scholarly journals Prediction of Wastewater Quality at a Wastewater Treatment Plant Inlet Using a System Based on Machine Learning Methods

Processes ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Barbara Wodecka ◽  
Jakub Drewnowski ◽  
Anita Białek ◽  
Ewa Łazuka ◽  
Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Ammonium Nitrogen ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Wastewater Quality

One of the important factors determining the biochemical processes in bioreactors is the quality of the wastewater inflow to the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Information on the quality of wastewater, sufficiently in advance, makes it possible to properly select bioreactor settings to obtain optimal process conditions. This paper presents the use of classification models to predict the variability of wastewater quality at the inflow to wastewater treatment plants, the values of which depend only on the amount of inflowing wastewater. The methodology of an expert system to predict selected indicators of wastewater quality at the inflow to the treatment plant (biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, and ammonium nitrogen) on the example of a selected WWTP—Sitkówka Nowiny, was presented. In the considered system concept, a division of the values of measured wastewater quality indices into lower (reduced values of indicators in relation to average), average (typical and most common values), and upper (increased values) were adopted. On the basis of the calculations performed, it was found that the values of the selected wastewater quality indicators can be identified with sufficient accuracy by means of the determined statistical models based on the support vector machines and boosted trees methods.

scholarly journals Operating household wastewater treatment plants in the light of binding quality standards for wastewater discharged to water bodies or to soil

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartosz Jawecki ◽  
Katarzyna Pawęska ◽  
Marcin Sobota
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Treatment Efficiency ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Household Wastewater

Abstract The study presents the legal requirements concerning the quality of wastewater discharged to waterbodies and to soil after treatment in household wastewater treatment plants located in agglomerations or outside them. The procedure of stopping the operation of a household treatment plant that doesn’t meet the statutory wastewater treatment efficiency was presented. The decision ordering to stop the use of a household wastewater treatment plant has to be preceded by a decision ordering to take measures to limit its adverse impact on the environment. The clarification procedure has to determine the adverse impact on the environment in a doubtless manner and it has to be reflected in the documentation. The assessment of adverse impact should take into account the binding standards of use of the environment. Stopping the operation of a household wastewater treatment plant may result in issuing a decision ordering the user to connect to the sanitary sewage system.

scholarly journals Investigation of Activated Sludge Process

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-418
Author(s):  
Aušra Mažeikienė ◽  
Julita Starenko
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
Ammonium Nitrogen ◽  
Sources Of Pollution ◽  
Treated Sewage ◽  
Nitrification Process

It is important to control not only the large wastewater treatment plants work, but also the work of individual small wastewater treatment plants for the protection of environment. Individual small wastewater treatment plants can become the local sources of pollution, when they are not functioning properly. Sewage purification indicators are not always the same as declared at wastewater treatment plants documentation in real conditions, so it is important to control the properly work of individual small wastewater treatment plants. The work of the small wastewater treatment plant AT-6 was analyzed by the treated sewage results (BDS7, SM, NH4-N, NO3-N, NO2-N, PO4-P), the quality of activated sludge, biological indicators and enzymatic activity in this article. The nitrification process was not going very well by the results of research, because there was the 72 mg/l concentration of ammonium nitrogen remaining in the cleaned wastewater. The morphological study of the activated sludge has confirmed the hypothesis that the necessary conditions for nitrification process were not established. The oxygen supply was increased and the small wastewater treatment plant functioning become more efficient, because nitrification process started working properly – there was less than 1 mg/l of ammonium nitrogen remaining in the cleaned wastewater.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the effluent quality parameters of wastewater treatment plant based on uncertainty analysis and post-processing approaches (case study)

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633-1648
Author(s):  
Nasim Hejabi ◽  
Seyed Mahdi Saghebian ◽  
Mohammad Taghi Aalami ◽  
Vahid Nourani
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Ensemble Methods ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Effluent Quality ◽  
Applied Model

