Deep Wastewater Treatment with Excessively High Fat Content

Abstract

The qualitative and quantitative characteristics of highly concentrated fat-containing wastes of the food industry are given. The aggregate states of the presence of fat in wastewater are discussed, which determine the composition of treatment facilities in the technological scheme for the deep treatment of fat-containing effluents. The basic classical methods of wastewater treatment from fat are analyzed: mechanical, physicochemical (air flotation, electroflotation), as well as the method of deep wastewater treatment - biological treatment. It is shown that the traditional technological scheme of wastewater treatment from excessively high fat content does not ensure the quality of treated effluents to regulatory requirements. The prospects of anaerobic-aerobic technology for cleaning wastewater from food industry enterprises from excessively high fat concentrations as a method of deep post-treatment are discussed. The conclusion is drawn about the effectiveness of the combined technology for wastewater treatment with an excessively high fat content, based on the use of physicochemical methods (air flotation, electroflotation) and biological treatment (anaerobic-aerobic method).