Operational Indicators to Manage the Replacement of Electromechanical Equipment in Wastewater Treatment Facilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Vicent Hernández-Chover ◽  
Lledó Castellet-Viciano ◽  
Francesc Hernández-Sancho
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Replacement Policy ◽  
Optimal Management ◽  
Specific Domain ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Acquisition Costs ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Electromechanical Equipment

Optimal management is usually at the top of the concerns in the context of water infrastructures. In the specific domain of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), European Directive 91/271 established the need of implementing a biological treatment of wastewater leading to an intensive construction of WWTPs in several European countries, which now present important problems of maintenance. These facilities are composed of different types of assets, which should be managed efficiently in order to optimize the performance of the processes as well as the maintenance and replacement costs of the equipment. In fact, the deterioration of these assets increases the operational risk and endangers the continuity of the service of these WWTPs. In this paper, the authors combine multicriteria methodologies (MCDM) and economic aspects of the equipment to define an appropriate technical–economical replacement policy. With the aim of developing a reference procedure in the wastewater sector, an approach has been made to blower pump, which is an equipment widely used in WWTPs to provide a continuous air flow to the reactor facilitating the elimination of organic matter and the nutrients contained in the wastewater. The proposal integrates aspects such as acquisition costs and corrective maintenance, interest rate, and amortization based on the condition of the equipment.

Evaluation of Small Wastewater Treatment Plants in the County of Århus – Denmark

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Jes la Cour Jansen ◽  
Bodil Mose Pedersen ◽  
Erik Moldt
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Treatment Efficiency ◽  
Effluent Quality ◽  
Different Types

Influent and effluent data from about 120 small wastewater treatment plants (100 - 2000 PE) have been collected and processed. Seven different types of plants are represented. The effluent quality and the treatment efficiency have been evaluated. The most common type of plant is mechanical/biological treatment plants. Some of them are nitrifying and some are also extended for chemical precipitation of phosphorus. Constructed wetlands and biological sandfilters are also represented among the small wastewater treatment plants.

scholarly journals The present situation and trends of wastewater treatment in small settlements and rural areas of Lithuania

2019 ◽  
pp. 243-250
Author(s):  
Regimantas Dauknys
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Biological Filters ◽  
Activated Sludge Systems

This article presents the wastewater treatment in small settlements and rural areas ofLithuania, including descriptions of capacity and loading of wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs), types of treatment facilities, and development trends of biological treatmentfacilities. In 2000 Lithuania had 597 WWTPs with capacity up to 1000 m3/d, 95% of them arethe biological treatment plants. Today the most of these WWTPs are unloaded due to thetendency to centralise wastewater treatment in rural areas of Lithuania that were in the eightand ninth decades.In small settlements and rural areas of Lithuania the aeration facilities are predominant. In theeight and ninth decades practically only the activated sludge systems were built. The situationbegan to change in the last decade of the last century: the biological filters and soil filtrationfacilities with discharge into surface waters were applied more frequently, so the building ofaeration facilities started to decrease.

scholarly journals Determination of modeled costs at sewage treatment plants in the case of different sequences of treatment

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1077-1087
Author(s):  
Nikolay A. Makisha
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Technological Parameters ◽  
Submerged Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cost

Introduction. The article considers the definition of the key components of operating costs at wastewater treatment plants with a capacity of 1 to 100 thousand cubic meters per day by modeling using specialized software. Materials and methods. In the study, two technological cleaning schemes were investigated — the conventional line-up with biological aeration reactor and secondary clarifier and the scheme of biological aeration reactor with submerged membrane bioreactor for sludge separation. The other structures for the two facilities were identical. Since it was important to obtain results that could be used at real facilities, the values of concentrations of major pollutants typical for urban wastewater before treatment, as well as technological parameters of operation, were used as initial data for calculations. Results. As the results of calculations, the values of concentrations of pollutants in wastewater after treatment using both technological schemes and the values of the required volumes for the arrangement of biological treatment facilities and the area occupied by them were obtained and analyzed. Operating costs were considered in terms of electricity costs for the operation of biological treatment facilities and treatment facilities in General, as well as the specific cost of electricity for treatment 1 m3 of wastewater. In addition, the cost of purchasing membrane modules was calculated, which can be classified as operational due their replacement frequency of approximately every 7–10 years. Conclusions. The results of the study showed that application of membrane technologies at the stage of secondary treatment could have a significant potential for the reconstruction of wastewater treatment plants in conditions of increased productivity and limited opportunities for expanding the area.

