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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2006
Shigeki Fujishima, Tokyo, JP;
Motoyuki Yoda, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Fujishima, Tokyo, JP;
Motoyuki Yoda, Tokyo, JP;
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multistage activated sludge process involving a predation effect caused by microorganisms realizes further improvement in treatment efficiency and further decrease in the amount of excess sludge generated while a stable quality of the treated water is maintained. This process includes a first biological treatment process for treating BOD in organic wastewater at a high load to convert the BOD to dispersed bacteria, and a second biological treatment process for forming the converted dispersed bacteria into a floc and allowing microorganisms to coexist. The second biological treatment process is performed under a condition of pH 5 to 6. Alternatively, an excess sludge treatment process for decomposing at least a part of sludge in the second biological treatment process and/or sludge obtained by performing solid-liquid separation of sludge in the second biological treatment process under aerobic conditions, and returning the treated sludge to the first biological treatment process and/or the second biological treatment process is performed under a condition of pH 5 to 6.