Cavitation treatment of water from a wastewater treatment plant

Abstract

Hydrodynamic cavitation damages the apparatus by intensive cavitational erosion of the elements in a hydro system. Being acquainted with the mechanisms of effect, hydrodynamic cavitation can be used to intensify technological processes in different industrial areas. The aim of the present work is to investigate the possibilities using hydrodynamic cavitation for wastewater treatment from an urban treatment plant. To intensify the purifying process series of trials, at different levels of intensity of the electrical field in the zone of cavitation, were performed. Additionally presented, the electrical field assists in forcing the process of silver ions separation with the purpose of microbiological purification of the flowing water. Here we present the results of experimental studies conducted at various times and electrical fields intensity. These trials substantiate the idea of the microbiological purification of wastewaters via hydrodynamic cavitation and represent a huge range of opportunities for applying this method in various industrial fields. The basic criterion that supports our statement is the enormous drop of the microbe number by increasing the cavitation treatment time.