Abstract: A waste treatment system, includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; a microbial reaction detection device for detecting a state of degradation of the reformed material in the microbial reactor; and an adjustment device for adjusting amount and timing of supply of the reformed material to the microbial reactor, based on a detected value of the microbial reaction detection device.

Abstract: A chemical feed control device controls feeding of a chemical into a water system of a plant. A water quality index-obtaining unit obtains a water quality index value for each of a plurality of disruptive factors of the water system. An environmental data-obtaining unit obtains environmental data related to the plant. An operational data-obtaining unit obtains operational data related to the plant. A determination unit determines a feed amount of each of a plurality of chemicals acting on at least one disruptive factor and having components different from each other with respect to the water system based on the water quality index value, the environmental data, and the operational data such that the water quality index value for each of the disruptive factors approximates a water quality target value for each of the disruptive factors.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a laundry wastewater tank that temporarily stores laundry wastewater from a plant facility; a biological treatment tank in which the laundry wastewater from the laundry wastewater tank is aerated and mixed with activated sludge; a treated water tank that stores the treated laundry wastewater that has been biologically treated; and a treatment preparation supplying device that supplies a laundry wastewater biological treatment preparation to the biological treatment tank. The laundry wastewater biological treatment preparation is introduced when a change in water quality that deteriorates the biological treatment in the biological treatment tank is detected. Thus, biological treatment can be performed stably.

Abstract: An industrial waste water treatment system is provided. The industrial waste water treatment system includes: a buffer tank that temporarily receives and stores industrial estate waste water; a primary treatment unit that performs a primary treatment on effluent water from a buffer tank; an activated sludge treatment apparatus that is a secondary treatment unit that performs a secondary treatment using activated sludge on influent water that has been treated by the primary treatment unit; an organic matter concentration measurement unit that measures an organic matter concentration in the industrial estate waste water flowing into the buffer tank; and an activator dispensing unit that dispenses, into the secondary treatment unit, an activator that activates microorganisms included in the activated sludge of the activated sludge treatment apparatus.

Abstract: A process (S1) for producing freeze-dried sludge includes: an acclimatization step (S10) of imposing a load on cells of a microorganism in activated sludge to acclimatize the cells; a production increase step (S21) of subjecting the activated sludge to a production increase operation in which production of an extracellular polymer by the cells is increased after the acclimatization step (S10); and a freeze-drying step (S30) of freeze-drying the activated sludge after the production increase step (S21).

Abstract: The present invention includes: a laundry wastewater tank that temporarily stores laundry wastewater from a plant facility; a biological treatment tank in which the laundry wastewater from the laundry wastewater tank is aerated and mixed with activated sludge; a treated water tank that stores the treated laundry wastewater that has been biologically treated; and a treatment preparation supplying device that supplies a laundry wastewater biological treatment preparation to the biological treatment tank. The laundry wastewater biological treatment preparation is introduced when a change in water quality that deteriorates the biological treatment in the biological treatment tank is detected. Thus, biological treatment can be performed stably.

Abstract: The electrically heated catalytic converter of the present invention includes a catalyst substrate, which is formed as a scroll-like cylindrical laminated assembly. The assembly is formed by laminating a thin corrugated and plain metal sheets and winding the metal sheets together around a center electrode. The outermost layer of the laminated assembly is connected to an outer electrode. The corrugated metal sheet has an insulating coating made of an alumina, and the plain metal sheet is uninsulated. Local conductive connections form between the thin metal sheets by soldering strips of zirconium solder foils between the layers of the thin metal sheets. Since zirconium has a larger reducing capability than aluminum, the alumina in the insulating coating is reduced by zirconium and precipitates at the local conductive connections. Therefore, the plain and corrugated metal sheet are electrically connected to each other at the local conductive connections.