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Activated carbon is a porous material with extremely high specific surface area and adsorption capacity. It is widely used in urban sewage treatment, mainly for removing organic pollutants, COD, BOD, decolorizing, odor, improving water quality for water reuse or avoiding environmental pollution.

Why Does Municipal Wastewater Need To Be Treated?

Urban sewage treatment is the basic guarantee for the operation and sustainable development of modern cities. Nowadays, municipal sewage treatment is carried out in a separate system.

Urban domestic sewage mainly comes from residents’ daily life activities and is mainly divided into two types: black water and gray water. What we call municipal sewage refers to gray water.

Black water refers to toilet drainage containing feces and urine. It is highly polluted and contains a large amount of organic matter, ammonia nitrogen, and pathogenic microorganisms.

Gray water refers to other domestic sewage except toilets, such as drainage from bathing, laundry, and kitchen. The pollution level is relatively low, but it still contains grease, surfactants, organic matter, etc.

Untreated sewage contains a large number of pathogenic microorganisms, which may lead to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Once the tap water sources of downstream cities (such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater) are polluted by domestic sewage discharged from upstream cities, it will directly affect the drinking water safety of residents.

Domestic sewage contains a large amount of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus and other nutrients, which will lead to eutrophication of water bodies and cause ecological disasters such as blue algae, algal blooms, and fish deaths. Sewage also contains detergents, grease, and drug residues, which have long-term effects on aquatic populations and food chains.

The available water resources in cities are limited, and water pollution will further aggravate the shortage of water resources. Treated domestic sewage can be reused for greening, flushing toilets, cleaning, cooling, etc., to relieve water pressure.

What is the Use of Activated Carbon in Water Treatment?

Function of activated carbon in gray water treatment

  • Remove pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
  • Reduce BOD COD content, improve effluent water quality and biodegradability
  • Remove residual chlorine and disinfection by-products, remove odors and reduce toxic by-products
  • Decolorize and deodorize

How to Use Activated Carbon For Municipal Wastewater Treatment?

Urban sewage can be deeply treated through coagulation sedimentation, sand filtration, active adsorption and ozone disinfection.

The following table introduces the processing objects and characteristics of each processing method.

TreatmentMain processing objectsMain application conditions and characteristics
Coagulation and sedimentationSedimentable matter, total phosphorus, etc.Suitable for deep treatment under general conditions, the optimal dosage needs to be determined through experiments
Sand filtrationNon-settling non-dissolved solidsIt is better than coagulation and sedimentation in treating colloid and macromolecular pollutants and can be used alone
Activated carbon adsorptionDifficult to biodegrade dissolved organic matter, color, etc.Good decolorization effect, used after sand filtration
Ozone oxidationOrganic matter, color, smell, bacteria, virus, iron and manganese, etc.It has good effects in removing color and odor, and can further reduce the COD of secondary effluent, but the equipment investment is relatively large.

Activated Carbon For Municipal Wastewater Types

Coal Granular Activated Carbon

The following are the parameters of coal granular activated carbon that can be used for sewage treatment for your reference. Heycarbons can also customize it according to customer requirements.

ProjectSpecification
Iodine value500-1100 mg/g
Specific surface area500-1150 m2/g
Methylene blue120-280 mg/g
Molasses value180-300
Hardness90%-99%
Bulk density0.45-0.55 g/cm3

Coal Powdered Activated Carbon

The following are the parameters of coal-based powdered activated carbon that can be used for sewage treatment for your reference. Heycarbons can also customize according to customer requirements.

ProjectSpecification
Mesh100, 200, 325
Iodine value500-1100 mg/g
Methylene blue120-150 mg/g
Ash8%-20%
PH8-11

Advantages And Disadvantages of Activated Carbon in Water Treatment

Advantages of activated carbon in sewage treatment

  • High adsorption efficiency. Compared with chemical treatment, activated carbon treatment does not produce secondary pollutants and can operate stably for a long time.
  • Broad spectrum, can remove multiple pollutants at the same time
  • Mature process, simple operation and maintenance
  • Flexible operation, can be combined with other processes (such as membrane filtration, oxidation).

Disadvantages of activated carbon in water treatment

  • Competitive adsorption: pollutants in complex sewage systems compete for active sites, reducing the removal rate of target substances.
  • Adsorption capacity needs to be monitored regularly to avoid secondary pollution caused by pollutant desorption.

Best Activated Carbon For Municipal Wastewater Treatment

What is activated carbon powder for wastewater treatment?

Powdered activated carbon can be directly added to coagulation sedimentation tanks, contact tanks, etc. It has a fast reaction speed and is suitable for emergency or enhanced treatment. After rapid adsorption, it needs to be separated by precipitation or filtration.

Powdered Activated Carbon for municipal wastewater applicable scenarios

  • Sewage treatment plant upgrading and transformation
  • Short-term fluctuations in sewage or increased pollution load

Granular activated carbon for municipal wastewater treatment

Granular activated carbon (GAC): used in fixed bed filters or fluidized bed reactors, suitable for continuous treatment processes, regenerated and reused.

Granular Activated Carbon for municipal wastewater applicable scenarios

  • Sewage treatment plant deep purification effluent
  • Recycled water reuse system

If you want to know more about the parameters of activated carbon for urban domestic wastewater treatment, you can click below to contact Heycarbons. We will provide you with professional advice and high-quality products according to your needs. Heycarbons will also provide you with activated carbon for urban wastewater cost of direct factory.

Activated Carbon For Urban Wastewater Customer Case

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