Abstract Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are highly complicated and dynamic systems and so their appropriate operation, control, and accurate simulation are essential. The simulation of WWTPs according to the process complexity has become an important issue in growing environmental awareness. In recent decades, artificial intelligence approaches have been used as effective tools in order to investigate environmental engineering issues. In this study, the effluent quality of Tabriz WWTP was assessed using two intelligence models, namely support Vector Machine (SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN). In this regard, several models were developed based on influent variables and tested via SVM and ANN methods. Three time scales, daily, weekly, and monthly, were investigated in the modeling process. On the other hand, since applied methods were sensitive to input variables, the Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis method was used to investigate the best-applied model dependability. It was found that both models had an acceptable degree of uncertainty in modeling the effluent quality of Tabriz WWTP. Next, ensemble approaches were applied to improve the prediction performance of Tabriz WWTP. The obtained results comparison showed that the ensemble methods represented better efficiency than single approaches in predicting the performance of Tabriz WWTP.

scholarly journals Penataan Rancangan Lokasi Instalasi Pengolahan Air Limbah Terpadu Kampus Institut Pertanian Bogor

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-455
Author(s):  
Sigid Hariyadi ◽  
Niken Tunjung Murti Pratiwi ◽  
Majariana Krisanti ◽  
Adham Panji ◽  
Dwi Yuni Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
The West ◽  
Campus Environment ◽  
Wastewater Quality ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Centralized Wastewater Treatment

Until now there has not been a centralized Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in IPB, even though there are wastewater treatments in several locations that are scattered in the campus area. Various activities on the Dramaga IPB campus have the potential to produce wastewater, such as laboratory activities, especially chemical and biological laboratories, canteens, offices, and dormitories. The existence of scattered laboratories requires a centralized and integrated WWTP. For this reason, mapping of wastewater distribution is needed to arrange the location of the wastewater treatment plant, within the campus. Interviews with the perpetrators of activities, measurement of wastewater quality, and sampling, were carried out at the work units producing wastewater on the campus of IPB. The distribution of wastewater was grouped according to the location of the work units producing waste and identified the types of waste produced (B3-dangerous and toxic and non-B3), then presented in a map. The map was used as a reference in determining the location of wastewater treatment plants. The results showed that each work unit contributes organic waste that was not too different, the source of inorganic and B3 wastewater distribution followed the location of the laboratory which was also quite scattered in the Dramaga IPB campus area. Based on the distribution of available waste, the presence of wastewater in the campus environment of IPB was divided into two regional groups. Therefore, the location of the wastewater treatment plant was directed at two locations, namely on the Northeast side (IPAL I) and the West side (IPAL II) of IPB campus.   Keywords: wastewater characteristics, wastewater distribution, wastewater treatment plant

Denitrification with methanol in tertiary filtration at wastewater treatment plant Zürich-Werdhölzli

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Koch ◽  
H. Siegrist
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Yield Coefficient ◽  
Cost Effective Alternative ◽  
The Eu

In co-ordination with the EU-guidelines the large wastewater treatment plants in Switzerland have to be extended with enhanced nitrogen removal. Denitrification in tertiary filtration is a cost-effective alternative to extended denitrification in the activated sludge system, which needs additional reactor volume. At the wastewater treatment plant Zürich-Werdhölzli full-scale experiments of denitrification with methanol in tertiary filtration were performed during a summer and a winter campaign of 4 months each. For this purpose one of the original 22 filter cells was equipped with a methanol dosage. At temperatures of 12-15°C rates of denitrification of about 1.0 kgN m−3 d−1 are attained. After main backwashing, denitrification is significantly reduced. Frequent backwashings (several times per day) led to methanol breakthroughs due to biofilm loss. The yield coefficient YCOD was 0.4 kg CODX kg−1 CODme. In spite of methanol dosage the quality of the filter effluent was very good during normal operation in the winter campaign. Accumulation of the nitrite intermediate product was observed in summer at temperatures of 20-22°C.

scholarly journals Wastewater treatment in the city of Koprivnica

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-306
Author(s):  
Anita Ptiček Siročić ◽  
Ivana Mlinarić ◽  
Dragana Dogančić ◽  
Nikola Sakač ◽  
Sanja Horvat
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Wastewater Quality ◽  
Wastewater Samples ◽  
The City

