32520125ActaScientiaeCircumstantiaeVol.32No.5May20121984—E-mailfy_zju@yahoo.com.cn*E-mailzhanlt@zju.edu.cnBiographyFENGYuan1984—malePh.D.candidateE-mailfy_zju@yahoo.com.cn*CorrespondingauthorE-mailzhanlt@zju.edu.cn.2012.J.3251081-1087FengYZhanLTChenYM.2012.LaboratorystudyonelectroosmosisdewateringofsewagesludgeJ.ActaScientiaeCircumstantiae3251081-1087*3100582011-06-222011-10-272011-10-31..、、....0253-2468201205-1081-07X703ALaboratorystudyonelectroosmosisdewateringofsewagesludgeFENGYuanZHANLiangtong*CHENYunminMOEKeyLaboratoryofSoftSoilsandGeoenvironmentalEngineeringZhejiangUniversityHangzhou310058Received22June2011receivedinrevisedform27October2011accepted31October2011AbstractElectroosmosisdewateringisamethodwhichcanremovewaterinsludgeeffectivelytoachievevolumereduction.Thispaperpresentedalaboratorystudyonelectroosmosisdewateringofsludgewithpurposely-designedapparatuses.Duringthedewateringteststhechangesofelectroosmoticflowratevoltagegradientandresidualwatercontentweremeasured.Onthebasisofthemeasurementstheinfluencesofvoltagegradientelectrodedistanceandtreatingtimeonthedewateringprocesswereanalyzedandtheattenuationmechanisminthedewateringeffectwasexplained.Itwasfoundthattheelectroosmosisdewateringgraduallyextendedfromtheanodetocathodeandafteracertaintimethedewateringceasedinthedewateredsectionandtransitedtothesubsequentundewateredsection.Electricalresistanceofthedewateredsectiongraduallyincreasedandinresponsethevoltageleftfortheundewateredsectiondecreased.Boththeelectroosmoticflowrateanddewateringeffectweredeterminedbythevoltagegradientoftheundewateredsludge.Thephenomenonresultedinsignificantattenuationinelectroosmoticflowanddewateringeffectovertimeandnon-uniformdistributionofresidualwatercontentalongthedewateringdirection.Theoveralldewateringeffectandthecorrespondingenergyconsumptionincreasedwithanincreaseintheappliedvoltage.Thedewateringefficiencywouldbeimprovedwithashorterelectrodedistance.Keywordssludgeelectroosmosisdewateringelectroosmoticflowratedewateringeffectvoltagegradientresidualwatercontent1Introduction20102170t80%..10-4mBrendan2006Glendinningetal.2007...veHelmholyz-SmoluchowskiHunter198132ve=εζiη1vem·s-1εF·m-1ζZetaVηPa·siV·m-1.qem3·s-1qe=venA=εζnηiA=keiA2nAm2kem2·V-1·s-1.Mahmoudetal.2011YuanandWeng2003Yangetal.2005Fourieetal.2007Glendinningetal.2007Raatsetal.2002Hamiretal.2001Yangetal.2005、Yuanetal.2003...2Materialsandmethods2.11.1138mm76mm8cm16cm.1mm、.200g·m-2.2.1Table1Maincharacteristicsofthesludge/g·cm-3pH82.1%28.72%1.056.42pHNY/T1377—2077.1Fig.1Experimentalapparatusforelectroosmosisdewatering2Table2Distancesamongvoltagemeasuringprobesofthemiddlesizecell/cmS1S2S3S4S5S63.22.42.72.52.72.52.23123Table3Theexperimentalscheme/cm/V·cm-1/minT182160T284140T386100T488100T58240T68440T7164100T8166100T91415T101615T1116430T121647028015、.2minI0.01g2minqeT7、T8S1—S6i.w.3Results3.1T1—T4100minqe0.05mL·min-1Iqe2.qeIT1I、qe50%T480%.qe、2ke7.18×10-5cm2·V-1·s-10.24~1.38×10-5cm2·V-1·s-1Yuanetal.2003、1.5×10-5cm2·V-1·s-1Glendinningetal.2007.qe2ke.2T1—T4Fig.2ChangesofelectricalcurrentandflowratewithtimeforT1—T4T7、T816cm100minT9、T101cmIqe、15min.T7—T10Iqe3T1—T4Iqe.T7T9、T8T10Iqe.3T7—T10Fig.3ChangesofelectricalcurrentandflowratewithtimeforT7—T104Fig.4Residualwatercontentprofilesinsludge3.2T1—T64a...T5、T6T1、T240minT1、T2140min380132..pHAcaretal.1993.ZetapHLelandetal.19972、pH.T7—T124b.T7—T126cm4b.T7、T8T8、.T11、T12T7T11、T12T730min70min.30min、70min、100min0.5cm、2cm3.5cm、.0.5cm2cm30min70min72.1%73.4%.....3.3T7、T8S1—S655T7、T8a、bFig.5ChangesofvoltagegradientandelectricalresistancewithtimeforeachsectioninT7&T848015.S1.S270minS2.、..5.Alshawabkeh、Alshawabkehetal.1996.、T7T8.6Fig.6Relationshipbetweenflowrateandvoltagegradientofundewateredsludge、.T7、T8S3—S6qe62ke'6.94×10-5cm2·V-1·s-17.18×10-5cm2·V-1·s-1..ke、.、.7、T1—T4、T7T8T7T8100min、T1270minS3—S6T7T83.5cm、T122cm..、、.7Fig.7Relationshipbetweenvoltagegradientofundewateredsludgeandresidualwatercontentnearthedewateringboundary4Discussion4.1580132.8.T1、ww1、S1i1i'、qe'.S1T2S2i'w2w1i2i″qe″.、..、16cm1cm.8Fig.8Electroosmosisdewateringprocess4.2、..EE=U∫fIdt3UfI.4T1—T4100minT9、T1015minm3....4Table4Energyconsumptionandaveragewatercontent/V·cm-1/kWh·m-3T1—T4214.3780.1%8cm450.6278.1%694.4676.2%8145.6573.1%T9、T1049.9373.8%1cm619.0571.2%5Conclusions1ke7.18×10-5cm2·V-1·s-12~8V·cm-182%74.9%~62.2%.268015..3、..4...1972—、.E-mailzhanlt@zju.edu.cn.ReferencesAcarYBAlshawabkehAN.1993.PrinciplesofelectrokineticremediationJ.EnvironmentalScience&Technology27132638-2647AlshawabkehANAcarYB.1996.Electrokineticremediation.IItheoreticalmodelJ.JournalofGeotechnicalandGeoenvironmentalEngineering1223186-196BrendanCO.2006.GeotechnicalpropertiesofmunicipalsewagesludgeJ.GeotechnicalandGeologicalEngineering24833-850FourieABJonesDGJonesCJFP.2007.DewateringofminetailingsusingelectrokineticgeosyntheticsJ.CanadianGeotechnicalJournal442160-172GlendinningSLamontJJonesC.2007.TreatmentofsewagesludgeusingelectrokineticgeosyntheticsJ.JournalofHazardousMaterials1393491-499HamirRBJonesCClarkeB.2001.Electricallyconductivegeosyntheticsforconsolida