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Testing Method for Wastewater Treatment Facility
20220177337 · 2022-06-09 ·

The present invention relates to a testing method for testing a state of an aeration tank in a wastewater treatment facility that uses activated sludge. The testing method comprises obtaining a difference between: a sedimentation amount when a given period of time has elapsed after an activated sludge mixed liquid collected from the aeration tank and water having a higher dissolved oxygen concentration than the activated sludge mixed liquid are poured into the same container and mixed together; and a sedimentation amount when a period of time equal to the given period of time has elapsed after the activated sludge mixed liquid collected from the aeration tank and water having a lower dissolved oxygen concentration than the activated sludge mixed liquid are poured into the same container and mixed together.

Intelligent detection method for biochemical oxygen demand based on a self-organizing recurrent RBF neural network

Under conventional techniques, wastewater treatment has many problems such as poor production conditions, serious random interference, strong nonlinear behavior, large time-varying, and serious lagging. These problems cause difficulty in detecting wastewater treatment parameters such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) values that are used to monitor water quality. To solve problems associated with monitoring BOD values in real-time, the present disclosure utilizes a self-organizing recurrent RBF neural network designed for intelligent detecting of BOD values. Implementations of the present disclosure build a computing model of BOD values based on the self-organizing recurrent RBF neural network to achieve real-time and more accurate detection of the BOD values (e.g., a BOD concentration). The implementations herein quickly and accurately obtain BOD concentrations and improve the quality and efficiency of wastewater treatment.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD

A wastewater treatment device has: an ozone generator which supplies ozone; a mixer which mixes ozone supplied from the ozone generator with wastewater and supplies ozone mixed wastewater; an ozone oxidation unit which progresses ozone oxidation in the ozone mixed wastewater while passing the ozone mixed wastewater therethrough and discharges wastewater in which the ozone has been consumed; a biological treatment unit which performs biological treatment on the wastewater discharged from the ozone oxidation unit using microorganisms; and an adjusting device which adjusts the amount of ozone to be mixed with the wastewater by the mixer so that ozone in an amount that inhibits the microorganisms of the biological treatment unit does not remain in the wastewater discharged from the ozone oxidation unit.

Operation Management System for Wastewater Treatment Facility
20220162100 · 2022-05-26 ·

This invention relates to an operation management system, a diagnostic method, and an operation management method for a wastewater treatment facility which uses activated sludge. The operation management system for a wastewater treatment facility includes: a storage means for storing a reference value for each index of a plurality of indexes indicating a state of an aeration tank; an input means for inputting a measured value of the index; a comparison means for comparing the input measured value with the reference value for each index, and categorizing each measured value as one of being within a reference value range, over the reference value, or less than the reference value; a storage means for storing diagnostic patterns, in which the diagnostic patterns are classified according to a combination of categories of: within the reference value range, over the reference value, or less than the reference value for each index, using the reference value as a reference; a checking means for checking a combination of categories of each index of the measured values against a combination of categories of each index of the diagnostic patterns, and extracting a diagnostic pattern which the combination of categories has matched; and a display means for displaying the diagnostic pattern which the combination of categories has matched.

Controlled simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in wastewater treatment

A process for controlling the aeration rate during the aerobic phase of a wastewater treatment process is disclosed, which comprises: (a) measuring at moment t.sub.1 the ammonium concentration [NH.sub.4.sup.+].sub.1 and nitrogen oxide concentration [NO.sub.x].sub.1 in a mixture of wastewater and microbial sludge; (b) determining a nitrogen oxide target concentration [NO.sub.x].sup.F.sub.1 at the end of the aerobic phase based on at least the current ammonium concentration [NH.sub.4.sup.+].sub.1 and the current NO.sub.x concentration [NO.sub.x].sub.1; (c) determining a setpoint [NO.sub.x].sup.SP.sub.1 based on interpolation between [NO.sub.x].sub.1 and [NO.sub.x].sup.F.sub.1; (d) adjusting the aeration rate to minimise error between [NO.sub.x].sub.1 and [NO.sub.x].sup.SP.sub.1; and (e) repeating steps (a) to (d) at further moments t.sub.1. The invention further concerns a process for the treatment of wastewater, using the process.