Basedon the concept of sustainable development, water must be stored and protected for present and future generations. This also means saving the water through wastewater treatment. The primary role of the wastewater treatment plants is to treat wastewaters upto a satisfactory level of quality as close as possible to the natural state. The central wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of the City of Koprivnica treats wastewater including the tertiary wastewater. Due to considerable fluctuations in wastewater volumes and loads, sequential batch reactor (SBR) technology was selected as the best solution for wastewater treatment. The final stage of treatment at the WWTP of the City of Koprivnica is the process of sludge treatment by aerobic stabilization, dehydration and MID-MIX technology, which produces a chemicallyinert powder –solidificate. Solidificate can be used in civil engineering or it can be disposed tolandfill without environmental impact. This paper analyses the physical-chemical indicators of wastewater quality (chemical oxygen demand -COD, biological oxygen demand -BOD5, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, suspended matter) on wastewater samples from the WWTP of the City of Koprivnica in a period from 2014 to 2016. The results indicate that the treatedwastewater has a satisfactory quality and that the WWTP of the City of Koprivnica works efficiently.

scholarly journals Performances Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boujaâd City, Khouribga Province, Morocco

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (27) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Kamal Ait Ouhamchich ◽  
Abdelkrim Arioua ◽  
Mustapha Lbayny ◽  
Ismail Karaoui ◽  
Khalid El Habbari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biochemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Wastewater Purification

The wastewater purification is a complicated and costlier operation if it not well chosen. Contrariwise, it could be simple and cheaper if the treatment system respect the environmental conditions and under international standards. To purify its wastewater, Boujaâd City chose to use the natural lagooning system. To verify the ability of this system, our study focuses on assessing the performances of this system to purify Boujaad city wastewater. For this reason, this study is based on the physicochemical monitoring of raw and purified water, both spatially and temporally, to detect and determine the percentage of pollution abatement in this wastewater treatment plant. According to the results, the quality of wastewater treatment plant rejection is conforming to the national and international standards. Here, the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and suspended solids (SS) parameters reached 69%, 66%, and 86% respectively. The results obtained show that the purification operation in Boujaad wastewater treatment plant was adequate.

scholarly journals Quality of the Performance of the Wastewater Treatment Plant in the City of Hoceima, Morocco

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2345-2348
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Low Load ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
The City ◽  
Vital Resource

Renewable freshwater is a vital resource for life. Today, economic development goes hand in hand with the increase in consumption and the emergence of problems of availability or quality. The wastewater is treated in a wastewater treatment plant (Step) was late to reduce emissions and improve the protection of ecosystem quality. This study is the objective of ' exploring the cleansing station performance. The results show that the station ' Hociema by low load activated sludge allows eliminates bout 30 % to 70% for BOD5 . Nevertheless, the chemical oxygen demand is eliminated between 56% and 73% , and the COD/BOD5 ratio shows the biodegradable nature of the effluents that can be treated by a biological system, ie activated sludge treatment. from the city of Hoceima performing

Removal of foaming from industrial wastewater treatment plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-423
Author(s):  
Nastaran Khodabakhshi ◽  
Gholamreza Asadollahfardi ◽  
Elnaz Shahriarinia
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Aeration Tank ◽  
Solid Retention Time ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Proper Operation ◽  
Activated Sludge Systems

Proper operation of activated sludge systems is very important and depends on physical, chemical, and biological parameters of wastewater. In this study, some problems were studied in an existing wastewater treatment plant of a fish-canning factory located in Tehran where thick, brown, stable foam was observed in aeration and clarifier tanks. The effluent of this plant was higher than the standards of the Department of the Environment of Iran, and the pH in aeration tanks was lower than 5. As opposed to other researchers in solving the foaming problem, in this wastewater treatment plant, lime was used instead of organic polymers and other inorganic coagulants. The pH of aeration tanks was adjusted to between 6.5 and 8.5 with an injection of 500 mg/L (47.5 kg/day) lime in the chemical sedimentation tank. It appeared that the solid retention time in this plant was high. Therefore, the rate of return sludge in the aeration tank of the second stage was reduced by about 20%. Foaming was removed in 18 days. During this time, chemical oxygen demand (COD) of effluent went from 500 to 65 mg/L, which indicated 87% reduction. The estimated costs of using lime for removal of foaming were about 0.0029 Euros/day (0.004 dollars/day), which is very low.

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