Estimation of Kinetic Parameters of Heterotrophic Biomass under Aerobic Conditions and Characterization of Wastewater for Activated Sludge Modelling

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 125-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kappeler ◽  
W. Gujer
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Batch Tests ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Heterotrophic Biomass

To predict the behaviour of biological wastewater treatment plants, the Activated Sludge Model No. 1 is often used. For the application of this model kinetic parameters and wastewater composition must be known. A simple method to estimate kinetic parameters of heterotrophic biomass and COD wastewater fractions is presented. With three different types of batch-tests these parameters and fractions can be determined by measuring oxygen respiration. Our measurements showed that the maximum specific growth rate µmax of heterotrophic biomass depends on temperature, reactor configuration and SRT. In typical wastewater treatment plants of Switzerland the amount of readily biodegradable substrate was generally small (about 9 % of the COD in primary effluent). The same method can also be used to determine kinetic parameters of nitrifying biomass.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN ARCTIC ZONES

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-163
Author(s):  
E. I. Vialkova ◽  
E. S. Glushchenko ◽  
T. S. Velizhanina ◽  
E. Y. Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Discharge ◽  
Total Change ◽  
Climatic Zones ◽  
Physicochemical Treatment ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Sewage Systems ◽  
Design Construction

The large part of the Russian Federation locates in arctic and subarctic climatic zones, which determine the specificity of design, construction and operation of sewage systems of these regions. Nowadays, the most part of small Arctic towns has no wastewater treatment facilities, while the available biological treatment facilities do not work properly. An alternative way is physicochemical treatment, which is more resistant to severe climate and volley wastewater discharge than biological treatment. The paper presents the research results of total change the biological into physicochemical treatment. The main stages of such a treatment include coagulation, filtration, oxidation and two-stage filtration (mechanical and absorption). The experiments show a 90.8% decrease in the concentration of chemical oxygen and a 74% and 82.5% decrease in nitrates and ammonium.

Stages of launching a biological treatment plant at the wastewater treatment facilities with dosing easily oxidable organic matter

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
В.А. Кондрашев ◽  
С.Г. Метелица
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Effluent Quality ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Numerous Experimental Data ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Equipment Configuration

Рассмотрены вопросы, связанные с проведением пусконаладочных работ биоблока станции очистки хозяйственно-бытовых и близких к ним по составу сточных вод при пробном пуске в эксплуатацию очистных сооружений. Подробно рассмотрены этапы пусконаладочных работ биоблока очистных сооружений с «затравкой» активным илом из действующих биологических очистных сооружений и с дозировкой легкоокисляемой органики. Описан состав оборудования станции КОС-9 производства «Гермес Групп». Рассмотрены все этапы пусконаладочных работ биоблока на примере запуска очистных сооружений КОС-9 с привлечением многочисленных опытных данных. Определены периоды этапов пусконаладки биоблока. Приведены проблемы наладки биоблока и пути их решения с достижением требуемого результата. Технология, используемая на станции, обеспечивает очистку сточных вод, соответствующую требованиям, предъявляемым к выпуску очищенных стоков в водоем рыбохозяйственного значения. Issues related to commissioning a biological treatment plant at the facilities for household and similar in composition wastewater treatment during the trial start of the treatment facilities are considered. The stages of commissioning a biological treatment plant at the wastewater treatment facilities with «inoculating» activated sludge from the operating biological treatment facilities and with dosing easily oxidable organic matter are considered in detail. The equipment configuration of the WWTP-9 produced by Germes Group is described. All stages of the biological treatment plant commissioning are considered through the example of the start-up of WWTP-9 with the use of numerous experimental data. The periods of biological treatment plant commissioning stages have been determined. The problems of adjusting the biological treatment plant and the ways of their elimination to achieve the required result are presented. The technology used at the WWT facilities provides for the effluent quality that meets the requirements for the discharge into a water body of commercial fishing importance.

