To reduce the amount of sludge produced at wastewatertreatment plants and stabilise the sludge for beneficial reuse, more than 300solar drying plants have been set up in European und Germany. The resultscollected so far confirm that the solar dryer is capable of increasing the drysolids content up to 95% w/w. The drying period was dependant on climaticconditions, sludge type, initial dry solids content and equipment failure. Ittook approximately 15 to 25 days to increase the dry solids content of various sludgefrom 20 to 75% w/w.
The average electrical power consumption ranged from 20to 30 kWh/ton of water extracted, compared to 70-110 kWh required forconventional drying processes. In one experiment the volatile solids contentwas reduced by 7.1%, however the solar dryer has not to date produced sludgethat complies with Grade A Standards of the NSW guidelines for the use anddisposal of Biosolids products.
Based on the performance results achieved so far, ithas been estimated that solar drying sludge in China becomes economicallyfeasible when the unit cost of sludge disposal exceeds approximately RMB 300per ton of wet sludge. The trial results also show that solar drying processbecomes more economical the drier the feed sludge is, and therefore mechanicaldewatering is recommended prior to solar drying.
关键词: 太阳能污泥干化,太阳能,污泥干化
Keywords: Solarsludge drying; solar energy, sludge drying