Anaerobic ammoxidation synergistic nitrogen removal process device of municipal sewage main and side streams and application method thereof

Provided are an anaerobic ammoxidation synergistic nitrogen removal process device of municipal sewage main and side streams and an application method thereof, comprising a municipal sewage raw water tank (1), a biological reaction pool (2), a secondary sedimentation pool (3), a sludge digestion solution raw water tank (4) and a sludge digestion solution AOB strengthening pool (5); wherein, the municipal sewage raw water tank (1) is connected with a water inlet valve (2.2) of the biological reaction pool (2) through a water inlet pump (2.1) of the biological reaction pool (2); the biological reaction pool (2) is connected with the secondary sedimentation pool (3) through a secondary sedimentation pool connection pipe (3.3); the sludge digestion solution raw water tank (4) is connected with a water outlet valve (4.1) of the sludge digestion solution raw water tank (4) through a water inlet pump (4.2) of the sludge digestion solution raw water tank (4); the sludge digestion solution AOB strengthening pool (5) is connected with an anaerobic ammoxidation region compartment of the biological reaction pool through a sludge-water mixture reflux pipe (5.8) and a sludge-water mixture reflux pump (5.11). It has the advantages of reasonability in structure design, convenience in operation, low running and maintenance cost, relatively low energy consumption, no need of an additional carbon source and the like, it can realize that short distance nitrification of municipal sewage is more stable, and it is high in low-temperature, water quantity and water quality shock resistance and can further increase volumetric load at the same time.

METHOD FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A WATER TREATMENT PLANT
20220153618 · 2022-05-19 ·

A method for operating a water treatment plant comprises a phase of detecting anomalies in the operation of the plant, wherein the phase of detecting anomalies comprises an implementation of the following measures: providing data representative of the operating state of the plant, said data being provided by sensors installed at selected locations in the plant itself or on input or output pipes of the plant; where appropriate, providing additional data; and providing a system for acquiring and processing these data, this system being equipped with an algorithm for processing said data.

DYNAMIC MEMBRANE REACTOR WITH FUNCTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

The invention provides a dynamic membrane reactor with function of nitrogen and phosphorus removal and an operation method thereof, and comprises a biological treatment system, a dynamic membrane loading system and an automatic system. The operation method comprises the following steps. (1) Before the formation of dynamic membrane, a porous filter for phosphorus removal is used as a cathode, a conductive precision filter screen is used as an anode, and aerobic denitrifying bacteria are inoculated into the dynamic membrane reactor under certain constant current density, hydraulic retention time and flux. (2) After the dynamic membrane is formed, the porous filter for phosphorus removal is used as the anode, the conductive precision filter screen is used as the cathode. And intermittent aeration is started at the anode under certain constant current density. (3) When the transmembrane pressure difference exceeds a certain range, hydraulic backwashing is performed under certain constant current density.

METHOD FOR MAINTAINING ACCURATE AND PRECISE SURFACE WASTING FLOW CONDITIONS USING AN AUTOMATED OVERFLOW WEIR
20230257289 · 2023-08-17 ·

A method for the treatment of municipal wastewater by an activated sludge process that uses an overflow weir to extract waste flows from the surface of aeration basins, which is especially useful for continuous-flow treatment systems. A downward opening overflow weir is precisely controlled to remove a surface wasting flow from the aeration basin with the weir automatically moved up and down to accurately and precisely maintain a desired depth of flow over the weir, preferably with a microprocessor-based controller executing a control algorithm based on variable inputs to provides for accurate and precise control of the depth of surface wasting flow over the weir, without excessive oscillation of the overflow weir’s movement and the resultant excessive oscillation in the depth of flow over the weir.

PROCESS FOR A BATCH GRAVITY THICKENING AND FERMENTATION OF A MIXED LIQUOR
20230257290 · 2023-08-17 ·

An efficient and low-cost process for gravity thickening and fermentation of waste activated sludge withdrawn from the surface of an activated sludge aeration basin for use with treatment systems designed for “enhanced biological phosphorus removal” (EBPR). One or more reactor tanks are used for the process with the steps of: A fill cycle, in which the waste mixed liquor flows into the tank, followed by a settle cycle, in which the mixed liquor is allowed to settle for a period of time, followed by a decant cycle, in which the clear liquid is withdrawn. The withdrawal of a volume of the settling mixed liquor for discharge is then followed by a ferment period for the remaining settled mixed liquor solids and a transfer of the fermented mixed liquor solids back to the activated sludge liquid stream process.