An apparatus for treating organic sludge by aerobic digestion has an aerobic
digestion
tank 1, a circulation line 6 provided with a pump for pumping circulated
sludge, a liquid/gas ejector 7 for aspirating an oxygen-containing gas,
which has been humidified, and for mixing it with the circulated sludge, a liquid/liquid
ejector 8 for mixing the circulated sludge with sludge in a later step,
a downward directing pipe 9 for passing downwards therethrough a gas/liquid
mixture and an ozone-treated unit 31. The circulated sludge is mixed with
an oxygen-containing gas in the liquid/gas ejector by jetting the circulated sludge
into a throat 11 and passing the resulting mixture through the liquid/liquid
ejector 8 and the downward directing pipe 9 to effect dissolution
of oxygen into the sludge to cause aerobic digestion, while a gas/liquid mixed
fluid composed of spent ozone gas and ozone-treated sludge is guided to an aspiration
chamber 13 via a line 34 as humidified oxygen-containing gas in order
to prevent clogging of the flow path in the aspiration chamber 13 due to
drying of the sludge into solid crust.