Lessons learnt from evaluating full-scale ammonium feedback control in three large wastewater treatment plants

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1573-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Åmand ◽  
C. Laurell ◽  
K. Stark-Fujii ◽  
A. Thunberg ◽  
B. Carlsson
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Feedback Controllers ◽  
Energy Assessment ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Term Evaluation ◽  
Save Energy

Three large wastewater treatment plants in Sweden participate in a project evaluating different types of ammonium feedback controllers in full-scale operation. The goal is to improve process monitoring, maintain effluent water quality and save energy. The paper presents the outcome of the long-term evaluation of controllers. Based on the experiences gained from the full-scale implementations, a discussion is provided about energy assessment for the purpose of comparing control strategies. The most important conclusions are the importance of long-term experiments and the difficulty of comparing energy consumption based on air flow rate measurements.

Biological odour control by diffusion into activated sludge basins

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Bowker
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Air Stream ◽  
Fine Bubble ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Odour Control ◽  
Odour Emissions ◽  
Air Streams

Diffusion of odourous air into activated sludge basins is an effective and economical approach for odour control at wastewater treatment plants. Over 30 facilities in North America practice this technique. Most of these applications are for dilute or moderate strength air streams with relatively low hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels. Unfortunately, the lack of data documenting the effectiveness of the process and concerns for blower corrosion have limited its acceptance as a method for controlling odour emissions. This paper presents a compilation and review of wastewater treatment facilities that are currently using activated sludge diffusion. Performance data are tabulated, and information on operation and maintenance of the blower/diffuser systems are summarized. New data are presented that compare the effectiveness of coarse vs. fine bubble diffusers for treatment of a high strength, high-H2S air stream from sludge holding tanks at Concord, NH. Designand performance information is presented on a dedicated odour control system installed at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania in 1996 that collects high-H2S air streams from an influent chamber and primary clarifiers and diffuses it into a mechanically-aerated activated sludge basin. A cost-effectiveness analysis is presented for a blower/diffuser system installed exclusively for odour control. Methods used to overcome initial operational problems are discussed.

scholarly journals Global Internal Recirculation Alternative Operation to Reduce Nitrogen and Ammonia Limit Violations and Pumping Energy Costs in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1606
Author(s):  
Ignacio Santín ◽  
Ramon Vilanova ◽  
Carles Pedret ◽  
Marian Barbu
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Nitrate Concentration ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Recirculation Flow ◽  
Operational Costs

The internal recirculation plays an important role in different areas of the biological treatment of wastewater treatment plants because it has a great influence on the concentration of pollutants, especially nutrients. A usual manipulation of the internal recirculation flow rate is based on the target of controlling the nitrate concentration in the last anoxic tank. This work proposes an alternative for the manipulation of the internal recirculation flow rate instead of nitrate control, with the objective of avoiding limit violations of nitrogen and ammonia concentrations and reducing operational costs. A fuzzy controller is proposed to achieve it based on the effects of the internal recirculation flow rate in different areas of the biological treatment. The proposed manipulation of the internal recirculation flow rate is compared to the application of the usual nitrate control in an already established and published operation strategy by using the internationally known benchmark simulation model no. 2 as a working scenario. The results show improvements with reductions of 59.40% in ammonia limit violations, 2.35% in total nitrogen limit violations, and 38% in pumping energy costs.

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