FIXING CARRIER FOR ACTIVATED SLUDGE IN SEWAGE OR WASTE WATER TREATMENT

摘要

A fixing carrier (1(b)) for fixing an activated sludge employed in a sewage or waste-water treatment, is characterized in that: a clay, containing kaolinite minerals, of from 10 to 40 parts by weight and a foaming agent of from 5 to 20 parts by weight are blended with a granulated blast furnace slag of from 60 to 90 parts by weight in the presence of water to prepare a wet mixture which is kneaded and shaped into a shaped mixture; and said shaped mixture is baked at a baking temperature of less than 950 DEG C at maximum, with the proviso that each of a heat-up time required of said shaped mixture to reach said baking temperature for producing a baked product and a heat-down time required of said baked product to reach a temperature of up to 100 DEG C is about one hour.