It is a technologically and economically effective as well as environmentally friendly process. It contributes significantly to minimizing the amount of sewage sludge and allows the production of organic fertilizer instead of waste. The work discusses the quality of sewage sludge after autothermal thermophilic stabilization (ATAD). The results of investigations pertaining to the reaction of sludge, dry mass, dry organic matter, content of biogenic substances, calcium and magnesium compounds and heavy metals were analyzed.
Sewage-treatment plants generate sludge which needs to be neutralized for legal, esthetical, and practical reasons. Economical and ecological concerns indicate that sludge, as long as it is possible, should be returned to the natural environment. The article presents the process of autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD) as a measure to produce biomass, which can be naturally utilized. The description of theoretical principles of the process in question is accompanied by presentation of an ATAD installation which has been functioning since 2009 at the municipal sewagetreatment plant in Olecko. Results of microbiological and chemical tests carried out in the years 2010–2012 have been analyzed. Examinations embraced sludge which was the final product of the aforementioned sewage-treatment plant.
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